Consultant Neurologist with Interest in PD and Movement Disorders
| Posting date: | 05 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 April 2026 |
| Location: | Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 7HE |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7595446/321-MS-CON-7595446-S5 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This new substantive post is an opportunity to join a nationally recognised centre for Parkinson’s and movement disorders care, and to contribute to the implementation of advanced therapies, including Foslevodopa.
Applications are invited for a whole-time or part-time Consultant Neurologist post providing exciting opportunities in the care of people with Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders. The post will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, with sessions delivered across the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT) and supporting regional partners in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire (BOB) Integrated Care System.
The postholder’s duties will cover the breadth of service provision across several fields:
Clinical service provision
The postholder will run dedicated Parkinson’s/movement disorder clinics, which include seeing new and follow up patients, leading and participating in advanced therapy services: Foslevodopa eligibility and follow-up clinics, MDT clinics, day-case foslevodopa/apomorphine infusion titration in conjunction with the PD nurse team, follow-up reviews. The postholder will also contribute to general neurology services, and APD services. Together with other movement disorders consultant colleagues, the postholder will support the Neurology specialist nurse team and pharmacist prescribers, contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings including advanced therapy MDTs, and liaise with gerontology colleagues. The postholder will also participate in the Neurology on-call rota and ward cover (1 in 13) at OUH.
Clinical Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
*Awaiting approval by RCP*
OxfordUniversity Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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 theOUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to theten core principles
Oxford University Hospitalspromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
The postholder’s duties will cover the breadth of service provision across several fields:
Clinical service provision
The postholder will run dedicated Parkinson’s/movement disorder clinics, which include seeing new and follow up patients, leading and participating in advanced therapy services: Foslevodopa eligibility and follow-up clinics, MDT clinics, day-case foslevodopa/apomorphine infusion titration in conjunction with the PD nurse team, follow-up reviews. The postholder will also contribute to general neurology services, and APD services. Together with other movement disorders consultant colleagues, the postholder will support the Neurology specialist nurse team and pharmacist prescribers, contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings including advanced therapy MDTs, and liaise with gerontology colleagues. The postholder will also participate in the Neurology on-call rota and ward cover (1 in 13) at OUH.
Clinical Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.Opportunities exist for collaboration with the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre and University of Oxford research groups in imaging, biomarker development and experimental medicine, as well as clinical trial delivery of a broad commercial portfolio in PD and related neurodegenerative disorders.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audits, futureBlueTeq submissions, service development,clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activitiesand service audits for advanced therapiesas required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.
The Trust has the required arrangements in place to ensure that all consultants have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports physicians going through the revalidation process.
Appraisal and revalidation is managed in OUHFT via the Medical Director's Office (mdo.business@ouh.nhs.uk or 01865 743216) who will provide detailed advice. The designated responsible officer is Professor Andrew Brent, Chief Medical Officer, OUHFT.
The trust offers a mentorship scheme to all new consultants to enable them to settle into their positions with one of the established consultants within the department.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.
Risk Management
Management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest, and open environment.
Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility.
Staff should be familiar with the:
· Major Incident Policy
· Fire Policy
and should make themselves familiar with the 'local response' plan and their role within that response.
Responsibilities for Health & Safety
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Statutory Regulations and Trust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice where required.
Infection Control
Infection Control is everyone's responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts' Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections.
All staff employed by the Trust have the following key responsibilities:
Staff must decontaminate their hands prior to and after direct patient contact or contact with the patient's surroundings.
Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.
Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.
Equality and Diversity
The OUH values equality and diversity in employment and in the services we provide. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and will keep under review our policies and procedures to ensure that the job-related needs of all staff working in the Trust are recognised.
The Trust will aim to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marital status, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender reassignment, political affiliation or trade union membership.
Selection for training and development and promotion will be based on the individual's ability to meet the requirements of the job.
Freedom of Information
The post holder should be aware of the responsibility placed on employees under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is responsible for helping to ensure that the Trust complies with the Act when handling or dealing with any information relating to Trust activity.
Patient and Public Involvement
The Trust is committed to, and has a statutory duty to involve service users, carers and the public in the work of the organisation. We consider that patient and public involvement is the responsibility of every individual working for our Trust. All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback. You will be expected to support the Trust with this through your working practice.
Serious Incidents
All staff must report incidents and near misses so that the Trust can reduce the risk of harm by investigating and incorporating risk reducing measures to safeguard patients, visitors and staff, in accordance with the Trust Incident Reporting Policy.
Children's Rights
The post holder will endeavour at all times to uphold the rights of children and young people in accordance with the UN Convention Rights of the Child.
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults throughout the organisation. As a member of the trust there is a duty to assist in protecting patients and their families from any form of harm when they are vulnerable.
Information Governance
You must maintain a Trust email account. All staff must complete annual information governance training which can be completed on-line. For further details, go to the Information Governance intranet site: http://orh.oxnet.nhs.uk/InformationGovernance/Pages/Default.aspx
General
The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department. The post holder will be provided with secretarial support from the Neurology Secretarial team and will be provided with shared consultant office space and desktop PC with associated infrastructure to facilitate the performance of his/her duties.
*Awaiting approval by RCP*
For further details, candidates may contact Dr Johannes KleinJohannes.Klein@ouh.nhs.uk, Lead Clinician, Clinical Neurology, or Dr George HadjipavlouGeorge.Hadjipavlou@oun.nhs.uk, Clinical Director of Neurosciences or Dr Michele Hu michele.hu@ouh.nhs.uk, Consultant Neurologist.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Mar 2026
This new substantive post is an opportunity to join a nationally recognised centre for Parkinson’s and movement disorders care, and to contribute to the implementation of advanced therapies, including Foslevodopa.
