Specialist Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology) | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6195886/259-6195886RLH |
Summary
The Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at the Barts Health NHS Trust is inviting applications for an enthusiastic, qualified Specialised Clinical Physiologist/Clinical scientist (band 6) to join a busy team at the Barts Health NHS Trust. The department is situated at the Royal London Hospital serving a wide and diverse area of London and offers experience in the full range of Clinical Neurophysiology investigations (adults and children). The department provides an outpatient and inpatient service at the Royal London Hospital and also to other hospital within the Trust, offering routine, sleep and prolonged EEGs to both adults and children. A portable service is also provided for adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care. Adult and paediatric video telemetry and home telemetry are also performed, as well as multimodality evoked potentials and MSLT. Additionally Clinical Physiologists/Clinical scientists undertake Nerve Conduction Studies for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
The department is committed to employees’ career development and wellbeing, the latter being an area of renewed focus. Applicants will be competent practitioners and must have a BSc in Clinical Physiology (Neurophysiology) or equivalent formal specialist training.
Provides a comprehensive (regional) Clinical Neurophysiological investigative service to both inpatients and outpatients of this Trust and of surrounding hospitals. Additionally the department provides a portable investigative service at the bedside to critically ill patients outside the Trust. Patients are of all ages, come from a large range of specialties and suffer from a wide variety of medical disorders affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems. Referrals come mainly from Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neonatology, Paediatrics, Intensive Care, General Medicine, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Psychiatry. The most frequently encountered disorders include Epilepsy, Head Injury, Infective Disorders of the brain (e.g. Encephalitis), Anoxic Brain Damage, Nerve Entrapment and Multiple Sclerosis.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which ourWeCarevalues and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by ourWeCarevalues and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Apr 2024