Consultant Neurologist with Interest in Stroke - Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom - Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Tom O´Connor

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The post-holder will provide general neurology and TIA clinics and participate in the 5-day in-reach rota


Weekly Commitments:


  • Two general neurology clinics
PA DCC for dictation, reviewing results, unscheduled patient contact, calls to GPs, Neuro-radiology meeting and other clinical admin


  • Two TIA Clinics. 1 PA per clinic incl. clinical admin
PA DCC for ward referrals on 1:4 rota, incl. internal cover

5. 1.75SPA


  • Expected to partake in local and national audits as appropriate.
The neurology department provides general neurological care to Kingston and the surrounding area.

The mainstay of our work is out-patient clinics in general neurology, as well as specialist clinics in movement disorders, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis (MS), headache and functional neurological disorders and nurse-led clinics in MS, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.

We offer day unit treatments for MS (currently Natalizumab). We also provide a 5-day ward liaison service (in-reach) for in-patients. Elective lumbar punctures are performed on the neurology day unit at St George's Hospital.

The neurophysiology service was established in 2016. We offer EMG/nerve conduction studies including single-fibre EMG, SSEPs and EEG and VEPs. We have access to CT and MRI scans, with visiting neuroradiologists from St George's contributing to reporting. DaTscans are offered by the nuclear medicine department.

For any further information in regards to this vacancy, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
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