Clinical Chair/Reader/Senior Lecturer in Neurology Main Function

Clinical Chair/Reader/Senior Lecturer in Neurology Main function

To lead and develop internationally excellent research activity in any area of Neurology. Further, to deliver high-quality and research-led teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and contribute to the research record of the School through commitment to carrying out research leading to the publishing of work in high-quality journals. To pursue excellence in research, teaching and enterprise and to inspire others to do the same.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Research (Professorial only) • To lead and develop internationally excellent research activity in an area of Neurology within the overall agreed research strategies of the Division of Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences, the School of Medicine and the College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, and guided by the University’s strategic direction, as set out in The Way Forward, 2012-17. • To develop a collaborative research programme of international excellence in an area of Neurology. • To play a leading role in raising external funding to support the research programme and publish results arising from it in highly ranked, international peer-reviewed journals. • To contribute strongly to the School of Medicine’s Research Excellence Framework strategy, through publication of 3* and 4* outputs, and potential impact. • To develop new research and research-funding initiatives, including through interaction with NHS-based projects. • To provide academic leadership, through supervision of postgraduate and/or undergraduate research students, working as part of an approved training programme.

Research (Reader/SL only) • To conduct research in an area of Neurology and contribute to the overall internationally recognised research performance of the School and Division by the production of measurable outputs. These include, but are not limited to, bidding for funding, publishing in leading international academic journals and high-impact conferences and recruiting and supervising research staff, lecturers and postgraduate research students. • To contribute to and/or lead successful bids for funding. • To contribute strongly to the School of Medicine’s Research Excellence Framework strategy, through publication of 3* and 4* outputs, and potential impact. • To give invited addresses to professional meetings and conferences at national and international level, building networks to develop research outputs and standing within the area of specialism to participate in School research activities. • To contribute fully to the management of postgraduate research.

Teaching (Professorial only) • Demonstrate academic leadership, both in terms of organisation and delivery, of clinical and research education, including in undergraduate teaching postgraduate training programmes.

Teaching (All) • To lead on degree and module development and delivery and contribute to the pedagogy of subject area. • To act as programme manager, module leader and/or tutor – ensuring delivery of teaching in line with current curricular requirements, developing and applying innovative and appropriate teaching techniques and material which create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students. • To undertake work associated with examinations, such as setting and marking assessments and providing student feedback. • To act as a Personal Tutor and provide pastoral support to students, including supervising the work of Undergraduate and Master’s students, the co-supervision of PGRs and acting as a PGR progress review panel member as required.

Clinical For NHS clinical duties, the post holder will be responsible to the Clinical Director and professionally accountable to the Medical Director:

• To hold an honorary consultant contract with the relevant NHS Trust(s). • To comply fully with all NHS policies, guidelines and procedures. • To provide a consultant clinical service, including out-patient clinics and in-patient care, as agreed with the Director of the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience and relevant Clinical Director, or their delegates, via the joint job planning process. This will include Direct Clinical Care and Supporting Professional Activities, in line with the provisions of the amended Consultant Contract for Wales. • To provide academic clinical leadership in a relevant aspect of Neurology. • To develop the clinical and translational research programmes to provide state-of-the- art, evidence-based care for patients with neurological disorders. • To ensure that arrangements are in place, at all times, for adequate medical staff to be available in relation to the treatment and care of patients. Appropriate arrangements for continuity of patient care (e.g. cover for leave and/or academic sessions) will be via mutual agreement with consultant colleagues, subject to the approval of the Clinical Director and in line with the Health Board policy. • To participate in the consultant on-call rota, provide telephone advice and to liaise with other health care providers, hospitals and primary care teams as required. • To lead the development of Neurology services, as appropriate, ensuring national and regional directives and guidance are incorporated into local practice and planning. • To undertake the professional supervision and management of junior staff. In certain circumstances, the post-holder may be named as the person responsible for overseeing the training of junior staff. • To participate actively in clinical audit, in liaison with other colleagues and in line with the NHS Health Board policy on the implementation of clinical governance. • To participate actively and comply fully with NHS policies, including the clinical academic/NHS joint appraisal and job planning processes and the requirements for consultant re-validation.

Innovation and Engagement • To promote the University’s Innovation and Engagement agenda so that opportunities for commercial or community activities arising from your research are fully realised.

