Paediatric Neurologist with interest in Neuromuscular disorders

+ The post-holder will undertake multidisciplinary paediatric neuromuscular clinics at Evelina London Children's Hospital and will have dedicated sessions to support the provision of acute neuromuscular care within Evelina London Children's Hospital.
+ The post-holder will support the provision of advanced therapies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at Evelina London. This includes the provision of intrathecal nurinersen for patients with SMA under this treatment.
+ The post-holder will be expected to support the regional clinic model which operates to provide direct referral pathways for children with neurological disorders who are then managed jointly with special interest general paediatricians in the South East Thames region of England.
+ The post-holder will participate in the Paediatric Neurology on-call rota for ELCH. This is on an approximate 1 in 9 basis for a week in service. For this on call week all elective activity will be cancelled. Non-resident supervision and attendance will be required for this week.
+ The post-holder will contribute to patient care in the neonatal unit by offering inpatient consultations and leading clinics dedicated to infants with hypotonia and potential neuromuscular disorders

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., The Children's Neurosciences department provides a tertiary service which includes an integrated and comprehensive Neurology, Rehabilitation and Neurodisability service for children and their families from South East Thames and beyond, serving a total population of over 9 million people. We work closely with our Neurosurgical colleagues at Kings College Hospital to ensure a comprehensive Paediatric Neurosciences service is managed within Kings Health Partners.
Every year, 2500 inpatients and more than 7000 outpatients are seen within the Children's Neurosciences service. Services are provided from a recently refurbished purpose designed outpatient department in the South Wing of St Thomas' Hospital together with facilities in ELCH.
The neuromuscular service has been designated as a Neuromuscular Centre of Excellence by the charity Muscular Dystrophy UK and is one of the four neuromuscular centres in England, designated by NHS England as infusion centres for provision of the highly specialised service of delivering onasemnogene abeparvovec gene therapy to babies and children with spinal muscular atrophy. The service operates to a multidisciplinary model providing a comprehensive service for children with neuromuscular disorders, including other advanced therapies such as intrathecal nusinersen and risdiplam. The department has a strong research record, is involved in clinical trial programmes and all team members are encouraged to contribute to existing and new projects., Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

From £ 105,504 to 139,882 p.a
Full Time - 8PAs
Permanent
The Evelina London Children's Hospital is seeking to appoint an 8 PA consultant post to join the paediatric neuromuscular team to undertake multidisciplinary paediatric neuromuscular clinics and to support the provision of advanced therapies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at Evelina London. This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly driven team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment., Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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