Our complete commitment to developing careers means we're looking for proactive, motivated, forward-thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our ongoing development of medical services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing Neurologists to provide a high standard of care across the Trust. We are seeking consultants with enthusiasm, commitment, and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation. This is a full-time locum consultant post fixed term for 12 months.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide services in Neurology in conjunction with eight other consultant neurologists, two consultant neurophysiologists, two neurology registrars, and four specialist nurses. A sub-specialty interest within neurology to complement those of the department is desirable. The clinical role incorporates outpatient neurology clinics and inpatient ward referrals. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in clinical governance activity and continuing medical education sessions. Neuro-radiology meetings occur weekly. A neurology team meeting is held once a month. There is full secretarial support with an administration team consisting of a Speciality Service Co-Ordinator (Neurology and Neurophysiology) and secretarial support staff on all hospital sites. Each Consultant has dedicated office space and IT.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
1. The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
2. New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
3. Hertford County, Hertford
4. Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities, and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
Person Specification
Previous Experience
Essential
* Broad range of experience in Neurology and experience in General Medicine
* Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training, and other colleagues
* Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
* Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Desirable
* Experience in a Locum Consultant role for at least 6 months
Skills
Essential
* Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
* Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
Qualifications / Training
Essential
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
* College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
* Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment
Desirable
* Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
* Royal College Fellowship
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