Band 7 Specialist Clinical Physiologist Neurophysiology
| Posting date: | 12 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2024 |
| Location: | Luton, LU4 0DZ |
| Company: | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6565451/418-NEUR5451-EH |
Summary
A Vacancy at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Neurophysiology Department has an exciting opportunity for a highly specialist clinical neurophysiologist in our highly regarded and forward-looking department.
We are a friendly department providing regional neurophysiology services across Bedfordshire to patients of all ages, from a large range of specialities. This includes supporting a Level 3 NICU and a range of paediatric neurodevelopmental clinics. The breadth of our clinical activity is rich and varied and we use the latest equipment and technology to support our practice.
The ideal candidate must:
• Be knowledgeable and skilled in Clinical Neurophysiology (including various modalities of EEGs, EPs and NCS)
• Be able to undertake interpretation of results and provision of reports
• Be passionate about service delivery and quality improvement
• Demonstrate great interpersonal and communication skills, working autonomously and as a part of the team, working collaboratively with others to ensure service needs are met
• Be able to participate in training new physiologists / apprentices
• Be able to plan and organise clinical and non-clinical work, taking part in development of the services provided
Please read the job description and person specification carefully, as only candidates meeting the essential criteria will be considered.
You will be expected to:
Provide highly complex, specialist Clinical Neurophysiological services 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
Plan, perform and interpret a range of advanced Neurophysiological investigations including specialised tests, using highly complex medical equipment, to a high level of competence on patients of all ages including: various modalities of EEG tests, Evoked potentials, Nerve Conduction Studies (Carpal Tunnel and other peripheral nerve conditions)
Undertake interpretation of results and provision of factual / technical reports to clinicians for all tests
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.
Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
The department provides a consistently high quality comprehensive (regional) Clinical Neurophysiological investigative Service (including highly complex specialist investigations) to patients of all ages from a large range of specialities suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those which may be neurological and/or psychiatric in nature.
Some of the duties include:
· To provide highly complex, specialist Clinical Neurophysiological services 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
· To maintain personal professional skills at the highest level.
· To develop and / or maintain a specific part of the specialty as agreed.
· To take responsibility for the planning, organisation, development and quality assurance of the service that the specific role applies to (e.g. home video telemetry recording, Evoked potentials, NCS).
· Work collaboratively in planning strategies (medium and long term) to develop Neurophysiology services overall.
· Work collaboratively on a day-to-day basis with others to ensure that the service needs are met.
· Deputising for the Neurophysiology Manager/Senior Chief as and when requested to do so. This is a shared responsibility with other Band 7s.
· To undertake interpretation of results and provision of factual / technical reports to clinicians for all tests.
· Supervision of trainees and junior staff.
· To initiate and participate in quality assurance, audit and / or research and development programmes.
· To carry out duties as requested by the Neurophysiology Manager and to be supportive in the deputising role.
Plan, perform and interpret a range of advanced Neurophysiological investigations including specialised tests, using highly complex medical equipment, to a high level of competence on patients of all ages - these may include:
· Electroencephalographic (EEG) investigations employing current standard techniques without supervision in the EEG laboratory taking appropriate action(s) where necessary.
· Portable EEG’s on the ward.
Emergency EEG’s on ITU’s (Intensive Therapy Units), SCBU’s (Special Care Baby Units) or general wards – this could be at any hospital covered by the department and appropriate action should be taken where necessary.
· EEG investigations using special techniques. These include activated recordings, recordings following sleep deprivation, recordings during administration of medication (e.g. melatonin, diazepam, pyridoxine), recording during stimulation of a non-routine nature, e.g. postural change and exercise.
· Long term video EEG monitoring and long term home video ambulatory telemetry EEG monitoring, taking appropriate action(s) to ensure best outcomes.
· Nerve Conduction Studies for Carpal Tunnel syndrome and other peripheral nerve conditions.
· Assist with EMG (Electromyography) examinations, NCS (Nerve Conduction Studies) in Medical Consultant clinics if needed.
· Perform multi-modality evoked potentials taking appropriate action(s) where necessary. These include Visual Evoked Potentials, Sensory Evoked Potentials.
· Write accurate factual reports on a range of Neurophysiological investigations.
