Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Queens Medical Centre Town Nottingham Salary £49,909 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/08/2025 08:00
Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Neurology
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Job overview
Full time Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Neurology with a responsibility in paediatric neurology for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
This post allows the clinical fellow to gain a broad experience in the sub-specialist training in Paediatric Neurosciences within a department providing a comprehensive, tertiary paediatric neurology service.
Nottingham Children’s Hospital. It is designed for a candidate who is post CCT in paediatrics and is planning a career in paediatric neurology at consultant level.
The post provides in-patient and outpatient experience in a busy tertiary centre. There are close working relationships with the Departments of Neuroradiology, Neurophysiology, Neurosurgery and Paediatric Intensive Care. Support and supervision will be available from senior colleagues at all times.
The Paediatric Neurology service within the Nottingham Childrens Hospital at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust provides secondary and tertiary care for more than 2.25 million total population; 450,000 children and young people.
Main duties of the job
The Job Plan reflects our best assessment of what the final plan will be but can be modified to suit any particular interest by the candidate.
The Paediatric Neurology service is provided across both campuses of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, as well as in regional outreach clinics, but your primary base will be QMC.
The proposed Job Plan is detailed in the job description.
Working for our organisation
With more than 18,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full time Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Neurology with a responsibility in paediatric neurology for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Please see the job description and personal specification attached to the TRAC advert.
Person specification
Professional Registration
* Full GMC registration
Professional Qualifications/Development
* MRCP, MRCPCH or equivalent
* Higher professional degree - MSc, MPhil related discipline
Clinical Skills/Experience
* Experience in Paediatrics/Paediatric Neurology (or equivalent specialist training)
* Experience of teaching and presenting.
* Experience of audit activities
* Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
* Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
* Specific training in communication skills
* Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
* Published research in peer reviewed journals
Management Skills
* Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
* Able to work in a team
* Higher management degree or qualification or training
* Experience of change management
Personal Skills/Qualities
* Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
* Able to use the Trust’s IT support systems
Teaching, Audit & Research
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
* Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
* Original Research Publications
* Higher teaching degree or qualification or training
Practical Requirements
* Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus
* Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children (Paediatric positions only)
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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
* Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
* Start an Apprenticeship
* Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
* Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Departmentconfidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
* Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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.
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