Leadership • To provide academic leadership by co-ordinating the work of others to ensure areas of research/degree courses are organised and delivered effectively. • To be involved in Divisional level strategic planning and contribute to wider strategic planning processes in the University.

Administrative • To contribute to the effective management and administration of the Division.

2 • To ensure that all staff under your line management are regularly appraised and reviewed and that staff training needs are identified and addressed. • To confirm to such regulations as have been or shall hereafter be approved by University authorities. • To undertake such administrative duties as may be directed by the Division Director and/or Line Manager. • To undergo personal and professional development that is appropriate to, and which will ensure performance in, the role. • To ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements in respect of equality and diversity, data protection, copyright and licensing, security, financial and other University policies, procedures and codes as appropriate.

Other • To undertake and lead operational administrative responsibilities as requested by Head of School and senior management team, and contribute to and/or lead bids for consultancy and additional funds • To engage effectively with industrial, commercial and public sector organisations, professional institutions, other academic institutions etc., regionally and nationally and internationally to raise awareness of the School’s profile, to cultivate strategically valuable alliances, and to pursue opportunities for collaboration across a range of activities. These activities are expected to contribute to the School and the enhancement of its regional, national, and international profile. • Any other duties not included above, but consistent with the role.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

1.International standing as a scholar of distinction in relation to an area of Neurology with proven experience in leading an independent research programme, initiating, fostering and maintaining effective national and international research collaborations (Reader/Senior Lecturer to have demonstrable potential for the above).

2.Demonstrable leadership skills with the ability to inspire and direct a high-profile research group and experience in motivating and engaging both academic and clinical staff and students at all levels (Reader/Senior Lecturer to have demonstrable potential for the above).

3. Proven ability to attract independent, peer-reviewed research grant funding in open competition and a proven track record of high-impact publications.

4. Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching together with a proven ability to deliver high-quality teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Medicine/Neurology.

5. PhD or MD in a relevant area.

6. Broad experience and knowledge of Clinical and/or specialist Neurology.

7. One or more of following: a. Membership or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. b. Membership or Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Educators. c. Have completed or be pursuing a Postgraduate Qualification in Medical Education or equivalent (eg PCUTL).

8. Demonstrable knowledge of good clinical practice and research governance.

9. Full General Medical Council registration and Licence to Practise in addition to Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST), or equivalent

10. Membership/Fellowship of the relevant Royal College or equivalent.

Desirable Criteria

1.Experience of innovation which helps foster an environment of creativity and the positive exploitation of ideas in all areas, including teaching. 2. Research interest congruent with the existing research strengths of the Division. 3. Existing links with relevant industrial partners. 4. Membership of national/international co-operative groups. 5. Experience of higher degree supervision.

Job Plan Information

A Job Plan will be agreed on an annual basis between the successful candidate, the Head of Department, the Clinical Director and the Chief Executive of the relevant NHS Trust (or a nominated deputy, where applicable).

There will be a commitment to provide an adequately equipped office including appropriate IT facilities. The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities. The Trust has the required arrangements in place, as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians, to ensure that all doctors have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and UHB trust and Cardiff University supports doctors going through the Wales revalidation process (MARS). The appointee will also be offered a mentoring opportunity with a suitable individual as part of the appointment process.

The Job Plan will typically comprise four sessions of direct clinical care, two sessions of supporting professional activities and four academic sessions. A full session is normally between three and four hours duration. The workload within clinics are consistent with the Association of British Neurology guidelines.

Annual Job Plan reviews will be supported by the Joint Appraisal system, under which clinical academics’ work and performance are reviewed and development needs identified through a personal development plan.

