Job overview

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, rapidly changing neurology service in a regional neuroscience centre, based in a diverse and attractive city. Your role will be key in delivering high quality, accessible care for people with acute and long-term neurological illness in wards and clinics. 

This post includes a requirement for out-of-hours working, providing middle-grade cover for Neurology and Stroke (including Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy)

This is a 12-month Fixed Term post.

Main duties of the job

This post offers an excellent opportunity to gain ST4-level (and above) experience within the rapidly evolving field of Neurology at The Walton Centre.

As part of a consultant-led team, you will play an integral role in delivering acute neurology services at The Walton Centre and neighbouring trusts. The role involves providing middle-grade support for inpatient care at The Walton Centre and delivering a liaison neurology service at Liverpool University Hospitals, under the supervision of experienced neurology consultants.

You will be expected to lead a team of resident doctors (F2 to IMT3). We are particularly keen to appoint an individual with, or wishing to develop, a subspecialty interest. A tailored job plan will be provided to accommodate regular outpatient clinics in the relevant specialty area. 

The successful candidate will also participate in the regional neurology on-call rota, which is a 24-hour non-resident rota covering the wider network. 

The Centre also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement, education, and research.

Working for our organisation

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.