Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Physiologist to join our friendly Neurophysiology team as Specialised Clinical Physiologist. The department is in the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. This permanent position would be well suited to an individual who is looking to advance their career in Neurophysiology and gain experience in a wide range of diagnostic investigations.
You should be a qualified Clinical Physiologist in Neurophysiology with experience at an Associate Clinical Physiologist level as a minimum. You must hold or be in the process of obtaining AHCS or HCPC registration.
* Interview Date: 06 May 2025
Main duties of the job
As a Specialised Clinical Physiologist you will be involved in an extensive range of clinical investigations including:
* EEGs - routine, sleep, and portable recordings on patients of all ages with a wide variety of medical conditions.
* Multi-modality evoked potentials
* Ambulatory EEG
* Video-telemetry EEG both in-patient and home video-telemetry
* Intracranial video-telemetry EEG
* PSG and MSLT
* Intra-operative monitoring.
Full training will be given for more complex investigations.
The department is actively involved in student training at STP and apprenticeship levels and you would be expected to be part of this.
An on-call rota operates at weekend and bank holidays between the hours of 9am-5pm.
Job responsibilities
* Performs a range of complex and highly complex diagnostic neurophysiological investigations on patients of all ages from a range of specialities suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those, which may be neurological, psychiatric and/or learning difficult in nature.
* This may be in the dedicated environment of the department or in a non-dedicated environment i.e. wards and Intensive Therapy Unit in the Trust or other hospitals in the region.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
* Carry out a range of basic and complex neurophysiological investigations.
* Trust / NHS Structures
* Clinical Governance
* Experience of Video-telemetry.
* Experience of Physiologist led Carpal Tunnel Clinics
SKILLS
* Ability to work in a team
* Good interpersonal skills
EXPERIENCE
* Experience at Associate Clinical Physiologist level in Neurophysiology
* Teaching / training
QUALIFICATIONS
* At least one of the following:
o BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Neurophysiology)
o Post Graduate Study in Neurosensory Science
o BTEC ONC / HNC / HND in MPPM or equivalent experience + Association of Neurophysiological Scientists (ANS) Part I Examination
o PG Cert in Neurophysiology + Association of Neurophysiological Scientists (ANS) Part I Examination
* RCCP registration or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
* Member ANS
* Driving licence
* ECNE/ANS Board Part 1 Examination
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.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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