Job summary
This post will work alongside the existing Neurology team to enhance the outpatient capacity of the service, specific focus on headaches. The postholder will work with commissioners and primary care locally to support development of innovative for managing patients present with headaches.

Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work alongside the Neurology Team to deliver outpatient-based headache services at Torbay Hospital and some community hospitals, including:

• Assessing new referrals into the headache service
• Providing advice and guidance to GPs
• Reviewing and diagnosis of new patients
• Follow up of existing patients
• Prescribing appropriate medications
• Provision of Botox and GONI
• Supervision of Headache Specialist Nurses

The post holder will be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring safe, quality care is delivered and sustained.

The job will involve proactively liaising with clinicians, nurses and managers within and outside the Department to address any issues arising that may the affect the service.

We would encourage the successful applicant to develop GPwER competencies and practice with the RCGP approved competency framework.

Priority
Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.

Details
Closing date: 29 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialty Doctor
Salary: £63,696 to £102,689 a year pa
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 388-8321491-M&D
Location: Torbay Hospital, Lowes Bridge, Torquay, TQ2 7AA

Essential Qualifications

• Full registration and licence to practice with the GMC
• MRCGP or equivalent
• On the GP Performers' list and up-to-date with annual appraisal requirements and revalidation

Desirable Qualifications

• Membership of British Association for the Study of Headaches (BASH)
• Competency in Botox and/or GONI injection technique

Essential Knowledge

• Experience in managing patients with migraine
• Wide experience of working effectively in an integrated way with multi-disciplinary teams
• Demonstrates the under-pinning subject-specific competencies, ie knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role, setting and scope
• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement in management of headaches

Essential Skills

• Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients, employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/autonomous practitioner
• Ability to demonstrate familiarity and understanding of NHS structures, including awareness of national strategic plans and constraints.
• Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour, managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with and confidence in others.
• Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and other professions. Treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
• Demonstrates awareness of good decision-making. Aware of own limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors.
• Evidence of interest and experience in teaching including GPs and other health care professionals.
• Demonstrates willingness to teach and supervise trainee roles including doctors and nurses
• Evidence of active participation in audit.

Desirable Skills

• Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research
• Service design and review experience
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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