In cases where it is not possible to agree a Job Plan, either initially or at an annual review, the appeal mechanism laid out in the amended Consultant Contract for Wales will apply

4 Exemplar Job Plan to be agreed by negotiation (see above detail)

Sessions Hours Hospital/Location Type of work General Neurology out-

Monday AM 3.5 UHW patient Clinic 1 DCC

(0.5)patient admin PM 1 DCC 3.5 UHW (0.5) ward round and ward work

Tuesday AM 1 Academic 3.5 Cardiff University Academic

AM 1 Academic 3.5 Cardiff University Academic

Wednesday AM 1 Academic 3.5 Cardiff University Academic

AM 1 Academic 3.5 Cardiff University Academic

Teaching/Research Thursday AM 1 SPA 1.75 UHW Audit/ Governance

Neuroscience meeting PM 1SPA 3.5 UHW Teaching/Audit/ Governance General or specialist

Friday Neurology out-patient AM 1 DCC 3.5 UHW Clinic

(0.5)patient admin PM 1 DCC 3.5 UHW (0.5) ward round and ward work

Weekend

Approx 1:15 for acute On-call UHW neurology

DIVISION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

The Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences (DPMCN) was formed in 2008 by the merger of the Departments of Psychological Medicine and Neurology. In addition to clinical and teaching responsibilities, the Division lays strong emphasis on research, and Cardiff was ranked 2nd in the UK in the REF2014 UoA 4 (Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience). This confirmed Cardiff as a world-leading centre of excellence in genetics and neuroscience for its research into understanding behaviour and the causes of psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Within the REF, 100% of our research environment was rated as conducive to producing

5 research of world-leading quality in terms of its vitality and sustainability. Furthermore 90% of our research was deemed ‘outstanding’ for its impact in terms of its reach and significance.

There is much current collaborative research both with other divisions within the School of Medicine and with other schools and institutes, in particular the Schools of Psychology (brain imaging, developmental psychopathology and animal models) and Biosciences (Huntington’s disease, stem cell research).

MRC Centre in Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)

The MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) was established in 2009 and renewed in 2014 for further 5 years until November 2019. The vision was to establish a Centre that would leverage advances in genetics and genomics to inform our understanding of the aetiology, pathogenesis and stratification of major psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders with view to paving the way for the development of new treatment approaches. We also wished to establish an environment in which we could train a cadre of clinical and nonclinical scientists capable of driving genomic discovery into novel insights into pathogenesis and classification. A major focus of CNGG is genomic discovery with a strong emphasis on using genomic signals to identify biological pathways, intermediate phenotypes and disease overlaps, as well as the discovery of novel risk alleles through GWAS, CNV analyses and sequencing. However, as we envisaged when CNGG was established, as risk alleles have been robustly identified, a gradually increasing proportion of our work has been aimed is aimed at building the capacity and expertise required to translate genomic discovery into greater understanding of disease mechanisms and novel approaches to stratification. Broadly speaking this has been realized through a number of strategic chair appointments and the development of new forward-looking programmes in imaging/cognition, animal and cellular models and translational epidemiology.

CNGG Research Themes

Our research focuses upon common psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. The Centre brings together strong gene discovery programmes supported by the MRC, Wellcome Trust, EU and other major funders, which are organised into three broad disease themes: Psychosis and Mood Disorders (schizophrenia (SZ), bipolar disorder (BD), puerperal psychosis, depression); Developmental Disorders (ADHD, childhood depression, carriers of structural chromosomal rearrangements); Neurodegenerative Disorders (Alzheimer disease (AD), Parkinson Disease (PD), Huntington disease (HD)). This work is complemented and enhanced by four cross-cutting themes: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, which develops and applies analytic methodology across the disease themes; the National Centre for Mental Health, which provides an interface between CNGG and the NHS; Neuroimaging; Models and Mechanisms. These latter themes were developed to enhance our translational potential and to develop linkages with the Cardiff University Brain Imaging Research Centre (CUBRIC) and the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI) respectively. It is important to emphasize that CNGG’s themes are not research groups. They are thematic affiliations; they are highly porous and dynamic and there is much overlap in science and personnel between them.

Divisional Professorial Staff Michael Owen Professor; Divisional Director; Director MRC CNGG Michael O'Donovan Professor; Deputy Director Division/MRC CNGG

Yaniv Assaf Professor Jonathon Bisson Professor Derek Blake Professor Valentina Escott-Price Professor Liam Gray Clinical Professor Jeremy Hall Clinical Professor Peter Holmans Professor Anthony Isles Professor Ian Jones Clinical Professor Lesley Jones Professor George Kirov Clinical Professor Meng Li Professor David Linden Clinical Professor Anne Rosser Clinical Professor Neil Robertson Clinical Professor Pamela J Taylor Professor Anita Thapar Clinical Professor Julie Williams Professor Lawrence Wilkinson Professor Marianne van den Bree Professor Nigel Williams Professor Stan Zammit Clinical Professor

