Locum Consultant in Paediatric Neurology

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The Department of Paediatric Neurology is one of the longest established in Britain. It is supported by 8.5 WTE consultants based at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) with links being established to support the Lancaster and South Cumbria population served by Royal Preston Hospital.

The Paediatric Neurology department also has specialized services including a long-standing Neuromuscular Service, an acquired brain injury service and specialised clinics including neuroimmunology, neurovascular and Neurofibromatosis. The department is one of the 4 centres in England chosen to provide a service for children’s epilepsy surgery. This is run jointly with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. The ketogenic diet service is one of the largest in the country with 60 patients currently.

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A vacancy has arisen for a Locum Consultant in Paediatric Neurology. The successful candidate will join ten other Consultant colleagues at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and one at Royal Preston Hospital in providing a comprehensive Paediatic Neurology service including an advisory service for other paediatric consultants in the North West region. A key role of the appointee will be to provide paediatric neurology expertise to the Royal Oldham Hospital and the Oldham Community Paediatric Team as well as Royal Lancaster Infirmary and the Community Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Service at Lancaster

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MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.