Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 317-CON-24-231
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Neurology Specialty - RVI
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Neurologist
Consultant
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
In this post, you will be expected to contribute to the acute and general out-patient neurology service at the RVI, including a share of the out of hours service, and to support the specialist epilepsy service. There is also a commitment to a local DGH, covering general neurology, epilepsy and inpatient liaison one day a week.
Main duties of the job
This post is a substantive permanent post based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the regional neurosciences centre. You will provide a general neurology service, comprising acute and elective outpatient and inpatient work, including a share of the out of hours on-call, and will take part in the provision of a specialist service in epilepsy. There is also a commitment to a local DGH, covering general neurology, epilepsy and inpatient liaison one day a week. We are happy to consider less than full time working and consider individual circumstances if DGH working would be difficult.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Within the epilepsy service we provide first seizure, epilepsy surgery, adolescent transition, neuro-obstetrics and learning disability/epilepsy clinics in addition to the general/complex epilepsy clinics. Weekly MDTs are held with the neurophysiology department to review EEGs, and there is a twice monthly epilepsy surgery meeting. We are planning to expand our provision of video-telemetry. We plan to use this appointment to extend our contribution to the neuro-oncology team in the trust. This group has the prestigious Tessa Jowell accreditation as a Centre of Excellence from 2021. Furthermore, there is also a chance to lead on regional liaison with the neurofibromatosis service where there is an unmet need in the North East.
The appointee will be expected to participate in the weekly academic meetings and will have the chance to contribute to the departmental teaching programme for the undergraduate medical students from Newcastle University and to contribute to the postgraduate training.
The appointee will be expected to undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Department of Neurology in co-operation with the Head of Department, Departmental Manager and Clinical Director.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Desirable criteria
- MD, PhD or equivalent, ideally with a focus on epilepsy.
- Evidence of sub-specialty experience or training in epilepsy.
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Training and experience in all aspects of Neurology.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion for general neurology.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
- Ability to manage and advice on complex epilepsy in a regional centre – outpatient and inpatient including intensive care
Desirable criteria
- Interest and experience in epilepsy eg specialist fellowship or further post-CST training in epilepsy.
- An interest in epilepsy liaison with neuro-oncology or a willingness to develop the same
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable criteria
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
- Publications in the last five years.
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree.
Audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Cowan
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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