Readers Nick Bray Reader Frances Rice Reader James Walters Clinical Reader

Senior Lecturers Xavier Caseras Senior Lecturer Stephan Collishaw Senior Lecturer Will Davies Senior Lecturer Andrew Pocklington Senior Lecturer Arianna di Florio Clinical Senior Lecturer Kathryn Peall Clinical Senior Lecturer Aled Rees Clinical Senior Lecturer Emma Tallantyre Clinical Senior Lecturer Valentina Tomassini Clinical Senior Lecturer

Lecturers Marian Hamshere Lecturer Matthew Hill Lecturer Jenny Shin Lecturer Malik Zaben Clinical Lecturer

Research Fellows

Miriam Cooper WCAT Fellowship Joanne Doherty Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship Olga Eyre Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training

7 Katharine Harding WCAT Fellowship Judith Harrison GW4 Wellcome Trust Fellowship James Hrastelj Guarantors of Brain Fellowship Kimberley Kendall Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship Thomas Massey MRC Fellowship Duncan McLauchlan WCAT Fellowship Adele Pryce Roberts ARUK Clinical Fellow Emma Tallantyre International MS Registries Fellowship Rhys Thomas WCAT Fellowship Nichola Brydges Jane Hodge Neuroscience Research Fellows Programme Adam Errington Jane Hodge Neuroscience Research Fellows Programme Joanna Martin Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship Maria Niarchou Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship Emma Yhnell Healthcare Research Wales Fellowship

Teaching

Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

1. Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences within the C21 Undergraduate Medicine Programme (MBBCh)

The C21 curriculum comprises three phases:

Phase 1: Core science and clinical practice (years 1 & 2) During the first semester students are introduced to the basic sciences via the Platform for Clinical Sciences module. The remainder of year 1 and all of year 2 then follow a case based learning curriculum. Throughout this phase students learn about the clinical neurosciences and mental health, with particular cases in these areas covering learning outcomes focusing on topics such as neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuropharmacology.

Phase 2: Learning to Care (years 3 & 4) During phase 2 students continue their learning via clinical placements across Wales. In Year 4 students complete their 10 week Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences Block, consisting of centralised teaching and clinical placements. During this block students continued to learn via clinical cases and clinical experience, with an additional number of educational sessions aimed at integrating psychiatry and neurology.

Phase 3: Harmonisation (year 5) The aim is to support the transition from undergraduate medical student to Foundation Doctor, instilling preparedness for practice. Learning is achieved through core teaching blocks and a series of apprentice- type clinical placements including a Primary Care Attachment, a Junior Student Assistantship in secondary care, and finally the Senior Student Assistantship.

Students are also encouraged to engage with psychiatry and clinical neurosciences throughout the five year programme via the Student Selected Components (SSCs) which comprise 15% of the curriculum, with SSCs lasting between one to eight weeks.

Students are assessed in three domains: science and scholarship, practice and professionalism. Some of the main assessments include progress tests, ISCEs (integrated structured clinical examinations) and supervised learning events (for example, case based discussions & mini-clinical examinations). 2. Intercalated BSc in Psychology and Medicine

8 This is one of the most popular intercalated degree courses, operated in conjunction with the School of Psychology, Cardiff University. Modules include basic psychology, the neuroscience of learning and memory, of ageing, forensic psychology, advanced human cognition, family psychology, and the neuropsychology of cognitive disorders.

In addition, students are able to undertake research projects in a range of these areas, and encouraged to do so.

Postgraduate Education

MSc in Bioinformatics (Genomics) and MSc in Bioinformatics and Genetic Epidemiology

