Trust Grade Doctor (Neurology/Stroke)

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)

Main area: Neurology

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)

Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (Fixed funding)

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week

Job ref: 309-UCLH-6032

Site: National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UCLH

Town: London

Salary: £49,909 Per annum + London weighting (Out of hours as per JD)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 24/03/:59

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Job overview

Applicants are invited for the post of ST1-2 Trust Grade (SHO Level) working at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square. Postholders will have the opportunity to attend the same teaching and training sessions as IMTs. However, this post is not recognised for training. This position is to start in August 2025 for 6-months.

Main duties of the job

The Trust Grade Doctor will have primary charge of the day-to-day care of neurology patients. The position holder will clerk and perform neurological assessments on patients on admission and discharge. They will ensure accurate updates of patient records, liaising with the full range of multi-disciplinary teams involved in patient care and ensuring discharge summaries are completed within the set time frame.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world-class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Person specification Knowledge and Qualifications

• Completion of CMT training or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent
• Experience in Neurology/ Stroke and keen interest in pursuing a career in Neurology/ Stroke
• GMC registration
• Knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, Good Clinical Practice and GDPR
• Experience working in the NHS
• Understanding of research methodology

Experience

• Management of medical or neurology/stroke inpatients
• Clinical Audit

Skills and Abilities

• IT proficiency at advanced user level (Spreadsheet, Word Processing, Database, Email).
• Completion of projects, audit, quality improvement and service developments related to Neurology/Stroke

Communication

• Communicate effectively and compassionately with patients from a diverse range of backgrounds and with diverse clinical and social needs.
• Excellent written and oral communication with colleagues within a multidisciplinary ethos.
• Good inter-personal skills with an ability to work co-operatively in a multidisciplinary setting.

Personal and People Development

• A very high level of consideration and care for patients
• Resourceful and able to work independently, and manage own workload through excellent organisational skills and effective ordering of priorities
• Meticulous and accurate in all aspects of work
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• PhD or interest in pursuing a neurology/stroke-related PhD in future

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment.

We offer our permanent staff an interest-free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert, assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.