Applications are invited for a whole-time or part-time Consultant Neurologist post providing exciting opportunities in the care of people with Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders. The post will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, with sessions delivered across the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT) and supporting regional partners in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire (BOB) Integrated Care System.
The postholder’s duties will cover the breadth of service provision across several fields:
Clinical service provision
The postholder will run dedicated Parkinson’s/movement disorder clinics, which include seeing new and follow up patients, leading and participating in advanced therapy services: Foslevodopa eligibility and follow-up clinics, MDT clinics, day-case foslevodopa/apomorphine infusion titration in conjunction with the PD nurse team, follow-up reviews. The postholder will also contribute to general neurology services, and APD services. Together with other movement disorders consultant colleagues, the postholder will support the Neurology specialist nurse team and pharmacist prescribers, contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings including advanced therapy MDTs, and liaise with gerontology colleagues. The postholder will also participate in the Neurology on-call rota and ward cover (1 in 13) at OUH.
Clinical Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
*Awaiting approval by RCP*
OxfordUniversity Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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 theOUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to theten core principles
Oxford University Hospitalspromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
The postholder’s duties will cover the breadth of service provision across several fields:
Clinical service provision
The postholder will run dedicated Parkinson’s/movement disorder clinics, which include seeing new and follow up patients, leading and participating in advanced therapy services: Foslevodopa eligibility and follow-up clinics, MDT clinics, day-case foslevodopa/apomorphine infusion titration in conjunction with the PD nurse team, follow-up reviews. The postholder will also contribute to general neurology services, and APD services. Together with other movement disorders consultant colleagues, the postholder will support the Neurology specialist nurse team and pharmacist prescribers, contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings including advanced therapy MDTs, and liaise with gerontology colleagues. The postholder will also participate in the Neurology on-call rota and ward cover (1 in 13) at OUH.
Clinical Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.Opportunities exist for collaboration with the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre and University of Oxford research groups in imaging, biomarker development and experimental medicine, as well as clinical trial delivery of a broad commercial portfolio in PD and related neurodegenerative disorders.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audits, futureBlueTeq submissions, service development,clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activitiesand service audits for advanced therapiesas required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.
The Trust has the required arrangements in place to ensure that all consultants have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports physicians going through the revalidation process.
Appraisal and revalidation is managed in OUHFT via the Medical Director's Office (mdo.business@ouh.nhs.uk or 01865 743216) who will provide detailed advice. The designated responsible officer is Professor Andrew Brent, Chief Medical Officer, OUHFT.
The trust offers a mentorship scheme to all new consultants to enable them to settle into their positions with one of the established consultants within the department.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.
Risk Management
Management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest, and open environment.
Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility.
Staff should be familiar with the:
· Major Incident Policy
· Fire Policy
and should make themselves familiar with the 'local response' plan and their role within that response.
Responsibilities for Health & Safety
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Statutory Regulations and Trust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice where required.
Infection Control
Infection Control is everyone's responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts' Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections.
All staff employed by the Trust have the following key responsibilities:
Staff must decontaminate their hands prior to and after direct patient contact or contact with the patient's surroundings.
Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.
Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.
Equality and Diversity
The OUH values equality and diversity in employment and in the services we provide. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and will keep under review our policies and procedures to ensure that the job-related needs of all staff working in the Trust are recognised.
The Trust will aim to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marital status, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender reassignment, political affiliation or trade union membership.
Selection for training and development and promotion will be based on the individual's ability to meet the requirements of the job.
Freedom of Information
The post holder should be aware of the responsibility placed on employees under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is responsible for helping to ensure that the Trust complies with the Act when handling or dealing with any information relating to Trust activity.
Patient and Public Involvement
The Trust is committed to, and has a statutory duty to involve service users, carers and the public in the work of the organisation. We consider that patient and public involvement is the responsibility of every individual working for our Trust. All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback. You will be expected to support the Trust with this through your working practice.
Serious Incidents
All staff must report incidents and near misses so that the Trust can reduce the risk of harm by investigating and incorporating risk reducing measures to safeguard patients, visitors and staff, in accordance with the Trust Incident Reporting Policy.
Children's Rights
The post holder will endeavour at all times to uphold the rights of children and young people in accordance with the UN Convention Rights of the Child.
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults throughout the organisation. As a member of the trust there is a duty to assist in protecting patients and their families from any form of harm when they are vulnerable.
Information Governance
You must maintain a Trust email account. All staff must complete annual information governance training which can be completed on-line. For further details, go to the Information Governance intranet site: http://orh.oxnet.nhs.uk/InformationGovernance/Pages/Default.aspx
General
The post-holder will assume a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of his/her department. The post holder will be provided with secretarial support from the Neurology Secretarial team and will be provided with shared consultant office space and desktop PC with associated infrastructure to facilitate the performance of his/her duties.
*Awaiting approval by RCP*
For further details, candidates may contact Dr Johannes KleinJohannes.Klein@ouh.nhs.uk, Lead Clinician, Clinical Neurology, or Dr George HadjipavlouGeorge.Hadjipavlou@oun.nhs.uk, Clinical Director of Neurosciences or Dr Michele Hu michele.hu@ouh.nhs.uk, Consultant Neurologist.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Mar 2026
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