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Job overview

We are advertising for a clinical fellow post in Paediatric Neurology (Complex Epilepsy and Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service) for 12 months. 

This clinical fellow post will provide an excellent opportunity for sub-specialist training in Paediatric Epilepsy within a department providing a dynamic comprehensive, tertiary / quaternary complex epilepsy service. GOSH is one of 4 centres commissioned by NHS England to deliver the Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service. This post is particularly suitable for an individual, who is nearing or post CCT in Paediatric Neurology (or equivalent specialist training) and wish to develop an expertise in epilepsy.

The post will provide support for the in-patient telemetry service, the outpatient specialist epilepsy clinics and MDT meetings (especially epilepsy surgery). The post provides opportunities for training in EEG (including Telemetry) interpretation. Post holders are encourages undertaking a small research project. There is also an expectation to participate in development of clinical guidelines, service quality improvement and audit projects. There will be an on-call commitment, inclusive of long-day shifts, nights and weekends. The post is EWTD complaint.

All candidates should be eligible for full registration with the GMC with license to practice and have full MRCPCH or equivalent.

Main duties of the job

The Epilepsy Unit provides specialist tertiary/quaternary epilepsy services with one of the largest epilepsy surgery programmes for children in the United Kingdom, a busy ketogenic diet service, Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy service, and joint clinics with Neurodisability (developmental epilepsy clinic, epilepsy genomic clinic and Sturge Weber clinic). There are additional learning opportunities provided by attendance of regular departmental specialist MDT meetings including monthly epilepsy genomic and non-surgical epilepsy case discussion MDTs.  GOSH has a busy epilepsy monitoring unit (video telemetry unit) with 5 beds performing over 220 evaluations per year. 

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.