Job vacancy: Consultant Neurologist, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull

Job summary

Main area: Neurology
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (1 in 6 on call rota)
Job ref: 356-25-7295737

Employer: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Hull Royal Infirmary
Town: Hull
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 PA PR
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/09/2025 08:00

Consultant Neurologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

MRCP(UK) or equivalent higher medical qualification

Desirable criteria

Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training

Professional Registration

Essential criteria

Full Registration with the General Medical Council
GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Demonstrable commitment to Neurology
Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute Neurological conditions
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable criteria

Experience of delivering acute Neurological care in Neuroscience Centre and District General Hospitals

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Demonstrable commitment to Neurology
Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute Neurological conditions
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable criteria

Experience of delivering acute Neurological care in Neuroscience Centre and District General Hospitals

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

Ability to manage and lead medical teams
Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable criteria

Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential criteria

Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
Evidence of participation in audit
Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable criteria

Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
Original peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service and to develop a new model of Neurological care in a district general hospital.
Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
Ability to communicate effectively with other hospital departments , patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable criteria

Ability to communicate effectively with teams in District General Hospitals and external agencies and other disciplines
Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Job Description (PDF, 700.0KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Dr Rubesh Gooriah
Job title: Clinical Lead - Neurology
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01482 875875
Additional information: Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Rubesh Gooriah, Clinical Lead in Neurology on 07533840936 or Email [email protected] or Dr Alec Ming, Clinical Director in Specialist Medicine on 07775898348 or email [email protected]

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Job summary

Employer heading

Consultant Neurologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Professional Registration

Essential criteria

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

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