Specialist Registrar, Neurology. Remote working opportunity!

Medefer Ltd; City Of London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Specialist Registrar in Neurology for a remote consulting role. The position offers flexibility with hours and requires GMC registration and a minimum of 2 years NHS experience in Neurology. The aim is to provide efficient patient care through telephone consultations following GP referrals.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid GMC registration and a licence to practice.
• Currently working within an NHS role with up-to-date documentation.
• Interest in digital health and clinical informatics.

Responsibilities

• Clerking patients via telephone assessments.
• Taking detailed patient histories to support management plans.
• Discussing risks and benefits of surgical procedures.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

GMC registration with an active licence to practice

Minimum of 2 years in NHS specializing in Neurology

Job description

Specialist Registrar, Neurology. Remote working opportunity!

About the role: Specialist Registrar, Neurology

The role of a Medefer Registrar is to consult with patients remotely, obtaining more detailed information about their condition, following their GP referral to Medefer. This is then reviewed by our Consultants to support their clinical decision-making.

You can work as many hours as you would like each week, with no minimum or maximum expectation, and you can decide the days and times you wish to work, whether that be evenings, weekends, or weekdays (providing patient cases are available).

This is a fully remote role, and due to the nature of the role you must have a private and secure space from which to work with reliable internet access.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

Clerking patients within your speciality via telephone assessment following a GP referral made to our Virtual Hospital.

Take a detailed patient history during clerking calls to support the Consultant to form a management plan for the patient.

Discuss risks and benefits of a surgical procedure or invasive test which has been recommended as a possibility by a Consultant, documenting the patient’s agreement in principle (please note all patients will be formally consented as per normal at a later stage).

About us

About Medefer

We work alongside the NHS to provide a virtual outpatient service and deliver better, faster care for patients. Our vision is to completely reframe the way that healthcare is delivered, because every patient deserves the best possible healthcare.

There really isn’t a much better purpose, and we can and do make a difference for patients every single day. People who are sick, worried, or in pain desperately want to have a doctor review their symptoms and get them on the path to health again, or even just put their mind at rest. Medefer makes that happen. WE make that happen. We are included in the NHS Increasing Capacity Framework, and we are CQC regulated.

We are unique in what we do.

And we need exceptional people, like you.

Job responsibilities

Role Overview / Scope of work:

The contractor role of Registrar is responsible for virtual clerking over the telephone to obtain more detailed information on a patient’s condition, following their GP referral to Medefer. This is then reviewed by our Consultants to support their clinical decision making.

This role is on a contractor arrangement either on an individual self-employed basis or working via your own personal services company, enabling you to work privately to supplement your NHS income and at the same time, be part of a team working to support transformation in the NHS.

As a Registrar with Medefer, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new model of digital patient care, and able to work flexibly, for as many hours during the week as you wish (providing patient cases are available).

Key responsibilities

Clerking patients within your speciality via telephone assessments following a GP referral made to our Virtual Hospital.

Take a detailed patient history during clerking calls to support the Consultant to form a management plan for the patient.

Discuss risks and benefits of a surgical procedure or invasive test which has been recommended as a possibility by a Consultant, documenting the patient’s agreement in principle (please note all patients will be formally consented as per normal at a later stage).

Experience, skills and competencies

Must have a valid GMC registration and a licence to practice.

Currently working within an NHS role and able to provide up to date documents in accordance with clinical compliance requirements.

Interested in digital health, clinical informatics and new ways of working.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.

Excellent time management, planning and prioritising skills.

Excellent attention to detail, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently and accurately.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• About You:
• You will be:
• A Registrar with a minimum of 2 years substantive experience working in the NHS in Neurology.
• Registered with the GMC with an active licence to practice.
• Have an interest in digital health, clinical informatics and in new ways of working.
• Have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Possess excellent time management, planning, and prioritising skills.
• Be detail oriented, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently, and accurately.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working