Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 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) and Intra-operative monitoring (IOM). 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.

About us

With nearly9,000 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.