Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: Consultant Neurologist
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 343-CON-293
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 PA excl LW
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Neurologist
Consultant
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At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
AAC Interview Date: TBC
We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Consultant in Neurology to join our department, anticipated to commence as soon as possible.
We are a dynamic and forward thinking team who hold excellent and safe patient care as its core aim, delivered holistically by an integrated, multi-disciplinary team. We are looking to appoint a colleague into this existing post to further the team and Trust ambitions.
Please refer to the detailed proposed job description for more information about the Department and the post.
Main duties of the job
This 10 PA post will be across Epsom and St Helier sites, but will be predominantly based at St Helier Hospital.
The appointee will work as part of a neurology consultant team that provides an out-patient neurology service and a daily out-reach service to patients admitted to the hospital and will support the further development of the Neurology service.
The successful candidate will foster and develop common Neurology policies Trust-wide in conjunction with the physicians at Epsom and St. Helier Hospitals and in addition will work closely with other acute general and specialist physicians of the Trust.
The appointee will take a role in developing new services in line with the Trust policy. They will work with the rest of clinical and managerial team to deliver quality improvements in the Neurology department and in the community. The appointee is expected to participate in regular Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance activities within the Neurology department and the Trust.
Please refer to the detailed proposed job description for more information about the Department and the post.
Working for our organisation
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the detailed proposed job description for more information about the Department and the post.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
- Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or be within six months of obtaining CCT/CCST or equivalent
- Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCP/MRCS or equivalent
- Accreditation for neurology
- UK and relevant level NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in Neurology and general internal medicine
- Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for the specialty
- Interest in multi-disciplinary work
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Audit/Research
- Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT/CCST
- Supervision of post graduate trainees
- Personal time management skills
- Ability to organise inpatient and outpatient waiting lists
- Understanding of appropriate clinical governance
- Ability to contribute to change management
Desirable criteria
- Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development
- Service Development experience
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/post graduates
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- Understanding of GCP principles
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching and supervising junior doctors, lay colleagues
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to contribute to change management
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
- Ability to critically review research
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer reviewed journals
Language
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
- Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
- Good interpersonal skills
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels
- Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service
- Able to make own arrangements for travel between working sites
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Paul Hart
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Neurology Department
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8296 3355
- Additional information
Candidates are encouraged to attend an informal visit prior to interview.
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