# Locum Consultant in Neurology

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Neurology
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 to £150,569 per annum WTE
- **Contract type:** Locum: 6 months
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T13:13:10.435Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Neurology/Neurology-v8147905
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8147905?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This post will be based at Charing Cross Hospital and will join over 40 consultant neurologists as part of the Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust Neurology department.

The Neurology Department provides comprehensive adult neurological care for both emergency and elective work. This includes an inpatient Neurology ward (Charing Cross), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), a planned Neurological Treatment Unit (NTU), an Acute Neurology service, a wide range of sub-speciality outpatient clinics and a number of Multi-disciplinary team meetings.

The post will be for a fixed term Neurology consultant position for 6 months, and will be based at Charing Cross Hospital. It will comprise 6.5 direct clinical care PAs (DCC’s) and 1 supporting professional activities (SPA).

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver 3 general neurology clinics per week. These clinics will cover general neurology and a new SDEC neurology service at Charing Cross Hospital.

This post does not include on-call duties.

This is a less than full time position, delivering 7.5 PA’s of consultant activity (6.5 DCC’s and 1 SPA); fixed term for 6 months.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post will be for a fixed term of 6 months, and will be based across ICHT sites. It will comprise 6.5 direct clinical care PAs (DCC’s) and 1 supporting professional activities (SPA). The DCC will comprise the delivery of 3 outpatient clinics – including general neurology and HOT/SDEC clinics.

The Work of the Department

The Neurology Department provides comprehensive adult neurological care for both emergency and elective work. This includes an inpatient Neurology ward (Charing Cross), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), a planned Neurological Treatment Unit (NTU), an Acute Neurology service, a wide range of sub-speciality outpatient clinics and a number of Multi-disciplinary team meetings.

This a large department with over 40 Consultant Neurologists linked to Imperial (based at Charing Cross, St. Mary’s or Hammersmith Hospitals), many with clinical duties at allied District General Hospitals and/or research commitments within academic departments at Imperial College.

The Neurology department is complemented by the Hyperacute Stroke Unit, Neurosurgery Unit, Neuroradiology Department (with access to CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine and interventional neuroradiology) and Neurophysiology Department.

Department: Over 40 Neurology Consultants

## Person Specification

### Audit

**Essential**

- Understanding of principles of clinical audit

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
- On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
- Appropriate Royal College Membership

### Leadership Skills

**Essential**

- Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority.
- Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
- Knowledge of finance/budgets
- Management of staff

### Knowledge & Skills

**Essential**

- Extensive experience in neurology.
- IT Skills and computer literacy

### Teaching & Training

**Essential**

- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff

### Academic achievements

**Essential**

- Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

## Documents

- [frf lcona071 (doc, 900.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10447305)
- [jd&ps lcona071 (docx, 623.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10447304)

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