Consultant Neurologist

Applications are invited for this Consultant postwithin the Neurology Department. The Neurology team sits within the Specialist Medicine Division at the North Middlesex Hospital, recently joined as part of the Royal Free London Group. We are currently a team of 6 substantive (3.3 WTE) Consultants. This post is principally designed to support delivery of General Neurology and Brain 2WW pathway capacity and Neurological inpatient referrals.

Applicants should have broad training in all aspects of Neurology. There is no general medical or on-call commitment licants are required to be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview.

Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership in Neurology outpatient clinics and specialist review of inpatients.

Efficient completion of virtual clinics to ensure diagnostic outcomes are communicated to patients and referrers in a timely manner

Vetting referrals and responding to Advice and Guidance requests received from General Practice

Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of theclinicalleads,asthe need arises.

Complete inpatient reviews as part of a regular rota

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICSl's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICSl infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

For detailed job description and main responsibilities pkease see sttached job description and person specification document.

• MRCP or equivalent
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• CCST/CCT or equivalent in Neurology and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview, or evidence of working towards specialist registration via CESR
• Experience of working in Neurology
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

• Evidence of leadership and management experience
• Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Posters/presentations at regional and national meetings
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Knowledge and participation of clinical audit
• Ability to communicate effectivley with staff, patients and relatives
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to work and lead teams in a pressurised clinical environment
• Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Training/qualification in leadership and management

• Knowledge of resource management issues
• Willingness to work flexibly as part of a team
• Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure

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.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum + London Weighting