Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Neurology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 18 months (0)
- Hours
- Part time - 7.7 sessions per week (Agreed on-call rota e.g. 1 in 5: - Category A - On-call Supplement 5%)
- Job ref
- 321-NOTS-MS-7100863
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe
- Town
- OXFORD
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Agreed On=call Rota 1 in 5.7 - Category A - 5%
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Neurologist Locum Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST LOCUM CONSULTANT IN PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Applications are invited to apply for the above post at the Children’s Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford,OX3 9DU.
A less than whole time (0.77 WTE) consultant post in paediatric neurology is offered at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford for 18 months . This post is a part replacement post, covering a consultant (Dr Sandeep Jayawant) who is reducing his hours and stopping on-call commitments.
The successful candidate joins 6 existing consultants. The service provides pediatric neurology to a population of c 2.75 million and offers supra-regional expertise in congenital myasthenia, neuromyelitis optica, multiple sclerosis and NF2. There is close liaison with the 4 Paediatric neurosurgeons on a shared Paediatric neuroscience ward within a dedicated Children’s Hospital, supported by excellent Paediatric neuroradiology and EEG (including video-telemetry) departments. The appointee will have wide generic skills and any areas of specific interest and expertise will be welcomed and supported. Expertise in neuromuscular disorders is desirable.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
Locum Consultant in Paediatric Neurology
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:
The postholder’s duties will be primarily in the Children’s Hospital Oxford at the John Radcliffe Hospital site, but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations. The service also provides out-reach clinics to a number of DGH’s in the region and the post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service to at least one of these.
Clinical
The post involves carrying out Oxford-based out-patient clinics as well as full day clinics at one of the District General Hospitals within the region. The post-holder will deliver 9 weeks of on-call per year. There are a range of multidisciplinary clinical meetings dependent on the specialist interests of the post-holder and in liaison with the team and Clinical Director.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching Oxford University medical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
During the on call week the expectation is for a full day Monday to Friday (8:30-17:30), with weekend ward rounds (10-1), plus unpredictable on call work (covered by on call supplement). Total 13 PA during on call week.
In other weeks the average PA total will be approx. 6.3PAs, with 5.3 DCC spread over a 3 day working week on site, and 1 SPA which may be worked flexibly.
Average total over 42 weeks is 7.7 PA (6.7 DCC, 1 SPA).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC with licence to practice
- On Specialist Register for Neurology or expected date of award of CCT (or recognised equivalent if outside the UK) falls no more than 6 months after the date of interview for this post.
- MRCP/MRCPCH or equivalent -
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree inc; MD, PhD relevant to the post
Experience
Essential criteria
- Higher Specialist Training in Neurology
- Working in a tertiary neurology centre
- Experience in the management of complex patients with neurological disorders
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Track record of delivery of standards of care along with service development
- Experience in managing children with neuromuscular disorders
Skills
Essential criteria
- Teaching skills and experience
- Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff
- Oral and written communication skills in English
- Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload and that of others
- Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organization
- Ability to relate to patients and carers from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns.
Desirable criteria
- Locum or Consultant Experience
- Demonstrate an interest in Clinical Research related to paediatric neurology
- Evidence of examples of complete audit cycle
- Experience in presentations at national and/or international meetings
personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated to set and achieve targets
- Proven strong commitment to all aspects of teamwork
- Effective member of multidisciplinary team with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills -
- Driving Licence
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of -ongoing commitment to personal and professional development
- Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to the development of a high quality service
- Demonstrable evidence of ongoing commitment to clinical governance
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nadine McCrea
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Paediatric Neurology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 226651
- Additional information
for further information please contact [email protected]
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