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Overview
The post-holder will be expected to participate in the neurology registrar on-call rota. Undertaking up to four outpatient clinics per week at Royal Preston Hospital and peripheral hospitals, under consultant supervision. There may be times you will be asked to provide cover for other outpatient clinics during periods of leave or sickness.
The regional neurosciences service, based at The Royal Preston Hospital, comprises Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurosurgery and Neurorehabilitation, with close links to Neuroradiology, Neuropsychology, Neuropathology and Paediatric Neurology, all based at RPH. The population served by the Neurosciences Centre is 1.6 million from the catchment area of Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Neurology Department has acute neurology and short-stay beds on Bleasdale ward, with a team including 9 Consultant Neurologists and neurology registrars, and a team of specialty trainee doctors rotating through General Medicine. Regular outpatient clinics are held at Royal Preston Hospital, Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Royal Blackburn Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary. There are Specialist Nurses in Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromuscular and MND who work alongside the Consultant Neurologists.
Responsibilities
* Undertaking up to four outpatient clinics per week at Royal Preston Hospital and peripheral hospitals, under consultant supervision.
* There may be times you will be asked to provide cover for other outpatient clinics during periods of leave or sickness.
* Working with the neurology education lead to deliver high quality neurology education to medical students from University of Manchester, based at Royal Preston Hospital.
* Undertaking up to three outpatient clinics a week at Royal Preston Hospital and peripheral hospitals, under consultant supervision.
* Managing inpatients in the regional neurology ward based at Royal Preston Hospital.
* You will also be expected to participate in the neurology registrar on-call rota.
Qualifications/Requirements
* Educational supervision will be allocated; this post is not a formal training post, but offers significant clinical learning opportunities with weekly clinical and academic meetings, case presentations and frequent clinical teaching.
Contact for further details
* Name: Professor Suresh Chhetri — Clinical Director
* Email: suresh.chhetri@lthtr.nhs.uk
* Telephone: 01772 523643
* Dr Rejith Dayanandan — rejith.dayanandan@lthtr.nhs.uk
* Telephone: 01772 522558
* Dr Tahir Majeed — tahir.majeed@lthtr.nhs.uk
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