During 2015/16 we instituted a reconfiguration of our MSc programmes in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics. Following extensive discussions with key- stakeholders; from students, academics and end-users we have endeavoured to build a curriculum to better reflect the needs of the contemporary bioinformatics researcher. The reconfigurations was approved by Cardiff University’s Academic Approval and Quality Standards teams in Q1-2017; we are currently advertising two face-2-face (1- year Full-Time / 3-year Part-Time) programmes, the MSc in Bioinformatics and the MSc in Bioinformatics and Genetic Epidemiology for the 2017/18 academic intake. These courses deliver instruction aimed to develop skills in Computing and scripting, specifically BASH, R and Python, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and either Genomics and Proteomics or Genetic Epidemiology. Alongside colleagues within the Systems Immunity Research Institute we have also recently initiated efforts to develop teaching around Systems Biology/ Medicine approaches, with the aim to integrate these into the MSc in Bioinformatics programmes post-2018/19. The reconfiguration of the MSc in Bioinformatics will also continue to serve additional needs of the college and wider community. The curriculum design and module structure affords multi-purposing of the taught material to meet continuing professional development and training needs. The reconfiguration included the harmonization of taught modules into 20 credit bundles consisting of 4x 5-credit themes; each theme consists of 5x 3hour teaching sessions focused on discrete learning outcomes. Themes and teaching sessions are designed to be multi-purposed as one-off workshops and bundled as short-courses to be delivered to local staff and students, as well as to the extend to the wider academic community, industry and health professionals as CPD.

Neurosciences in Cardiff University

Cardiff has strong basic and applied Neurosciences as evidenced by the creation of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI; http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/neuroscience-mental-health). This initiative is funded by the Vice-Chancellor’s strategic fund and draws together Neuroscience expertise from various schools and centres across Cardiff University and also the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. Currently, over 100 senior researchers are active members of NMHRI. Areas of interest include: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Neuronal Development, Neurophysiology, Synaptic Plasticity and Learning and Memory, Neurodegeneration, Neuroimaging, Psychiatric Genetics, Behavioural Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Perception. The activities (organisation of seminars, conferences, workshops, special interest meetings, newsletters and identification of grant opportunities) organised by the NMHRI encourage networking, facilitate new ideas and promote interdisciplinary research. The NMHRI also hosts the Wellcome Trust 4 year PhD Programme in Integrative Neuroscience.

CUBRIC (Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre)

9 A key facility for the future of neurosciences in Cardiff is the new CUBRIC centre. This state-of-the-art imaging facility offers 3T and 7T MRI scanners and a microstructural scanners fully equipped for functional and structural neuroimaging as well as MEG facilities. In addition CUBRIC boasts the UK’s largest high performance computing cluster dedicated to neuroimaging (75 nodes / 300 IBM Opteron cores, 40 Terabytes storage). Structural imaging techniques are already well-established, and there is also local expertise in functional MRI and MEG. The imaging environment at Cardiff University is also boosted by a new PET imaging centre;, a joint venture by the university and Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust funded by NHS Wales and the Welsh Assembly government.

Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience The Wales Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN) was established by a £5.2m grant from the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to support the development of world-leading expertise in cognitive and clinical neuroscience within Wales at Bangor, Cardiff, and Swansea Universities. The institute draws together the three psychology faculties, with investment in a shared management structure, administrative support, academic appointments, and visiting fellows.

The Brain Repair And Intracranial Neurotherapeutics (B.R.A.I.N) Unit This is a Welsh and UK national centre of excellence for developing and delivering novel cell/drug/growth factor therapies to patients with currently untreatable neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. It is a Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) funded Biomedical Research Unit comprising 20 PIs with an active grant income of over £40Million, under the directorship of Prof WP Gray. It is multi-site encompassing a dedicated Clinical Research Facility and Biobank at University Hospital Wales, the NMHRI and CUBRIC2 on the Maindy Road Campus, a GMP cell- therapy facility in the School of Biosciences and the Institute of Life Sciences in Swansea. It has close collaborations with a number of leading international Pharmaceutical, Imaging and Device Industry partners and Life Sciences Hub Wales.

The Unit has three major themes/objectives:

1. To develop new, and refine existing, systems for novel therapeutics delivery into the human brain. 2. To develop the appropriate infrastructure for capturing relevant high-quality patient data to measure real clinical and social impact, as well as continuing to support ongoing mechanistic translational research. 3. To build robust clinical and health economic outcome, social care and service delivery research portfolios.

NHS Department of Neurology, Directorate of Neurosciences, Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust The Department of Neurology provides adult clinical neurology services for South East Wales (a population of approximately 1.6 million). Medical staff are networked at major District General Hospitals with a central tertiary referral centre at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) where there are full supporting neuroscience services including Neurosurgery Neuropathology, Paediatric Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroradiology and interventional Neuroradiology, Neurorehabilitation & Spinal Injuries and Neuropsychology.

