Locum Consultant in Neurology

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

This post will be based at Charing Cross Hospital and will join over 40 consultant neurologists as part of the Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust Neurology department.

The Neurology Department provides comprehensive adult neurological care for both emergency and elective work. This includes an inpatient Neurology ward (Charing Cross), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), a planned Neurological Treatment Unit (NTU), an Acute Neurology service, a wide range of sub-speciality outpatient clinics and a number of Multi-disciplinary team meetings.

The post will be for a fixed term Neurology consultant position for 6 months, and will be based at Charing Cross Hospital. It will comprise 6.5 direct clinical care PAs (DCC’s) and 1 supporting professional activities (SPA).

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver 3 general neurology clinics per week. These clinics will cover general neurology and a new SDEC neurology service at Charing Cross Hospital.

This post does not include on-call duties.

This is a less than full time position, delivering 7.5 PA’s of consultant activity (6.5 DCC’s and 1 SPA); fixed term for 6 months.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
  • On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
  • Appropriate Royal College Membership

Leadership Skills

Essential

  • Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority.
  • Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
  • Knowledge of finance/budgets
  • Management of staff

Teaching & Training

Essential

  • Experience of teaching and training undergraduates / postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential

  • Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Academic achievements

Essential

  • Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Extensive experience in neurology.
  • IT Skills and computer literacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 26 July 2026

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