Job summary
GUY'S AND ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
3 x Senior Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Neurology
12 month FTC
- Paediatric Neuromuscular Medicine (1 x WTE Post)
- Paediatric Complex Motor Disorders (1 x WTE Post)
- Paediatric Epilepsy (1 x WTE post)
This post is due to start inSeptember 2026 until September 2027.Applications for more than one of these posts may be made, with a single application form to be completed, with applicants indicating which of the 3 roles they are interested in.
Main duties of the job
Paediatric Neuromuscular Fellow: the trainee is responsible for delivering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for children under the neuromuscular service. The role supports the neuromuscular multidisciplinary team through MDT participation, outpatient clinics, inpatient care, advanced and gene therapies. Additionally, the postholder contributes to clinical trials, maintains the neuromuscular patient database, and supports national audits and research activities.
Complex Motor Disorder Fellow: the trainee provides specialist clinical care for children within Evelina Movement Services across outpatient, day-case, and inpatient settings. The role involves comprehensive clinical assessment for complex movement disorders, undertaking and coordinating specialist procedures and investigations, and supporting neurosurgical pathways, and the ongoing management of ITB pumps and DBS systems under supervision. Additionally, they contribute to guideline development, and participates in research activities.
Paediatric Epilepsy Fellow: the trainee provides supervised outpatient care within the complex epilepsy service. The role requires close multidisciplinary working with epilepsy clinical nurse specialists and the wider MDT, as well as preparing cases for Complex Epilepsy Surgery Service (CESS) meetings at GOSH and King's.
Please refer to Job Description for further information.
About us
Every year, 2500 inpatients and more than 7000 outpatients are seen within the Children's Neurosciences service. Services are provided from a recently refurbished purpose designed outpatient department in the South Wing of St Thomas' Hospital together with facilities in ELCH. Inpatient, Neurophysiology and Neuroradiology facilities are in the main Evelina Children's Hospital which is also on the St Thomas' site.
The service is growing at over 10% per year and provides a wide range of sub-specialist clinical services. These specialist clinics involve a large multi-disciplinary team delivered by close joint working between 25 paediatric specialists (paediatric neurologists, developmental paediatricians, neurodisability physicians and child psychiatrists), 100+ AHPs (clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists) and 10 specialist nurses.
All Fellow posts are clinical appointments, but the department has a strong academic record, and development of a research interest will be encouraged
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. Creating a world-leading Academic Health Sciences Centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These posts are available from the beginning of September 2026 for a period of one year. Successful candidates will be exposed to a wide variety of neurological conditions both acute and chronic in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. All posts will offer opportunities to develop skills in multidisciplinary management of childhood neurology and in the use and interpretation of neuro-imaging methods, and neurophysiological tests.
Please contact Dr Daniel E Lumsden for further details of the available posts daniel.lumsden@gstt.nhs.uk.
Applications for more than one of these posts may be made, with a single application form to be completed, with applicants indicating which of the 3 roles they are interested in.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These posts are available from the beginning of September 2026 for a period of one year. Successful candidates will be exposed to a wide variety of neurological conditions both acute and chronic in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. All posts will offer opportunities to develop skills in multidisciplinary management of childhood neurology and in the use and interpretation of neuro-imaging methods, and neurophysiological tests.
Please contact Dr Daniel E Lumsden for further details of the available posts daniel.lumsden@gstt.nhs.uk.
Applications for more than one of these posts may be made, with a single application form to be completed, with applicants indicating which of the 3 roles they are interested in.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practice
Desirable
- Higher degree - MD or PhD in related subject
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in inpatient and outpatient paediatric neurology
Desirable
- Prior experience in the management of patients relevant to the Paediatric Neurology, including more sub-specialist areas
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to prioritise a varied workload and work under pressure to meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of quality whilst maintaining a high level of quality
- Ability to perform child neurological examination
- Ability to exercise initiative
Desirable
Other
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
Research,Teaching & Management
Essential
- Research: Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Teaching: Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
- Management: Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable
- Research: Evidence of original research
- Research: Publication(s) in peer reviewed journal
- Management: Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
- Teaching: Teaching qualification
- Management: Management training or qualification
- Management: Evidence of delivery of service change
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practice
Desirable
- Higher degree - MD or PhD in related subject
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in inpatient and outpatient paediatric neurology
Desirable
- Prior experience in the management of patients relevant to the Paediatric Neurology, including more sub-specialist areas
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to prioritise a varied workload and work under pressure to meet deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of quality whilst maintaining a high level of quality
- Ability to perform child neurological examination
- Ability to exercise initiative
Desirable
Other
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
Research,Teaching & Management
Essential
- Research: Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- Teaching: Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
- Management: Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable
- Research: Evidence of original research
- Research: Publication(s) in peer reviewed journal
- Management: Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
- Teaching: Teaching qualification
- Management: Management training or qualification
- Management: Evidence of delivery of service change
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
