Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team. We strongly encourage informal contact from interested clinicians. This is a substantive, full-time post ideal for someone at the start or mid-point of their consultant career. Roughly half the clinical work will be general neurology, contributing to the acute service and outpatients service, and half contributing to the subspecialty motor neurone disease service. We are already a research active centre, with both commercial and investigator led trials. We have secured funding for one day a week through the Doddy Weir foundation for the first three years to facilitate the successful candidate in developing and contributing to clinical trials and academic research activity which will hopefully be self-funding from that point on. Should this not be the case, we would guarantee the option of a full-time NHS clinical job. While advertised as full-time, we would be happy to consider less than full time working or full-time working in a compressed job plan. We are more than happy to be approached to discuss how the illustrative plan below might be adjusted to meet a candidate's preferences.
Main duties of the job
Participate in departmental work in providing general outpatient neurology services
Provide a specialist motor neurone disease service
o Outpatient clinics and MDT
o Local and regional expert advice
o Develop leadership and networking skills to provide/support clinical leadership for the service in the future
o Continue to develop and support national MND network and centre profile (e.g. membership of national MND clinical studies group (CSG) and MND trial portfolio management group).
Provide an attending acute neurology service (typically 4 weeks a year)
Contribute to on-call out of hours and weekend service (4 weeks a year)
About us
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo 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
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a full time substantive post based at the Royal Victoria infirmary in Newcastle. Clinical work will be roughly 50/50 general neurology/motor neuron disease. Motor neuron disease clinics are based nearby the Campus for Aging and Vitality. For the first three years, we have secured one day a week funding from the Doddy Weir Foundation to allow the candidate to participate in the current clinical trials programme and build-up a personal research portfolio which will hopefully be self-sustaining. There are existing NHS schemes to facilitate development of clinical academics and this is an ideal starting point to explore this.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a full time substantive post based at the Royal Victoria infirmary in Newcastle. Clinical work will be roughly 50/50 general neurology/motor neuron disease. Motor neuron disease clinics are based nearby the Campus for Aging and Vitality. For the first three years, we have secured one day a week funding from the Doddy Weir Foundation to allow the candidate to participate in the current clinical trials programme and build-up a personal research portfolio which will hopefully be self-sustaining. There are existing NHS schemes to facilitate development of clinical academics and this is an ideal starting point to explore this.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent in relevant area
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Training and experience in all aspects of Neurology.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion for elective outpatient general neurology
- Ability to manage independently the acute neurology service and hospital liaison service at a tertiary centre
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion in motor neurone disease and related conditions
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable
- Advanced experience in clinical MND service as subspecialty
- Evidence of managing independent clinical practice at consultant level
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- 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
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- 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
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent in relevant area
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Training and experience in all aspects of Neurology.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion for elective outpatient general neurology
- Ability to manage independently the acute neurology service and hospital liaison service at a tertiary centre
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion in motor neurone disease and related conditions
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable
- Advanced experience in clinical MND service as subspecialty
- Evidence of managing independent clinical practice at consultant level
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- 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
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- 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
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
