Locum Consultant Neurologist

Job overview

Quality of life but close to London? Come to beautiful and affluent west Kent, with two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and many excellent state grammar schools.  Live in a country village or market town and yet be close to London and France.

Our expanding service needs a new Consultant Neurologist. Duties will be at either Maidstone Hospital and/or Tunbridge Wells Hospital depending on clinical need. This post includes outpatients, inpatient liaison, and teaching students at Kent & Medway Medical School, but at present is not part of an on call rota. There are CPD sessions at King’s College Hospital (currently these may optionally be attended virtually).

We are happy to consider adjusting the job plan to suit the successful candidate. We will consider applicants who wish to work less than full time.

This post is for a fixed term 12 month contract.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will work with our ten existing neurologists, two neurology specialty registrars, two IMT3 doctors and six specialist nurses. The Trust also provides services in neuroradiology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-oncology and hyperacute stroke unit (but this post has no commitment to cover stroke).

To discuss the post please contact Dr Rob Hadden, Clinical Lead for Neurology, on 01892 834286 or email [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.

To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.

To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.

To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust’s Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.

To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.

To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.

To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.

To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.

To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council’s published guide “Good Medical Practice” including the Duties of a Doctor.

To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.

To provide prospective cover for colleagues during annual and study leave and other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe.