Candidates are invited to apply for the LED Neurology Junior Doctor post. This post is to commence Wednesday 6th August 2025, fixed term for 12 months.

GRADE : IMT 1-2 Equivalent

SPECIALTY : Neurology

SUPERVISING CONSULTANT : Dependent on attachment

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME : Full time

BASE HOSPITAL : John Radcliffe Hospital

WORK PATTERN : Full Shift

AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK : 40

INCLUDES PROSPECTIVE COVER : Yes

ANNUAL LEAVE ARRANGEMENTS :
Annual Leave must be coordinated with other F2/IMTs, and with the training programme director.

ACCOMMODATION : This post is not compulsorily resident.

DUTIES OF THE POST

a) Principal Responsibilities :
Day to day care of patients on the wards as appropriate to the grade of the post and under the directions of the consultants responsible, including:

Participation in ward rounds

The admission clerking of all patients

Initiating appropriate investigations and management plans under supervision of senior colleagues

Supervision of neurology day unit

Supporting liaison neurology

Outpatient clinics

b) Daily Commitment :
As a) above

c) Description of Working Pattern

Integrated full shift with some neurosurgical responsibilities/cross cover.

All junior medical staff are expected to familiarise themselves with cardiac arrest procedures and should attend a compulsory resuscitation lecture when the first arrive at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Individuals will be contacted concerning this upon their arrival.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

• Neuro-Ophthalmology ward round 08:30

2 hours/week self-development time should be taken flexibly (12 h over the 6-week cycle), most easily achievable during liaison and clinic weeks.

Key

Name

Intensity

Start

End

Code

A: NIU

Full shift

800

1600

SD

B: Ward Early

Full shift

730

1600

WE

C: Ward Late

Full shift

1430

2345

WL

D: Liaison

Full shift

830

1630

LIA

E: Clinic

Full shift

900

1730

CL

G: Weekend Late

Full shift

1300

2345

WEL