Job summary
- Main area
- Neurophysiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 1 year (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-6500425-AHP-Z-A
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 Per annum including inner london HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)
Band 7
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologists to join our friendly Neurophysiology team providing specialist investigations to patients of all ages, from a range of specialties suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those which may be neurological and/or psychiatric in nature.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic Clinical Physiologists and team players to join our busy department. Applications are invited from experienced physiologists and would be well suited to individuals looking to advance their career in Neurophysiology and gain experience in a wide range of diagnostic investigations.
The dept. provides routine, sleep deprived and portable EEG’s on patients of all ages, Multi-modality Evoked Potentials, Nerve Conduction Studies, Video-Telemetry (Ward and Home). Epilepsy Surgery is also performed within Neurosciences.
The Neurophysiology Dept. is a busy, friendly team which consists of 5 Consultant Neurophysiologists, 6 Physiologists, a Health Care Assistant and 2 Medical Secretaries.
Physiologists are encouraged to continue their own professional development.
There are excellent academic opportunities in the London area.
Candidates should have a minimum of ECNE Board Part1/BSc Hon Clinical Physiology (Neurophysiology) or equivalent and appropriate post graduate experience and RCCP Registration.
Working for our organisation
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Neurophysiology) or equivalent formal specialist training
- Other appropriate qualifications e.g. BTEC HNC/D in MPPM / or equivalent experience + professional exam ECNE Part I
- knowledge of specialist procedures acquired through specialist/management courses or training/experience to advanced level RCCP registration
Desirable criteria
- Training & Assessing qualification
- ECNE Part II.
- MSc or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate post qualification experience.
- Practical experience and familiarity with the range of basic and advanced
- Neurophysiological Investigations.
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory experience Management experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to perform a wide range of Neurophysiological investigations
- have the highest level of specialist skills and knowledge within the relevant field.
- Able to interpret specialist Neurophysiological investigation results and patient conditions.
- Knowledge of Intraoperative monitoring
Desirable criteria
- Managerial skills. MSc in a relevant specialist field or equivalent.
- Teaching and training skills.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Telma Neves
- Job title
- Professional Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 4812
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