The Department of Paediatric Neurology is one of the longest established in Britain. It is supported by 8.5 WTE consultants based at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) with links being established to support the Lancaster and South Cumbria population served by Royal Preston Hospital.

The Paediatric Neurology department also has specialized services including a long-standing Neuromuscular Service, an acquired brain injury service and specialised clinics including neuroimmunology, neurovascular and Neurofibromatosis. The department is one of the 4 centres in England chosen to provide a service for children's epilepsy surgery. This is run jointly with Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The ketogenic diet service is one of the largest in the country with 60 patients currently.

Main duties of the job

A vacancy has arisen for a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist. The successful candidate will join ten other Consultant colleagues at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and one at Royal Preston Hospital in providing a comprehensive Paediatric Neurology service including an advisory service for other paediatric consultants in the North West region. A key role of the appointee will be to provide paediatric neurology expertise to the Royal Oldham Hospital and the Oldham Community Paediatric Team as well as Royal Lancaster Infirmary and the Community Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Service at Lancaster

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• MBChB or equivalent
• Postgraduate qualification (MRCPCH or equivalent)
• Completion of basic/core training as defined by RCPCH
• Completion of higher training in Paediatric Neurology or equivalent training demonstrated

Desirable

• Higher qualification (MD, PhD etc)
• Post CCT training in paediatric neurology

Teaching and Audit
Essential

• Teaching Medical Students
• Experience of audit
• Teaching junior medical staff

Academic Achievements and Research
Desirable

• Publications in recognised journals (Notably specialist journals such as Development Medicine and Child Neurology)
• Research projects relating to Paediatric Neurology

Other Requirements
Essential

• Full registration with the GMC (or eligible for full registration) and Licensed to Practice
• Registered on the GMC Specialist Register or be eligible for relevant CCT within 6 months of interview.

Interpersonal Skills
Essential

• Organisation skills
• Communication skills
• Leadership skills

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