# Headache GP Acute Interface Locum role > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/headache-gp-acute-interface-locum-role/4148a9e8-cc28-48cf-a33d-0b5b3fa2c86b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/headache-gp-acute-interface-locum-role/4148a9e8-cc28-48cf-a33d-0b5b3fa2c86b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Practitioner - **Grade:** General practitioner - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Locum: 12 months - **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-09T15:03:24.724Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neurology/Neurology-v8127527 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8127527?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for a part time Locum GP Acute interface role with an interest in Headche. This is a one-year locum post in the first instance with a possibility to extend annually, subject to approvals by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Oxford. ### Main duties of the job Clinical The post-holder will provide a weekly clinic within the Oxford Community Headache Clinic, assessing and managing adults referred with primary and secondary headache disorders. The role is designed to deliver high-quality, community-based headache care closer to home, improving access, reducing waiting times and easing demand on secondary-care neurology services. Working as an integral member of the multidisciplinary headache team and under the clinical supervision of a Consultant Neurologist, the post-holder will manage a defined caseload of headache patients, contributing to diagnosis, treatment optimisation, review and onward referral. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical activity - Deliver one headache clinic session per week within the Oxford Community Headache Clinic. - Provide a mixed model of consultations, approximately three telephone (remote) clinics to every one face-to-face (in-person) clinic (3:1 ratio), in line with service design and patient need. - Assess, diagnose and manage adults referred with primary headache disorders (e.g. migraine, tension-type headache, cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias) and medication-overuse headache. - Recognise and appropriately triage patients with features suggestive of secondary headache or 'red flag' symptoms, escalating to the supervising Consultant Neurologist and arranging timely investigation or referral as required. - Initiate, titrate and review acute and preventive headache treatments, including lifestyle advice, oral preventives and, where the service permits and competencies are held, specialist therapies (e.g. greater occipital nerve blocks, referral for CGRP-targeted therapies or botulinum toxin). - Order and interpret appropriate investigations within agreed protocols and act on results. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Inclusion on the GP Register / MRCGP or equivalent - Full GMC registration with a licence to practise - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - - Recognised training or accreditation in headache medicine or a related extended-role framework ### Additional **Essential** - Commitment to audit, governance and quality improvement - Flexible, reliable and able to manage a defined caseload independently within scope **Desirable** - Interest in teaching, research and/or service development ### Experience **Essential** - Substantive experience as a practising GP - Demonstrable interest and experience in the assessment and management of headache disorders **Desirable** - Prior experience working in a specialist or community headache service - Experience of clinics delivered by telephone / remote consultation ### Team working **Essential** - Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team - Willingness to work under consultant clinical supervision and within agreed protocols **Desirable** - Experience of contributing to MDT meetings ### Knowledge & skills **Essential** - Sound knowledge of primary and secondary headache disorders and relevant national guidance - Ability to recognise red-flag features and escalate appropriately - Effective communication and clinical record-keeping **Desirable** - Competence in procedures such as greater occipital nerve blocks - Familiarity with CGRP-targeted therapies and botulinum toxin pathways ## Documents - [locum gp headache jd (pdf, 576.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10424689) - [locum gp headache ps (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10424690) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.