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Consultant Paediatric Neurologist

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

London

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

4 days ago

About the role

St Georges NHS Foundation Trust leads inpatient and outpatient paediatric neurology services in the SW Thames region. With a team of 4 full-time equivalent dedicated Consultant Paediatric Neurologists operating from a combined neurosciences and surgical ward, the Service aims to provide 24/7 tertiary paediatric neurology services for the region and to support the other tertiary services provided by St Georges Hospital. This is a 8 PA 1 permanent post and the post-holder will contribute to the on-call service with a ratio of 1:8. Tertiary referrals are only accepted on a Consultant-to-Consultant basis and the service does not provide for referrals directly from primary care.

St Georges NHS Foundation Trust leads inpatient and outpatient paediatric neurology services in the SW Thames region. With a team of 4 full-time equivalent dedicated Consultant Paediatric Neurologists operating from a combined neurosciences and surgical ward, the Service aims to provide 24/7 tertiary paediatric neurology services for the region and to support the other tertiary services provided by St Georges Hospital. More details in the attached Job Description.

Consultant Paediatric Neurologist

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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St. George's Hospital is a large multi-speciality facility based in South West London, offering a wide range of adult, paediatric and neonatal services. It is co-located with a medical school - St. George's, University of London. Children managed at SGH are either local or regional tertiary patients. Our Emergency Department is seeing steadily increasing attendances, and our inpatient emergency admissions are also increasing. Outpatient referrals have also steadily increased for local children, reflecting the growing young population in SW Thames. Tertiary children's services are offered by Consultants based at SGH in neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, paediatric surgery and PICU. St George's University Hospital is one of the main regional trauma and neurosurgical services for London and has helipad access for HEMS. The department has its own outpatient's area (The Dragon Centre), Child Development Centre, PICU and Paediatric Step-down Unit, with 51 inpatient beds. There are over 50 Consultants and a fully staffed EWTD compliant middle grade and ST rota, composed of GRID Trainees, regional trainees, fellows and F1 doctors.

Person specification

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
MRCPCH or equivalent
Completed or within 6 months of obtaining accredited sub-speciality training in Paediatric Neurology
Child Safeguarding Level 3
Valid Paediatric BLS certificate
Previous working experience in paediatric neurology at tertiary level
Wide experience in general paediatrics at secondary or tertiary level.
Competence in and track record of performing clinical audit, service improvement projects and guideline development and review
Able to initiate and carry out medical research projects.
Leadership skills
Knowledge and experience of clinical governance
Training in management and audit at speciality registrar or equivalent level
Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues from medical and other disciplines.
Good communication skills
Flexible approach
IT skills
GMC Registration
On the GMC's Specialist Register OR within six months of CCT at time of scheduled interview
MDU / MPS
Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors

Desirable

Relevant higher degree: MD or PhD
APLS / EPLS / NLS
Previous Paediatric Neurology position at Consultant level in the UK or equivalent
Authorship of research papers
Database management skills
Ability to initiate service change
Experience of management
Specific training /qualification in education and/or appraisal