Locum Consultant Neurologist

Job overview

Job Summary

Are you looking for a job in a friendly department in a high performing Trust? Come and work with us! The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Locum Consultant Neurologist for General Neurology.

Applicants are invited to join a dynamic and forward-looking Neurology department. The successful candidate will join a close West Middlesex team of four neurology consultants and be part of the larger cross site department.

The appointee will provide inpatient and outpatient services in busy, but well supported hospital.

Main duties of the job

The neurology clinics at both sites are run on the ABN template with 30mins for a new patient and 15mins for a follow up. At West Middlesex University Hospital there is daily (Monday - Friday) consultant delivered referral service with variable referrals ranging from 1-5/day. The indicative job plan contains time for cross cover with ward referrals relating to consultant leave and will require flexibility from the appointee to help deliver this.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A provisional timetable denoting the allocation of fixed/non-fixed commitments is for Direct Clinical Care (DCC) 8.0 and Supporting professional activities (SPA) 2.0. The job plan will be subject to change in the future, subject to the needs of the service and in consultation with the post-holder

The post will initially attract 2.0 SPAs.  These are provided for personal CME/CPD, service development, audit, M&M, departmental meetings, mandatory training, appraisal and revalidation, and medical student teaching. At the first annual job plan review, the SPA allocation will be reviewed in line with Trust Policy.