Senior Clinical Fellow in Neurology | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

The post-holder will participate in the neurology registrar on‑call rota and undertake up to four outpatient clinics per week at Royal Preston Hospital and peripheral hospitals under consultant supervision. They may be asked to cover other outpatient clinics during periods of leave or sickness.

Core Responsibilities

• Work with the neurology education lead to deliver high‑quality neurology education to medical students from the University of Manchester, based at Royal Preston Hospital.
• Undertake up to three outpatient clinics a week at Royal Preston Hospital and peripheral hospitals under consultant supervision.
• Manage inpatients in the regional neurology ward based at Royal Preston Hospital.
• Participate in the neurology registrar on‑call rota.

Additional Context

The regional neurosciences service, based at The Royal Preston Hospital, comprises Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurosurgery and Neurorehabilitation, with close links to Neuroradiology, Neuropsychology, Neuropathology and Paediatric Neurology, all based at RPH. The population served by the Neurosciences Centre is 1.6 million from the catchment area of Lancashire and South Cumbria.

The Neurology Department has acute neurology and short‑stay beds on Bleasdale ward. There are nine consultant neurologists, neurology registrars and a team of speciality trainee doctors. The speciality trainee doctors rotate through General Medicine. Regular outpatient clinics are conducted at Royal Preston Hospital, Chorley, South Ribble District General Hospital, Burnley General Hospital, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Royal Blackburn Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

Specialist nurses in Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disease and MND work alongside the consultant neurologists.

This advert closes on Tuesday 5 May 2026.

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