Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

The Neurosurgery Department at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is a busy unit with daily elective and emergency admissions. The workload comes from a population of 2.2 million within North-West London and is maintained by 13 consultants, 17 registrars and 12 SHO-grade doctors, as well as the full multi-disiciplinary team of nurses, advanced clinical practitioner, therapists, managerial and administrative support. We work very closely with other specialties, including the hyperacute stroke unit, interventional neuroradiologists, oncologists and the intensive care team. All trauma cases are directed to St Mary’s Hospital, with non-trauma neurosurgical cases encountered in Charing Cross Hospital.

The department is also very active with academia and research and has a team of two professors, a number of academic consultants and research nurses running in excess of 30 trials currently. 

The Division is committed to the Academic Health Sciences Centre vision: to deliver advances in research directly to our patients and to provide world-class clinical care and patient experience. There are numerous examples within the Division of clinical excellence, delivered within a financially sound environment, complemented by a range of high-quality research activities, extensive teaching programmes and highly regarded training posts. Our challenge is to harness our talents and partnerships for the benefit of our patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holders will participate in 6 month rotations between elective Neurosurgery at Charing Cross Hospital and Acute Neurosurgery at St Mary’s Hospital.

The main duties of the post holders will be attending outpatient clinics, research, audit and presentations at the various postgraduate teaching meetings and trauma calls during their St Mary’s rotation. Operative training in theatre is encouraged not just within neurosurgery but across all the presenting trauma specialties with opportunities in orthopaedics, vascular, plastics and general surgical cases.

The post holders will also have the opportunity to be involved in ITU ward rounds and critical care of neurosurgical and trauma patients and exposure to elective neurosurgery work at Charing Cross Hospital. There are plenty of opportunities to be involved in all aspects of a patient’s care with a multi-disciplinary team approach to patient management.

The post holders will be responsible for the day to day care of inpatients on the Neurosciences wards as directed by the Consultant. These duties involve the routine admission and organisation of investigations of emergency admissions as well as coordinating the discharge of patients, ensuring that the relevant information such as discharge letters and further investigations are appropriately organised.

The post holders will be expected to partake in teaching sessions with preparation of case presentations as dictated by the teaching rota

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust invites applicants to apply for three Trust Doctor (ST 1/2 equivalent) posts covering Elective and Acute Neurosurgery to work within the Department of Stroke & Neurosciences at St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital.The posts offer experience of elective and acute Neurosurgery covering cranial and spinal patients including major trauma.

Two of the posts will be for 6 months and based in acute Neurosurgery at St Mary’s. The third post will participate in 6 month rotations between elective Neurosurgery at Charing Cross Hospital and Acute Neurosurgery at St Mary’s Hospital. The main duties of the post holders will be attending outpatient clinics, research, audit and presentations at the various postgraduate teaching meetings and trauma calls during their St Mary’s rotation. Operative training in theatre is encouraged not just within neurosurgery but across all the presenting trauma specialties with opportunities in orthopaedics, vascular, plastics and general surgical cases. The post holders will also have the opportunity to be involved in ITU ward rounds and critical care of neurosurgical and trauma patients and exposure to elective neurosurgery work at Charing Cross Hospital. There are plenty of opportunities to be involved in all aspects of a patient’s care with a multi-disciplinary team approach to patient management.

The post holders will work as part an EWTD-compliant full shift rota to ensure that cover is provided within the Unit. The out of hours work will be carried out under the Consultant’s supervision for the management of all appropriate patients.

The two posts at St Mary’s Hospital will be for a fixed term period of 6 months in the first instance. The rotational post between St Mary’s and Charing Cross Hospitals will be for a fixed term period of 12 months in the first instance.

Candidates must hold MBBS or equivalent and be expected to have some previous experience both in the NHS and in a Neurosciences or a general surgical setting.

The successful applicant will be expected to have full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practise.

Trust Doctors are not formally approved training posts, but the post holder will have consultant-led education and supervision and will be supported in their professional development.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

MBBS Full GMC Registration with licence to practice

Desirable criteria

MRCS

Language

Essential criteria

Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements

Academic achievements including research/publications

Essential criteria

Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment level at HHNT

Teaching, Training & Audit

Essential criteria

Experience of teaching and training Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Relevant experience in specialty/ sub specialty

Essential criteria

Experience or aptitude for clinical activity appropriate to job description

Desirable criteria

Previous neuro experience

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

Appropriate to job description

IMPORTANT:

We are conducting interviews virtually and face to face. If the interview is virtual we require candidates to have the camera on during the interview.

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