Fixed Term Consultant Neurologist with SI in Movement Disorders

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Grantham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Grantham is looking for a full-time Consultant Neurologist to join their team. The role involves managing clinics at multiple locations, contributing to clinical audits, and participating in teaching and training. Candidates must hold a valid GMC registration and have extensive experience in Neurology. This position offers the opportunity to advance your career in a well-supported environment.

Qualifications

• Wide experience and a high level of competence in Neurology.
• Evidence of understanding of clinical management.
• Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinics at Grantham, NUH, and Lincoln Hospital.
• Manage outpatient and ward referral services.
• Participate in clinical audit and risk management.

Skills

Clinical management

Teaching

Research knowledge

Neurology expertise

Ability to organize workloads

Education

Current valid full GMC registration

MRCP or Equivalent

Higher Research qualification

Job description

Overview

Applications are welcomed for a fixed term Consultant post in Neurology. This is a full time (10 PA) Consultant Neurologist appointment for the United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a shared post between ULTH and Nottingham University Hospital, based primarily at Grantham & District Hospital. The post will provide clinics at Grantham, NUH and Lincoln Hospital and ward referrals respectively.

Main duties

The Neurology service is managed within the Trust-wide Specialty Medicine Business Unit within the Medicine Division. The Business Unit is headed by a Clinical Director, supported by a General Manager and Clinical Services Manager. The funded Consultant establishment is 4.00 wte Consultants employed by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), supported by a further 0.6 wte Consultants that visit from Sheffield. The service is managed from Lincoln on a hub and spoke basis, providing outpatient and ward referral service to the three main hospital sites, Lincoln, Boston & Grantham. The Department has a Consultant Nurse Specialist for Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy specialist Nurses providing follow up care and support for MS and Epilepsy patients.

About us

The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire. We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

Job description

Job responsibilities For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Certification

Essential

• Current valid full GMC registration
• MRCP or Equivalent

Desirable

• An appropriate higher degree e.g. an MD, PhD or equivalent
• Higher Research qualification
• Specialist Registration in Neurology
• CCT in Neurology or Equivalent (or be within 6/12 of achieving)

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in Neurology

Desirable

• Expertise in Botox Therapy
• Special interest in movement disorders

Management

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives

Desirable

• Management training or qualification
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
• Evidence of developing a high quality, high performance service

Clinical Effectiveness

Essential

• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Teaching & Training

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines

Desirable

• Teaching qualification

Research

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Desirable

• Evidence of original research
• Willingness to initiate and participate in research

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