Opportunity:
- As a Consultant in Neurophysiology, you will work constructively with the clinical physiologists to develop the service in a multidisciplinary fashion.
- This trust wishes to appoint a replacement Neurophysiology Consultant to replace clinicians who have retired. These are replacement substantive posts to help our current establishment of Neurophysiology scientists to meet the demands of an increasing in- and out-patient workload, and to contribute to the development of a forward-thinking and ambitious department.
The Neurophysiology department is part of the wider Medicine Care Group, situated within the Cluster of Neurology & Stroke, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology and Respiratory Medicine.
The Services provided include diagnostic testing on adults and children for the following conditions:
- EEG: epilepsy, genetic disorders, memory disorders, acute meningitis, encephalitis, status epilepticus, post neurosurgical procedures and in critical care.
- Prolonged EEG/video Telemetry & Ambulatory EEG studies: disorders of consciousness including epilepsy and complex epilepsy syndromes.
- EMG/NCS: neurological, neuromuscular, rheumatological disease and trauma
- Evoked Potentials: optic nerve disorders, spinal cord compression, congenital disorders, multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory conditions.
- Visual electrodiagnostics: genetic and acquired retinal disorders.
- Daytime and nocturnal sleep studies: narcolepsy, insomnia, hypersomnolence and parasomnias.
What’s on offer for you?
- Salary scale between £ 99,532- £ 131,964
- No on-call requirements for this post
- Full comprehensive relocation package on offer
- The team will be happy to consider fixed-term appointments of 6-12 months or substantive
- Flexible and/or less than full-time working, including job sharing, will be accommodated for any candidate(s) to whom this is important, with arrangements to be discussed and agreed on an individual basis.
- Reasonable house prices and schools that are rated highly.
- Market-leading annual leave allowance
- Generously funded study leave is available
- Cycle to work scheme
- Blue light discounts
- Employee assistance programme
About the Trust:
- The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, and has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds.
- There are exciting plans to move the department to a near-by off-site location which will be purposely designed for the service. This is to necessitate that a small footprint be retained in the main hospital site to allow for a responsive in-patient service which will include NCS and EMG. These changes will facilitate the department’s aspiration to gain IQIPS accreditation once the service is established in the new facility.
- Departments of Neurology provides a comprehensive neurological service for a catchment population of approximately 515,000
Essential criteria
- The ideal candidate should have strong experience in the Consultant field of Neurophysiology.
- Full GMC registration
- To be on the Specialist Registrar for Neurophysiology (For the 6-12 month contract post this is not a requirement but previous consultant experience in NHS is a must )
- Demonstratable evidence of good specialty training in neurophysiology.
- Evidence of ability to perform advanced neurophysiological procedures relevant to the post
Desirable Criteria
- Evidence of experience and ability in teaching.
- Supervision of projects.
- ATLS instructor.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Neurophysiology specialty