Consultant Neurologist Specialist Interest in MS

Applications are welcomed for a Consultant post in Neurology.

This is a full time (10 PA) Consultant Neurologist appointment for the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Based at Lincoln County Hospital this post will also provide clinics at one of the other the main sites, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston or Grantham District Hospital and ward referrals respectively.

The Neurology service is managed within the Trust wide Specialty Medicine Business Unit within the Medicine Division. The Business Unit is headed by a Clinical Director, supported by a General Manager and Clinical Services Manager.

The funded Consultant establishment is 4.00 wte Consultants employed by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), supported by a further 0.6 wte Consultants, that visits from Sheffield.

The service is managed from Lincoln on a hub and spoke basis, providing outpatient and ward referral service to the three main hospital sites, Lincoln, Boston & Grantham.

The Department has a Consultant Nurse Specialist for Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy specialist Nurses providing follow up care and support for MS and Epilepsy patients.

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Full Registration with the GMC
• MRCP or equivalent
• An appropriate higher degree, e.g. an MD, PhD or equivalent
• Higher research qualification
• Specialist Registration in Neurology
• CCT in Neurology or Equivalent (or be within 6/12 of achieving)

• Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in Neurology
• Expertise in Botox Therapy
• Special interest within Neurology

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
• Evidence of developing a high quality, high performance service

• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines
• Teaching qualification

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Evidence of original research
• Willingness to initiate and participate in research

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.