Consultant Neurologist with Interest in PD and Movement Disorders

Job responsibilities

The postholders duties will cover the breadth of service provision across several fields:

Clinical service provision

The postholder will run dedicated Parkinsons/movement disorder clinics, which include seeing new and follow up patients, leading and participating in advanced therapy services: Foslevodopa eligibility and follow-up clinics, MDT clinics, day-case foslevodopa/apomorphine infusion titration in conjunction with the PD nurse team, follow-up reviews. The postholder will also contribute to general neurology services, and APD services. Together with other movement disorders consultant colleagues, the postholder will support the Neurology specialist nurse team and pharmacist prescribers, contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings including advanced therapy MDTs, and liaise with gerontology colleagues. The postholder will also participate in the Neurology on-call rota and ward cover (1 in 13) at OUH.

Clinical Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review. Opportunities exist for collaboration with the Oxford Parkinsons Disease Centre and University of Oxford research groups in imaging, biomarker development and experimental medicine, as well as clinical trial delivery of a broad commercial portfolio in PD and related neurodegenerative disorders.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audits, future BlueTeq submissions, service development, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities and service audits for advanced therapies as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

The Trust has the required arrangements in place to ensure that all consultants have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports physicians going through the revalidation process.

Appraisal and revalidation is managed in OUHFT via the Medical Director's Office (mdo.business@ouh.nhs.uk or 01865 743216) who will provide detailed advice. The designated responsible officer is Professor Andrew Brent, Chief Medical Officer, OUHFT.

The trust offers a mentorship scheme to all new consultants to enable them to settle into their positions with one of the established consultants within the department.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

Risk Management

Management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest, and open environment.

Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility.

Staff should be familiar with the:

Major Incident Policy

Fire Policy

and should make themselves familiar with the 'local response' plan and their role within that response.

Responsibilities for Health & Safety

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Statutory Regulations and Trust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice where required.

Infection Control

Infection Control is everyone's responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts' Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections.

All staff employed by the Trust have the following key responsibilities:

Staff must decontaminate their hands prior to and after direct patient contact or contact with the patient's surroundings.

Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.

Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.

Equality and Diversity

The OUH values equality and diversity in employment and in the services we provide. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and will keep under review our policies and procedures to ensure that the job-related needs of all staff working in the Trust are recognised.

The Trust will aim to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marital status, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender reassignment, political affiliation or trade union membership.

Selection for training and development and promotion will be based on the individual's ability to meet the requirements of the job.

Freedom of Information

The post holder should be aware of the responsibility placed on employees under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is responsible for helping to ensure that the Trust complies with the Act when handling or dealing with any information relating to Trust activity.

Patient and Public Involvement

The Trust is committed to, and has a statutory duty to involve service users, carers and the public in the work of the organisation. We consider that patient and public involvement is the responsibility of every individual working for our Trust. All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback. You will be expected to support the Trust with this through your working practice.

Serious Incidents

All staff must report incidents and near misses so that the Trust can reduce the risk of harm by investigating and incorporating risk reducing measures to safeguard patients, visitors and staff, in accordance with the Trust Incident Reporting Policy.

Children's Rights

The post holder will endeavour at all times to uphold the rights of children and young people in accordance with the UN Convention Rights of the Child.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults throughout the organisation. As a member of the trust there is a duty to assist in protecting patients and their families from any form of harm when they are vulnerable.

Information Governance

You must maintain a Trust email account. All staff must complete annual information governance training which can be completed on-line. For further details, go to the Information Governance intranet site: http://orh.oxnet.nhs.uk/InformationGovernance/Pages/Default.aspx

General

The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department. The post holder will be provided with secretarial support from the Neurology Secretarial team and will be provided with shared consultant office space and desktop PC with associated infrastructure to facilitate the performance of his/her duties.

*Awaiting approval by RCP*

For further details, candidates may contact Dr Johannes Klein Johannes.Klein@ouh.nhs.uk, Lead Clinician, Clinical Neurology, or Dr George Hadjipavlou George.Hadjipavlou@oun.nhs.uk, Clinical Director of Neurosciences or Dr Michele Hu michele.hu@ouh.nhs.uk, Consultant Neurologist.

Experience

Essential

• General training in Neurology to specialist level or equivalent.
• Work with specialist nurses
• Experience of clinical audit
• Clinical training in outpatient clinics and inpatient care
• Previous general neurology on call
• As a specialist registrar or higher
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems

Desirable

• Experience in movement disorders MDT meetings
• Senior-level experience in managing Parkinson's
• Experience in advanced therapy management (e.g. apomorphine, DBS, Duodopa, Foslevodopa)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills.
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda
• Excellent knowledge base of neurology, particularly movement disorders
• Wide clinical experience in neurology and neurology applied to general medicine
• Appreciation and understanding of the role of management in the modern NHS
• Computing skills
• Excellent communication skills with patients and colleagues
• Proven ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, respecting diverse professional perspectives and supporting collaborative decision-making
• Excellent personal and interpersonal skills. Excellent spoken and written English
• Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
• Clinical governance awareness and audit
• Experience of teaching trainees or students

Desirable

• Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
• Evidence of leadership outside of the NHS.
• Management qualification.
• Track record of managing complex stakeholder relationships, eg. with hospital management, primary care partners, and community nurses/healthcare services
• Evidence of recent 360 degree feedback
• Teaching qualification
• Peer-reviewed research in Parkinson's/movement disorders

Other Requirements

Desirable

• Transport: Driving Licence

MRCP or equivalent

Essential

• MRCP or equivalent
• CCT in Neurology or Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Neurology (or within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview)
• Full GMC registration and licence to practice

Desirable

• Higher Medical Degree PhD in relevant disease area Experience of collaborative working across services/regions.
• Management or leadership qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).