AddressJob overview
This post will be based in the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences (MCCN), Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (“the NCA”). MCCN serves a large population of over 3 million people and has a full complement of neurological subspecialties. There are around 45 full or part time neurologists serving the conurbation.
Main duties of the job
This post is offered as part of the Clinical Research Fellow Programme at MCCN. This has been running for over a decade and has seen budding clinical academics complete PhDs in movement disorders, neuromuscular disease, metabolic disorders, and epilepsy.
You will work as part of a team on an MRC-funded research project investigating the cause of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (3PD), focussing on movement perception. This project aims to test hypotheses regarding changes in perceptual processing of information about movement of the self and other parts of the environment in a patient group with a Functional Neurological Disorder (FND). Specifically we will focus on the FND subtype with 3PD. Common symptoms of 3PD include dizziness and/or a feeling that the environment is unstable.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Full registration with GMC
- MRCP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in General Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Previous Neurology experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good communicator and able to work as part of a team
- Enthusiastic
Desirable criteria
- Committed to taking the service forward
- Previous general neurology clinical exposure
- previous research experience
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact resourcingnca@nca.nhs.uk
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
