Consultant Neurologist | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	06 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	17 January 2026
Location:	York, YO41 8HE
Company:	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7649531/419-7649531-C-CSCS-Y

Summary

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant in Neurology to join our team of friendly and supportive neurology department.

The Neuroscience department was built over ten years ago to provide a self-contained department at York Hospital to include Neurology, Neurophysiology and multi-disciplinary Neuroscience services for York and the surrounding area of North Yorkshire.

The department provides office space and all outpatient facilities for Neurology, Specialist Nurses, multi-disciplinary and Neurophysiology clinics. The facilities include a physiotherapy gym, occupational therapy workshop, examination rooms, Consultant offices, secretarial offices, research rooms and a seminar room. The multi-disciplinary team of specialist Neuro-physiotherapists, Neuro-occupational therapists, Speech and language therapists and Specialist Nurses are all housed in the department. One section of the department is dedicated to Clinical Neurophysiology outpatient and investigatory facilities. In addition, a team of Neuro-psychologists provide psychology services from the department. We share the services of a dietician. There is a dedicated social worker based in the department.



We would encourage applications from individuals with skills to complement our existing team.

The job will involve providing outpatients and elective neurology work based at York hospital



The job role involves supporting a well-established and collaborative department, focused on excellent, person-centered care. Within the Trust we are part of Clinical Support and Cancer Services Care Group, which includes most specialist medicine services. We have a Clinical Director responsible for the all

Individual job plans will be discussed with the post holder on appointment, with the Clinical Director to finalise the job plan which will become operational on commencement. All jobs’ plans are agreed in line with the Trusts Job Planning Principles.

As a department we are committed to supporting flexible job plans and will work with you to mutually agree your activity commitment. We have opportunities to explore teaching, research and quality improvement projects to enhance our service.

We strive to support your leadership and development in role, and would be keen to discuss development pathways and subspecialty interests; ensuring activity is allocated within your job plan to achieve this.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

This post is a substantive permanent post based at York Hospital.

You will provide a general neurology service, comprising acute and elective outpatient and inpatient work.

Inpatient work is provide in normal working hours and will be shared with the entire consultant team, the neurology team also provide inpatient support to Scarborough hospital twice a week which is done in person.

An indicative 10 PA job plan will include 3-4 outpatients clinics per week (4 PAs), with approximately 2 PAs for SPA, 2 PAs for administration with the remainder for MDT, regional meetings, supervision and travel.

please see the below job plan example., which is subject to change and discussion with the appointable candidate.
normal clinical week Monday ClinicAdminTuesdayRegion meetingSPAWednesdayMDT meetingsClinic ThursdayAdmin Clinic FridayClinic Admin/SPAinpatient consultant of the week Monday Inpatient work Inpatient work TuesdayInpatient work Inpatient work WednesdayInpatient work Inpatient work ThursdayInpatient work Inpatient work FridayInpatient work Inpatient work inpatient consultant of the week Scarborough Monday York ward referralsYork ward referralsTuesdaySGH inpatient workSGH inpatient workWednesdayYork ward referralsYork ward referralsThursdaySGH inpatient workSGH inpatient workFridayYork ward referralsYork ward referralstriage week Monday Referral Triage AdminTuesdayRegion meetingSPAWednesdayMDT meetingsClinic ThursdayAdmin Referral Triage FridayClinic Admin/SPA


The Trust provides acute hospital services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale – an area covering 3,400 square miles. We manage ten hospital sites, 1,127 beds (including day cases) and have a workforce of over 8,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community. Our main sites are in York and Scarborough.




This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026

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