Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Clinical Experience
Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Clinical Experience
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Personal Attributes
Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Personal Attributes
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- Personal Attributes
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
- Professional Registration
Full Registration with the GMC
- Qualifications and Training
MBBS or equivalent qualification
- Qualifications and Training
Valid ALS certificate
- Teaching, Audit and Research
Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Teaching, Audit and Research
Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Teaching, Audit and Research
Evidence of participation in audit
- Teaching, Audit and Research
Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
- Management and Administration Experience
Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Management and Administration Experience
Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
- Qualifications and Training
Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- Qualifications and Training
Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
- Teaching, Audit and Research
Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Teaching, Audit and Research
Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- Teaching, Audit and Research
Original peer-reviewed research publications
- Management and Administration Experience
Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Job overview
The post holder undertakes, exceptionally, to be available for such irregular commitments outside normally rostered duties as are essential for continuity of patient care and, therefore, may be required, in exceptional circumstances, to perform additional duties.
The post holder will be subject to review to assess progress (including the relevant professional development activities undertaken). A Consultant Neurologist has been allocated to supervise the post holder and also have responsibility for education and career developments. Study leave will be in accordance with the terms and conditions for medical staff.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join the medical and nursing team in supporting neurology clinics and ward rounds. S/he will work with Consultant Neurologists to see patients in an outpatient setting as well as ensuring consistency of care to inpatients on the ward.
The successful candidate will follow a timetable of sessions with supporting Consultants to include general outpatient consultations. The post holder will also take part in formal ward rounds with and without the supervising consultants.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Persoanl Specification.
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.
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This advert is for Trust Doctor in Neurology with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Cottingham, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Neurology role. The advertised salary is £67,325 - £67,998 PA PR. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (With a possibility to extend). The application deadline is 14 Sep 2026.
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