Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellowship in Movement Disorder
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
This post will span the clinical and research gamut of Movement Disorders to
develop clinical, research and teaching skills for the successful applicant. The
position will provide sub-specialist experience in Parkinson’s and Movement
Disorders neurology to consultant level, in addition to movement disorders
research, and delivery of clinical neurosciences undergraduate teaching. The
post will support the medical and neurosurgical management of movement
disorders at OUHFT under the supervision of Prof Michele Hu and Dr
Nagaraja Sarangmat, with neurosciences undergraduate teaching supervised
by Programme Director Prof Gabriele de Luca.
Main duties of the job
The Fellow will be expected to see new and follow-up patients at two OUHFT outpatient clinics per week at the Department of Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital West Wing. One clinic will alternate between a weekly medical Parkinson’s disease clinic and a national atypical Parkinsonism clinic comprising MSA, PSP and CBS patients (supervisor Prof Michele Hu). The medical Parkinson’s clinic will also provide experience in Duodopa and Apomorphine therapies for complex Parkinson’s disease. The second clinic will comprise 2 DBS PD-Movement disorders clinics per month, 1 botulinum toxin clinic per month and 1 neurogenetics/ ataxia clinic per month to offer a broad range of experience. All clinics will be discussed in advance and agreed between the successful applicant and their supervisors, to best match their sub-specialist experience.
The Fellow will also be expected to work effectively with the PD Nurse Specialist Team (2 Community-based, 1 OUHFT trust-based) and provide advice on inpatient/outpatient management where appropriate. Attendance and presentation at a monthly Parkinson’s and atypical PD MDT, attended by Consultant Neurologists, Consultant Psychiatrists and Specialist Nurses is expected.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more herewww.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Weekly Timetable; to be confirmed with supervising consultants
To include 2 clinics per week comprising 1 weekly PD/atypical PD clinic on a Thursday pm. The second clinic will comprise 2 DBS PD-Movement disorders clinics per month, 1 botulinum toxin clinic per month and 1 neurogenetics/ ataxia clinic per month to offer a broad range of clinical experience.
Monday |
am |
DBS PD-Movement Disorders clinic (2 per month) (Dr Marko Bogdanovic/Dr Nagaraja Sarangmat) |
|
pm |
DBS Ward round Clinic-related paperwork, patient administration |
Tuesday |
am |
Neurosciences teaching |
|
pm |
Research |
Wednesday |
am |
Clinic-related paperwork/patient administration |
|
pm |
Neurogenetics-ataxia clinic (2nd Weds of month) (Dr George Tofaris) |
Thursday |
am |
Research |
|
pm |
Weekly PD alternating with atypical PD clinic (Dr Michele Hu) |
Friday |
am |
Neurosciences Grand Round and Clinical Governance. Monthly PD MDT Meeting Botulinum Toxin Dystonia clinic (2nd Friday of month, Dr Johannes Klein) |
|
pm |
Neurosciences Teaching |
Please refer to the attached job description for further information.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- Medical Degree
- MRCP or equivalent.
- To Senior Trainee, Junior consultant level
Desirable criteria
- CCT (Neurology),
- MRCP Neurology
- Higher Medical Degree eg PhD
Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Neurology to specialist level or equivalent
- experience of ST7 and above
- responsibility of ST7 and above
Desirable criteria
- Interest in research with publications, and neurology teaching
- GCP trained (Good Clinical Practice: a practical guide to ethical and scientific quality standards in clinical research)
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sufficient organizational and leadership skills to effectively meet demands of this senior Fellow post
- Sufficient communication, professional and personal skills to be a highly effective team member
- Ability to work independently with appropriate supervision.
- Undertake effectively the role of Senior Clinical Fellow in Movement Disorders in a large teaching hospital
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS,
- Leadership qualification
- Communication skills qualification. Evidence of previous high-level presentations and audit
- Previous experience in Movement Disorders management including DBS and atypical parkinsonian disorders
- Ability to analyse research data, present and write up results.
- Prior publication record.
- Management training and experience, teaching qualification
- Publication of Audit in literature
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michele Hu
- Job title
- Consultant Neurologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 231895
- Additional information
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON POST: Prof Michele Hu & Dr Nagaraja Sarangmat ([email protected] & [email protected])
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- Address
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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