Locum Consultant Neurologist; interest in epilepsy

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The closing date is 05 February 2026

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.

In this post, you will be expected to contribute to the acute and general out‑patient neurology service at the RVI, including a share of the out of hours service, and to support the specialist epilepsy service. There is also a commitment to a local DGH, covering general neurology, epilepsy and inpatient liaison one day a week.

This post is a locum post based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the regional neurosciences centre initially for one year. There is a possibility of converting to a substantive post. The post will provide a general neurology service, comprising acute and elective outpatient and inpatient work, including a share of the out of hours on‑call, and will take part in the provision of a specialist service in epilepsy.

There is also a commitment to a local DGH, covering general neurology, epilepsy and inpatient liaison one day a week. We are happy to consider less than full time working.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:
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Within the epilepsy service we provide first seizure, epilepsy surgery, adolescent transition, neuro‑obstetrics and learning disability/epilepsy clinics in addition to the general/complex epilepsy clinics. Weekly MDTs are held with the neurophysiology department to review EEGs, and there is a twice monthly epilepsy surgery meeting. We are planning to expand our provision of video‑telemetry. We plan to use this appointment to extend our contribution to the neuro‑oncology team in the trust.

This group has the prestigious Tessa Jowell accreditation as a Centre of Excellence from 2021. Furthermore, there is also a chance to lead on regional liaison with the neurofibromatosis service where there is an unmet need in the North East.

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• MD, PhD or equivalent, ideally with a focus on epilepsy.
• Evidence of sub‑specialty experience or training in epilepsy.

• Training and experience in all aspects of Neurology.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion for general neurology.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Ability to manage and advice on complex epilepsy in a regional centre - outpatient and inpatient including intensive care.
• Interest and experience in epilepsy e.g. specialist fellowship or further post‑CST training in epilepsy.
• An interest in epilepsy liaison with neuro‑oncology or a willingness to develop the same.

• Involvement with management and project leadership within…