Consultant Neurologist

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Consultant Neurologist to lead the Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation service at the Royal London Hospital. The role involves managing complex neurological conditions and contributing to the wider neurology service through outpatient clinics and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should demonstrate strong leadership skills and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Access to clinical research unit

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in management of in-patient and out-patient general neurology.
• Experience of brain injury neurology and cognitive neurology.
• Evidence of participating in research or audits.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation service.
• Provide comprehensive acute and general neurology service.
• Liaise effectively with healthcare professionals and community services.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Service improvement

Education

MB BS/MB ChB or equivalent

MRCP or equivalent

Entry of the GMC Specialist Register

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Consultant Neurologist to join our dynamic team at the Royal London Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust - one of the largest and most ambitious healthcare organisations in the country. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation (RAAR) service, providing early neurorehabilitation to patients with complex neurological and trauma-related conditions. Alongside your leadership of the RAAR unit, you will contribute to our wider neurology service through outpatient clinics, acute neurology liaison and ward rounds, working collaboratively across a multidisciplinary team. You will join a supportive and forward-thinking neurology department with access to a dedicated clinical research unit, excellent secretarial support, and a strong culture of teaching and innovation. We are proud to serve a diverse and vibrant East London population and offer unrivalled opportunities for professional development, research collaboration through UCL Partners, and career progression across our network. Whether you are an established consultant or stepping into your first substantive post, we will support your growth with tailored mentoring and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for the best talent to lead our ambitious new healthcare organisation. In return, the Barts Health will provide unsurpassed professional development opportunities, enabling investment in a range of new initiatives that would mean:

o doctors and nurses in training will be able to gain experience in different hospitals along the whole patient pathway o there would be greater opportunity for career progression - we could retain good staff who might otherwise leave to gain promotion o becoming world-class will enable us to recruit some of the best doctors and researchers in the world - who can share their knowledge and experience o success breeds success. An organisation that is recognised as a world-leader will find it easier to recruit more staff, meaning we can work to reduce the number of persistent vacancies o joining forces with other partners in an Academic Health Science System will mean that staff would be better able to secure funds and pool their talents to develop new technology, techniques and treatments.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate professional excellent and efficient delivery of care. They will be expected to run the Rapid Access Acute Rehabilitation (RAAR service)alongside contributing to the general neurology service. They will work to agreed levels of activity and throughput in the outpatient department with the General Manager and Clinical Director. Other duties include:- To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive and efficient acute and general neurology service. To share responsibility with all consultant colleagues for providing evidence-based standards of care for all inpatients and outpatients, providing and receiving support to colleagues when required. To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out in the Patients Charter and the local purchasers contracts. To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, community services and all healthcare agencies. To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work with the specialties working closely and regularly with Neurology. To encourage and foster clinical governance at clinical, managerial and medical levels and to take part in regional audit in support of evidence-based medicine. To give advice, support and training to junior medical staff, and medical students. Responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge including administrative duties associated with patient care. Leadership and proper functioning of the services in his/her charge in line with agreed policies of the Trust. Participation in quality and safety activities, including clinical audit. To maintain own professional standards in keeping up to date with latest developments, including maintaining license to practice and validation, access to continued professional development activities and adding value to the Department

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS/MB ChB or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent
• Entry of the GMC Specialist Register via one of the following: CCT within 6 months of completion. CESR European Community Rights

Experience

Essential

• Experience in management of in and out-patient general neurology, including acute neurology
• Experience of brain injury neurology, cognitive neurology and inpatient rehabilitation
• Experience of carrying out and publishing research or audit

Desirable

• Management experience
• Experience of working with hard to reach patient populations
• Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of taking part in service and departmental developments/improvements

Personal and people development

Essential

• Communication skills
• Computer literate
• Evidence of teamwork and working across multiple disciplines

Desirable

• Evidence of working jointly with other clinicians

Specific requirements

Essential

• Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations

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