Consultant Neurologist with an interest in Stroke Medicine - 256862 PM

Consultant Neurologist with an interest in Stroke Medicine Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Reference - 256862

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded.

Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time (40 hours per week) post based in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

This is a new post which will support the expanding stroke and neurology services in NHS Lothian. The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic and motivated team of stroke physicians and neurologists. Our services have a passion for education, training, quality improvement and clinical research.

The job is for a Consultant in Neurology and Stroke Medicine and will be for up to 10 PAs which will be split between stroke medicine (hyperacute stroke management, integrate stroke unit, TIA and life after stroke clinic) and Neurology. The neurological aspects of the post will be primarily delivered at St John’s Hospital and will comprise a combination of outpatient clinic work and neurology liaison with acute medicine.

Less than full time working will be considered.

The postholder will spend their clinical time between the RIE and St. John’s Hospital with sessional commitments to leading the hyperacute stroke team responsible for assessing patients with acute presentations, and overseeing delivery of thrombolysis and thrombectomy. This will involve ward rounds on the hyperacute stroke unit (HASU), care of patients in the stroke unit and involvement in the regular departmental consultant meetings, radiology, quality improvement and research meetings.

The post holder will contribute to the regional telestroke rota which supports decision making outwith 9-5 Monday-Friday and extended hours working on the RIE site into evenings and weekend days. Non-clinical interests are encouraged. The successful candidate will contribute to service planning; delivery of undergraduate teaching; supervision of junior doctors; clinical governance and quality improvement and growing the clinical research portfolio including acting as principal investigator (PI) for network sponsored trials.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.

For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Chris Derry, Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Director
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal infirmary of Edinburgh
nchris.derryt

Or

Dr Amanda Barugh, Clinical Director
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent
(secretary) amanda.barught