Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Neurology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 8 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 196-CON1003
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Evelina London Children's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 p.a.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/01/2025
Employer heading
Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Paediatric Neurology
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust or Trust Wide
Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability with an interest in Movement Disorders
From £93,666 - £126,281 p.a
Full Time – 8PAs
This advert is for a substantive Consultant appointment within Paediatric Neurosciences at Evelina London Children’s Hospital the service. As currently described, this is a 0.8wte clinical post. This arrangement is flexible and applicants with a track record of research or definable research interests that complement the specialist component of the post are also invited to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the neurosciences department in its provision of in-patient neurology with a special interest in movement disorders, neuro-rehabilitation and long-term outpatient care to children with complex disabling neurological disorders within the South East Thames region. The post holder will support the Neurodisability movement / co-morbidity service at the ELCH in the provision of outpatient clinics and the provision of a weekly interventional Botulinum Toxin injection list. They will also take a shared role in the delivery of rehabilitation services at Evelina London Children’s Hospital following acute brain injury (2 in-patient therapy led rehabilitation beds.) This service is closely integrated with the consultant and AHP team in the Complex Movement Disorders Service; providing a supra-regional to children and young people, undertaking diagnosis and detailed evaluation and support of children who might benefit from neurosurgical interventions such as continuous intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pump implantation and deep brain stimulation (DBS) neuromodulation.
Working for our organisation
The Paediatric Neuroscience Service is a tertiary service at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, providing an integrated and comprehensive neurology, neurorehabilitation and neurodisability service to children and families from South East Thames and beyond, serving a total population of over 9 million people.
Paediatric Rehabilitation and Neurodisability Services are provided from a recently refurbished outpatient department with a new inpatient facilities shared with the Long term Ventilation unit on the St Thomas’ site. The Neurosciences ward is in the Evelina London Children’s hospital adjacent.
The Neurodisability service is focused on improving quality of life for children with progressive and non-progressive physical disability. At present it sees over 500 new patients each year and has over 2000 patients under review. As part of the treatment pathway Botulinum Toxin A injections are offered to children and young people with focal spasticity, pain or severe constant or troublesome Saliva Control difficulties and / or aspiration of secretions.
A 2 bed rehabilitation service has been developed to work alongside our colleagues at Kings. A full MDT is in place to support children stepping down from the Neurology Ward that still require intensive rehabilitation before discharge home to their local services. Out of hours cover will be provided by the General Paediatric / specialist service on site teams.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description for further information.
General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to Dr Daniel Lumsden, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Drs Charlie Fairhurst or Jill Cadwgan, Consultants in Paediatric Neurodisability, or Drs Ming Lim or Michael Absoud, Joint Heads of service for Paediatric Neurosciences. Telephone: 02071187118 ext 84003; [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected].
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full UK GMC/GDC registration and a License to Practice.
- On GDC/GMC Specialist Register for Paediatric Neurodisability or within six months of attaining CCT or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a tertiary UK movement therapy centre, offering intervention such as botulinum toxin injections, or patient selection and management of ITB or DBS
- Experience of working in a saliva control service
- Experience of working in a rehabilitation service
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience/commitment to Movement service MDTs
- Previous experience/commitment to Tertiary Paediatric neurodisability service
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience/commitment to Saliva control service
- Previous experience/commitment to Other comorbidity interest in developing pathways.
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical skills associated with management of acute and chronic neuro-disabling conditions
- Ability to perform intramuscular and Intraglandular Botulinum Toxin A injections
Audit Management & IT
Essential criteria
- Clear track record of clinical governance, audit, management and IT skills
- Understanding of principles of audit.
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential criteria
- Track record of research, publications/ presentations / understanding / knowledge of Research ethics.
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
Desirable criteria
- Specialty specific research activity
- Higher Academic Qualifications
Leadership/Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Interpersonal Skills; Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Interpersonal Skills; Ability to work as part of a team
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets. Current financial arrangements of NHS delivered service
Desirable criteria
- Communication; Willingness to demonstrate interest and participation in departmental wide issues
- Accountability; Demonstrates that prepared to take accountability for evolution of neonatal neurology service
- Interpersonal Skills; Able to relate needs of neonatal service to wider team members
- Finance; Understanding of current financial constraints. Recognition of importance of financial accountability for service that responsible for
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
- Dr Jill Cadwgan
- Job title
- Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to Dr Daniel Lumsden, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Drs Charlie Fairhurst or Jill Cadwgan, Consultants in Paediatric Neurodisability, or Drs Ming Lim or Michael Absoud, Joint Heads of service for Paediatric Neurosciences. Telephone: 02071187118 ext 84003; [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected].
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