Leadership Consultant - Liverpool, United Kingdom - NHS

Description

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint an ambitious, highly trained and committed Consultant Neurologist to join our existing team of Neurologists at the Walton Centre.

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic organisation that has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality care.

We operate a neurology network model from the main hospital in North Liverpool, providing a range of satellite services across Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales.

They will be expected to undertake five neurology clinics each week. Inpatient facilities are located at the Walton Centre site.

There is excellent professional support at Walton for new consultants and a mentoring scheme is embedded to assist neurologists starting as consultants.

Interests in research and education will be encouraged and supported.
Applicants will be required to have accreditation in Neurology and be eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register. Clinical Director for Neurology

Provide general neurological out-patient and consultation service at one or two district general hospitals , in addition to clinics at the Walton, ensuring a high standard of patient care is delivered and achieved at all times.

Participation in the consultant on-call rota at the centre, conducting a short ward round, as well as seeing new emergency admissions.

When on-call the Neurologist provides telephone and telemedicine support to GP's and linked hospitals as well as being in charge of the dedicated RANA ( Rapid Access Neurology Assessment ) clinic slots.

Liaison with clinical staff, such as nurses, therapists, radiologists, neurosurgeons and neurophysiologists to support high quality safe care.
Participate in medical audit, appraisal and mandatory training in the Centre.
Participate in Continuing Medical Education, including the in house CME.

The Walton CentreNHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for theInvestors in People we invest in people and we invest in wellbeingstandards and has been awarded Gold status for both.

TheWalton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology andneurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everythingwe do.

As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providingcomprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services weare proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission(CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience.

Originallyformed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

We have leading specialists and incrediblydedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal andneurological care nationally and internationally.

Teams across our site inFazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treatinginjuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves andmuscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-termneurological conditions.

the only dedicatedneurosciences centre in the UK and one of only a handful of NHS Trusts rated as Outstanding by the CQC.

We are clinical leaders in a number of fieldsand have been a vanguard site for the national program of deliveringneurology services across a region.

Our trauma networkis held up as an exemplar for the rest of the country,we have won awards for our rehabilitation network and have been named as one of the best places in the NHS to work by the Health Service Journal.

We have expandedour already excellent modern facilities to provide two additional new operating theatresand an intraoperative MRI scanner.
We run satellite clinics across Cheshire and Merseyside, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Like most Consultant Neurologists at WCFT, the postholder would work sessions in the main Centre in Liverpool and the other days at a linked community orhospital site in the region.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent qualifications, to be fully registered with the General Medical Council and listed on the Specialist Register (or due to be registered within six months of the date of application).

The WCFT routine catchment area covers all of Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales, Isle of Man and parts of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

The main hospital is on University Hospitals Aintrees campus and situated next to Aintree University Hospital.

There is a station outside The Walton Centre with trains that take as little as 12 minutes to get to the city centre.

Each year around 75 million tourists visit Liverpool, attracted by the areas natural and man- made assets.

The city has been the chosen location for several Hollywood films including Chariots of Fire, Captain America, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

There is also a mix of landscapes to enjoy including Crosby Beach, where Antony Gormleys iron men are based, Formby Beach and the picturesque Hilbre Island in Wirral.

The city's waterfront is home to the famous three graces names given to the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the former offices of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board which overlook the refurbished Albert Dock - where visitors find a mix of boutique shops.

In the city centre there is a wide range of well-known stores. There are both Anglican and Roman Catholic Cathedrals and facilities for worship for every other faith in the city. There are excellentschools for both sexes, including a varietyof denominational schools for both in the private and state sectors.

There is also a very good mix of housing in pleasant areas near the city and in rural areas.

There are excellenttrain services and motorway links to all parts of the country, with easy access to the national parks, North Wales, the Peak District and the Lake District,as well as to both Lancashire and the North Wales coasts

The University of Liverpool Department of Neurological Science, headed by Professor Solomon, is now located within the Clinical SciencesCentre adjacent to the Walton Centre on the University Hospital Aintree campus.

This represents apartnership between WCFT, Aintree Hospitals, the University of Liverpool, Edge Hill University College and the Pain Relief Foundation.

The University Department has an active programme of research and teaching and is internationally known for its work on neurological infection and epilepsy.

The WCFT and the University Department have also created a Neuroscience Research Centre (NRC) where members of the centre can undertake various clinical trials.

The unit has a manager and team of nurses/secretaries to help intheparticipation ofhigh quality trials, and is locatedin the Walton Centre.

In addition the Pain Research Institute is able to provide research facilities for those with appropriate interests. Other University Departments and colleagues have shown themselves extremely willing to collaborate in joint programmes of research.

Most members of the medical staff of the WCFT are actively involved in research and the successful candidatewill be encouraged to make use of the many opportunities to develop their own research interest.

Undergraduate medical students from the University of Liverpool spend time in the Centre. Consultant and junior staffare involved ina series of seminars as well as bedside, clinical skills and out-patient clinical teaching.
The University Medical School and the Liverpool Medical Institution are within 20 minutedrive.

The WCFT has a very active programmeof postgraduate education with a regularweekly series of clinical meetings, lectures, journal club and subspecialty meetings including neuromuscular disorders, epilepsy, movement disorders, functional neurology and neuropathology.

The Centres library is situated inthe Clinical Sciences Centre.

ThenewClinical Sciences building has created an IT resource centre which gives access to appropriate software and medical research material, etc.

In the Training and Deve lopment Department, there are on-line facilities in Medline, search etc.

The education facilities include a Lecture Theatre with a capacityof 225, equipped with the latest audio visual aids, video conferencing facilities, an exhibition facility and seminar rooms.

The professorial units based at WCFT and Aintree Hospitals have transferred into the Clinical SciencesBuilding.
5 supporting PAs. Two days a week maybe at satellitelocation (linked hospital or community clinic)and three days in Liverpool at WCFT

There will be opportunities to develop specialist clinics at WCFT or a satellitehospital, depending on the successful applicants preference and negotiation, in accordance with the service needs of the Trust.

The trust has recently expanded its neurology outpatient service at WCFT with additional clinic rooms, nursing and radiology support to develop an additional and more streamlined service.

5 supporting PAs.

The appointedconsultant may have the opportunity to participate in the consultant on-call rota at WCFT (approximately 1 in 20 weeks) where he/she will be supported by the on-call F2/CMT and SpR.

conducts a short round on the neurology ward every morning as well as seeing any new emergency admissions. The on-call Neurologist also provides telephone and telemedicine support to GPs and linked hospitals as well as being in charge of thededicated RANA ( Rapid Access NeurologyAssessment ) clinic slots
participate in medical audit, appraisal and mandatory training in the Centre.
participate in Continuing Medical Education, including the in house CME on Wednesday mornings.

The Trust supports the requirements for CME, as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

The consultant appointed will be entitled to an equitable share in the junior staff and to use all the clinical facilities ofthe Centre,including beds and clinics.

The use of beds is flexible but is continuously under review.

Secretarial support and office space will be provided at WCFT, along with IT facilities, internet access and IT training, if required.

Full current driving licence/ability to travel when on call.
Appropriate number and quality of research publications.
MD or PhD research qualification, or equivalent
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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