Maintain Continuous Professional Development appropriate to the range of Neurophysiology services for patients
Contribute to effective organisation of information resources, ensuring effective and administrative patient reporting and data storage / archiving in conjuction with the Administration staff in the department
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Sep 2024
The Neurophysiology Department has an exciting opportunity for a highly specialist clinical neurophysiologist in our highly regarded and forward-looking department.
We are a friendly department providing regional neurophysiology services across Bedfordshire to patients of all ages, from a large range of specialities. This includes supporting a Level 3 NICU and a range of paediatric neurodevelopmental clinics. The breadth of our clinical activity is rich and varied and we use the latest equipment and technology to support our practice.
The ideal candidate must:
• Be knowledgeable and skilled in Clinical Neurophysiology (including various modalities of EEGs, EPs and NCS)
• Be able to undertake interpretation of results and provision of reports
• Be passionate about service delivery and quality improvement
• Demonstrate great interpersonal and communication skills, working autonomously and as a part of the team, working collaboratively with others to ensure service needs are met
• Be able to participate in training new physiologists / apprentices
• Be able to plan and organise clinical and non-clinical work, taking part in development of the services provided
Please read the job description and person specification carefully, as only candidates meeting the essential criteria will be considered.
You will be expected to:
Provide highly complex, specialist Clinical Neurophysiological services 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
Plan, perform and interpret a range of advanced Neurophysiological investigations including specialised tests, using highly complex medical equipment, to a high level of competence on patients of all ages including: various modalities of EEG tests, Evoked potentials, Nerve Conduction Studies (Carpal Tunnel and other peripheral nerve conditions)
Undertake interpretation of results and provision of factual / technical reports to clinicians for all tests
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.
Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
The department provides a consistently high quality comprehensive (regional) Clinical Neurophysiological investigative Service (including highly complex specialist investigations) to patients of all ages from a large range of specialities suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those which may be neurological and/or psychiatric in nature.
Some of the duties include:
· To provide highly complex, specialist Clinical Neurophysiological services 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
· To maintain personal professional skills at the highest level.
· To develop and / or maintain a specific part of the specialty as agreed.
· To take responsibility for the planning, organisation, development and quality assurance of the service that the specific role applies to (e.g. home video telemetry recording, Evoked potentials, NCS).
· Work collaboratively in planning strategies (medium and long term) to develop Neurophysiology services overall.
· Work collaboratively on a day-to-day basis with others to ensure that the service needs are met.
· Deputising for the Neurophysiology Manager/Senior Chief as and when requested to do so. This is a shared responsibility with other Band 7s.
· To undertake interpretation of results and provision of factual / technical reports to clinicians for all tests.
· Supervision of trainees and junior staff.
· To initiate and participate in quality assurance, audit and / or research and development programmes.
· To carry out duties as requested by the Neurophysiology Manager and to be supportive in the deputising role.
Plan, perform and interpret a range of advanced Neurophysiological investigations including specialised tests, using highly complex medical equipment, to a high level of competence on patients of all ages - these may include:
· Electroencephalographic (EEG) investigations employing current standard techniques without supervision in the EEG laboratory taking appropriate action(s) where necessary.
· Portable EEG’s on the ward.
Emergency EEG’s on ITU’s (Intensive Therapy Units), SCBU’s (Special Care Baby Units) or general wards – this could be at any hospital covered by the department and appropriate action should be taken where necessary.
· EEG investigations using special techniques. These include activated recordings, recordings following sleep deprivation, recordings during administration of medication (e.g. melatonin, diazepam, pyridoxine), recording during stimulation of a non-routine nature, e.g. postural change and exercise.
· Long term video EEG monitoring and long term home video ambulatory telemetry EEG monitoring, taking appropriate action(s) to ensure best outcomes.
· Nerve Conduction Studies for Carpal Tunnel syndrome and other peripheral nerve conditions.
· Assist with EMG (Electromyography) examinations, NCS (Nerve Conduction Studies) in Medical Consultant clinics if needed.
· Perform multi-modality evoked potentials taking appropriate action(s) where necessary. These include Visual Evoked Potentials, Sensory Evoked Potentials.
· Write accurate factual reports on a range of Neurophysiological investigations.
Maintain Continuous Professional Development appropriate to the range of Neurophysiology services for patients
Contribute to effective organisation of information resources, ensuring effective and administrative patient reporting and data storage / archiving in conjuction with the Administration staff in the department
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Sep 2024