Job overview
GRADE : IMT - Equivalent
SPECIALTY : Neurology
SUPERVISING CONSULTANT : Dependent on attachment
FULL-TIME/PART-TIME : Full time
BASE HOSPITAL : John Radcliffe Hospital
WORK PATTERN : Full Shift
AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK :
INCLUDES PROSPECTIVE COVER : Yes
ANNUAL LEAVE ARRANGEMENTS :
Annual Leave must be coordinated with other F/IMTs, and with the training programme director.
ACCOMMODATION : This post is not compulsorily resident.
Main duties of the job
DUTIES OF THE POST
a) Principal Responsibilities:
Day to day care of patients on the wards as appropriate to the grade of the post and under the directions of the consultants responsible, including:
Participation in ward rounds
The admission clerking of all patients
Initiating appropriate investigations and management plans under supervision of senior colleagues
Supervision of neurology day unit
Supporting liaison neurology
Outpatient clinics
b) Daily Commitment:
As a) above
c) Description of Working Pattern
Integrated full shift with some neurosurgical responsibilities/cross cover.
All junior medical staff are expected to familiarise themselves with cardiac arrest procedures and should attend a compulsory resuscitation lecture when the first arrive at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Individuals will be contacted concerning this upon their arrival.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
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