Job 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, MSLT and 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.
The candidates should have a minimum of a BSc (Hons) in clinical physiology (Neurophysiology) or alternatively completed equivalent formal training.
Main duties of the job
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, Spinal Tumours and Multiple Sclerosis.
About us
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 our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post qualification and experience
- Practical experience and familiarity with the range of basic and advanced Neurophysiological investigations
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Must be able to show evidence to perform the full range of investigations e.g. EEG both in the routine department as well as a portable recording on wards and ITUs (in the hospital or offsite). Including preparing factual reports on theses studies
- Evidence of basic knowledge and perform NCS and EP recording (training will be provided to develop this further).
- IT literate
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Physiology Neurophysiology) BSc (Hons) or equivalent formal specialist training (Other appropriate qualifications e.g. BTEC HNC/D in MPPM /NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience + professional exam ECNE Part I) plus knowledge of specialist procedures acquired through specialist courses or training/experience) or equivalent. ECNE Part I
Desirable
- ECNE Part II. MSc or equivalent
- Training & Assessing qualification
- Specialist training/courses
- RCCP and HCPC registration
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post qualification and experience
- Practical experience and familiarity with the range of basic and advanced Neurophysiological investigations
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Must be able to show evidence to perform the full range of investigations e.g. EEG both in the routine department as well as a portable recording on wards and ITUs (in the hospital or offsite). Including preparing factual reports on theses studies
- Evidence of basic knowledge and perform NCS and EP recording (training will be provided to develop this further).
- IT literate
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Physiology Neurophysiology) BSc (Hons) or equivalent formal specialist training (Other appropriate qualifications e.g. BTEC HNC/D in MPPM /NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience + professional exam ECNE Part I) plus knowledge of specialist procedures acquired through specialist courses or training/experience) or equivalent. ECNE Part I
Desirable
- ECNE Part II. MSc or equivalent
- Training & Assessing qualification
- Specialist training/courses
- RCCP and HCPC registration
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
