Clinic Fellow Paediatric Neurology

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

This is a fixed term 12 month post clinical fellow post in Paediatric Neurology in Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust to support the Neurology team.

The post holder will be expected to deliver stand-alone outpatient clinics and support the provision of inpatient neurology care. Evening and weekend cover may be requested in rotation with other neurology senior fellows and trainees.

This job description describes the principal clinical duties of the appointee and the support that will be available. The post-holder will report through the Clinical Lead for Neurology to the Service Group lead with professional support from the Neurology team.

Main Duties of the Job

The post holder is expected to gain a wide range of experience in all aspects of tertiary paediatric neurology delivered at Alder Hey.

The appointee will have the opportunity to participate in the acute and long-term assessment and management of children with a wide range of neurological disorders in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Job Responsibilities

The job plan is subject to re-negotiation and annual review with the Clinical Director and General Manager, any changes being made by agreement with the department.

The candidate would have opportunities to attend general neurology and specialty clinics based on interest and service requirements. The job plan will also have independent general neurology or epilepsy clinics based on the candidate's experience, with support from consultants as required.

If any candidate wants to have a focused experience in a specialist area of neurology, that could be facilitated balancing with acute neurology cover.

Experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.