Locum Consultant Neurologist

Job summary
The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust & Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust wish to appoint a Locum Consultant Neurologist to work cross site and across specialities to support and expand the work of the existing team. 5PA's will be at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and 5PA's at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Applicants are invited to join a growing, dynamic and forward-looking department of neurology and stroke medicine.

The successful candidate will join a close team based at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job
The appointee will provide inpatient and outpatient services in busy, but well supported hospitals. The appointments are based cross site between Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. For full details please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors

Job responsibilities

• The appointee will provide inpatient and outpatient services, in busy, but well supported hospitals.
• The post holder will deliver comprehensive care for patients admitted to the ward under their team.
• The post holder will also undertake ward rounds and conduct multidisciplinary meetings.
• The post holder will be responsible for prompt discharge planning of neurology patients under his/her care.
• The post holder will be supported by junior medical staff, a neurology nurse specialist and a neurology pharmacist.
• The post offers immense opportunities for teaching and training junior doctors and medical students. The post holder will be expected to support the training of juniors to the unit. Professional supervision of the junior medical staff who will have the opportunity to learn on a one to one basis both formal and informal ward rounds, and also on an ad hoc basis throughout the day.
• Provision with Consultant colleagues of a service to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation NHS Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
• An active part in the educational programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the service.
• Participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes, including reviews of manpower requirements

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• CCT in Neurology - equivalence must be confirmed by PMET/GMC by date of the interview
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register OR eligible within 6 months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee
• MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher degree i.e. PhD or MD
• Peer reviewed research publications

Experience
Essential

• Broad experience in Neurology including Stroke
• Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff
• Experience of audit / clinical research

Desirable

• Experienced and competent in Stroke thrombolysis
• Undertaken a management course
• Understanding of the NHS and its organisation

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead a team
• Commitment to work with other consultants and members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Commitment to the achievement of Government and Trust targets

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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