Neurology Jobs
Neurologists diagnose and treat injuries and disorders of the nervous system, including the brain, spine, head and nerves. Common neurological conditions include Alzheimer’s disease, seizures, strokes, tumours, back pain, multiple sclerosis, infections or injuries to the spinal cord. Neurologists take a detailed patient history and perform a neurological examination to assess their patient’s sensations, muscle movements, speech, vision, and mental status. Diagnostic methods also include physical examination, lumbar puncture, biopsies, nerve conduction studies, electromyography and electroencephalography studies, brain scans and other medical imaging. Neurologists work in multidisciplinary teams, providing specialist care and services in both acute, emergency and outpatient settings in hospitals and clinics. They manage their patient’s neurological condition, which may be acute and require intensive care and surgery, chronic and require ongoing pharmacological treatment and rehabilitation, or terminal and require palliative care. Neurologists don’t perform surgery but liaise with surgeons and other medical specialists. They also coordinate care with Allied Health services or Palliative Care teams. To become a Neurologist, doctors complete foundation and core training, followed by 5 years of specialty Neurology training, which incorporates Internal Medicine and Stroke Medicine training, and leads to specialist registration with the GMC.
Nurses (Neurology and Stroke) work in acute Neurology units and acute stroke units in hospitals providing clinical nursing care to patients with complex neurological conditions and medical needs. They also work in private and community clinics, and in rehabilitation units in both inpatient and outpatient settings. They assist the Neurologist, fill and prepare paperwork, monitor patients, provide clinical and therapeutic support, and patient-family-focussed nursing care.