Consultants within the Neurosciences Directorate: Neurology Dr Robin Corkill (UHW and Prince Charles and Aberdare) Dr Ken Dawson (Nevill Hall Hospital)

10 Dr Khalid Hamandi (UHW Epilepsy Unit) Dr Tom Hughes (UHW) Dr Ann Johnston (Consultant UHW and Royal Glamorgan) Dr Fady Joseph (Royal Gwent, and Nevill Hall Hospitals) Dr Charlotte Lawthom (Locum Consultant, Royal Gwent Hospital) Dr Gareth Llewelyn (Royal Gwent Hospital) Dr Andrea Lowman (Rookwood Hospital and UHW) Dr Trevor Pickersgill (Royal Glamorgan Hospital) Professor Neil Robertson (Royal Glamorgan Hospital & Cardiff University) Professor Anne Rosser (Cardiff University and UHW) Professor Phil Smith (Epilepsy Unit) Dr Emma Tallantyre (Consultant UHW) Dr Jenny Thomas (Rookwood Hospital) Dr Valentina Tomassini (UHW & Cardiff University) Dr Mark Wardle (UHW and Cwm Taf)

Clinical Assistants: Dr Peter Brooks (Headache Clinic) Dr Peter Lewis (Botox Clinic) Paediatric Neurologists: Dr Frances Gibbon Dr Johann te Water Naudé Dr Louise Hartley

Neurosurgeons: Prof William Gray Mr John Martin Mr Ravindra Nannapaneni Mr Imran Bhatti Mr Paul Leach Miss Caroline Hayhurst Mr Pablo Goetz Mr Chirag Patel Mr Asghar Baig

Neurophysiologists: Dr Jerry Heath Dr Benny Thomas Dr Gareth Payne Neuropathologist: Dr Alistair Lammie

Neuroradiologists: Dr Margaret Hourihan Dr Shawn Halpin Dr Andrea Liu Dr Sujit Nair Dr Chee Gan Dr Stefan Schwarz

Neuropsychiatrists: Dr Zed Ahmed - Epilepsy Unit (Learning Disability & Psychiatry) Neuropsychology: Dr Claire Willson Dr Michelle Smalley

11 Dr Mia Winter

Neurorehabilitation: Dr Jenny Thomas Dr Andrea Lowman Dr Ellie Marsh (locum)

Spinal Injuries: Dr Sreedhar Kolli

Community Brain Injury Team (based in Rookwood Hospital) Vicky Richards Clinical Nurse Specialist and Team Coordinator Helen Gollup Administrator Denyse Procter Occupational Therapist Sarah Jones Occupational Therapist Sian Thomas Physiotherapist Claire Willson Psychologist Elissa Sullivan Speech and Language Therapist Beverly Holdcroft Rehabilitation Coach Jeremy Jones Rehabilitation Coach

There are Specialist Nurses in epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, brain tumour (via Neurosurgery) and Huntingdon’s disease (via Medical Genetics) and a Community Brain Injury team (based at Rookwood Hospital). Close links are enjoyed with Liaison Psychiatry and Learning Disability. The department also accesses Parkinson’s Disease Specialist Nurses based at Rookwood Hospital and specialist Memory Clinics at Llandough Hospital.

The in-patient facility at UHW consists of 14 beds, a 6 bedded programmed investigation unit (PIU), a videotelemetry suite and a 4 bedded dedicated neuroscience clinical research facility. Neurology beds are positioned adjacent to the neurosurgical unit and close to the neurointensive care unit. There is a dedicated outpatient facility at UHW where most general neurology clinics are undertaken with sub-specialty clinics at a number of other locations.

The Department has sub-specialty clinics in multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, motor neuron disease, muscle disease, Huntingdon’s disease, headache, ataxia, peripheral nerve disease, cerebrovascular disease, neurogenetics, spinal injury, rehabilitation, movement disorders and neuromuscular ventilation. In addition, within the Trust there are related clinics and services for stroke, dementia, medical genetics and a full range of medical and surgical disciplines.

The emergency out-of-hours and weekend on-call service for Neurology in South East Wales is based at the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The appointee would participate in the on-call rota based at University Hospital of Wales.