Job summary
Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust is pleased
to announce the development and introduction of this new role. The post will be
a combination of service delivery and educational input within the specialty.
These posts are not recognised UK
training posts. However, the
post-holders will have a named supervisor and be supported in undertaking
scheduled educational opportunities within the Trust and specialties.
An Introduction to the Division / Specialty from Dr Nigel Artis - Divisional Clinical
Director
The
department of Clinical Neurophysiology is based at Pinderfields Hospital and
serves the populations of Wakefield, Dewsbury, Pontefract, Barnsley and South
Leeds as well as receiving referrals from further afield.
The
department has 5 clinical recording rooms, as well as office and other space.
It is staffed by 2 Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologists, 1 Clinical Service
Manager and 4 experienced Neurophysiology Technicians who undertake a wide
range of investigations.
The department has a range of
neurophysiology machines including Dantec Keypoint, Viking Select and XLTEK. It
is looking to develop an innovative approach to video telemetry and the
successful candidate would be encouraged to help with this development.
The
department is busy and offers a wide range of services delivered by the whole
team including over 4000 NCS/EMGs and 1000 EEGs per year.
Main duties of the job
Support
the Consultant and Clinical Physiologists in the department, seeing outpatients
and inpatients.
To
perform and/or report on Nerve Conduction studies/EMG, EEGs and Evoked
potentials studies following a period of training.
Supervision
of clinical physiologists NCS clinics
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
These posts are designed to help you
get the experience needed for the national training programme application. There
are opportunities to develop your specialist knowledge and skills, lead a
quality improvement project and partake in departmental teaching. Many of our
previous doctors have successfully got onto a national training programme with
the help we have provided.
Doctors appointed to a MYDoc post will receive
relevant educational input. Each doctor will be
allocated an Educational Supervisor and will be required to develop a
Personalised Work Schedule.
The duties will be based primarily on our Pinderfields
Hospital site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to
patients on all our sites.
Your duties will include appropriate clinical
responsibility to the Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist to whom you are
responsible. The duties delegated to you shall be consistent with your seniority and specialisation as a practitioner in this
grade.
The role is full-time, with a standard workweek of 40 hours.
This post does not participate in on-calls/out-of-hours working.
Terms & Conditions and Tenure
Employment will be as a MYDoc Registrar on Trust Terms
and Conditions of Service.
Appointment as a MYDoc Registrar is intended to be for a maximum three-year
period as part of an individual development programme for the Doctor. The initial tenure of post will be no less
than 1 year with a strong potential to extend to a maximum of three years. The offer will be dependent on service
requirements and confirmed at conditional offer stage.
Pay Scale
These roles are equivalent to a doctor on specialty
training programmes and will be paid on the equivalent pay scale. The salary scale commences at £61,825 per annum.
Appraisal and Revalidation
This post is not recognised for training and brings with it an obligation
to engage with the process of revalidation on an annual basis.
All our Trust appointed doctors are required to engage positively with
appraisal and revalidation. The Trust
has procedures that comply with national recommendations. As a Trust employed doctor on a fixed term
contract successfully appointed applicants will need to have a prescribed
connection with Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust via GMC Connect and will therefore
have Dr Richard Robinson, the Medical Director at the Trust as their GMC
Responsible Officer.
Continuing Professional Development
The Trust requires all its doctors to
engage with continuing professional development, guided by the relevant
professional associations or Royal Colleges. Time and funding are provided
according to departmental and Trust policies, subject to approval through the
clinical management structures. There is a programme of mandatory training
which all relevant staff must complete as required.
Research
Medical staff are encouraged to develop areas of personal and/or research
interest. This can be developed in
liaison with the Trusts R&D department and in line with prevailing
policies and research frameworks. The
Trust is developing an expanding and outward-looking research programme.
Educational & Clinical Supervision
The post holder will have a named educational
supervisor and be expected to hold regular meetings with them during their
tenure to ensure appropriate development during their appointment.
Teaching
The Trust is keen to maintain its
reputation for high quality training and to attract the highest calibre of
trainee and career-grade doctors. All
senior doctors are involved in training our doctors, students and other
professions. There are many
opportunities to develop training and education roles, and many have taken on
educational leadership roles within and beyond the Trust.
Audit and Clinical Governance
There is a rolling half-day clinical
governance programme and audit meetings are well attended and lively. The Clinical Audit Department assists with
setting and supporting an audit programme for the Service with which all
colleagues are encouraged to engage. Clinical Audit is considered within
objectives as part of job planning.
Job description
Job responsibilities
These posts are designed to help you
get the experience needed for the national training programme application. There
are opportunities to develop your specialist knowledge and skills, lead a
quality improvement project and partake in departmental teaching. Many of our
previous doctors have successfully got onto a national training programme with
the help we have provided.
Doctors appointed to a MYDoc post will receive
relevant educational input. Each doctor will be
allocated an Educational Supervisor and will be required to develop a
Personalised Work Schedule.
The duties will be based primarily on our Pinderfields
Hospital site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to
patients on all our sites.
Your duties will include appropriate clinical
responsibility to the Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist to whom you are
responsible. The duties delegated to you shall be consistent with your seniority and specialisation as a practitioner in this
grade.
The role is full-time, with a standard workweek of 40 hours.
This post does not participate in on-calls/out-of-hours working.
Terms & Conditions and Tenure
Employment will be as a MYDoc Registrar on Trust Terms
and Conditions of Service.
Appointment as a MYDoc Registrar is intended to be for a maximum three-year
period as part of an individual development programme for the Doctor. The initial tenure of post will be no less
than 1 year with a strong potential to extend to a maximum of three years. The offer will be dependent on service
requirements and confirmed at conditional offer stage.
Pay Scale
These roles are equivalent to a doctor on specialty
training programmes and will be paid on the equivalent pay scale. The salary scale commences at £61,825 per annum.
Appraisal and Revalidation
This post is not recognised for training and brings with it an obligation
to engage with the process of revalidation on an annual basis.
All our Trust appointed doctors are required to engage positively with
appraisal and revalidation. The Trust
has procedures that comply with national recommendations. As a Trust employed doctor on a fixed term
contract successfully appointed applicants will need to have a prescribed
connection with Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust via GMC Connect and will therefore
have Dr Richard Robinson, the Medical Director at the Trust as their GMC
Responsible Officer.
Continuing Professional Development
The Trust requires all its doctors to
engage with continuing professional development, guided by the relevant
professional associations or Royal Colleges. Time and funding are provided
according to departmental and Trust policies, subject to approval through the
clinical management structures. There is a programme of mandatory training
which all relevant staff must complete as required.
Research
Medical staff are encouraged to develop areas of personal and/or research
interest. This can be developed in
liaison with the Trusts R&D department and in line with prevailing
policies and research frameworks. The
Trust is developing an expanding and outward-looking research programme.
Educational & Clinical Supervision
The post holder will have a named educational
supervisor and be expected to hold regular meetings with them during their
tenure to ensure appropriate development during their appointment.
Teaching
The Trust is keen to maintain its
reputation for high quality training and to attract the highest calibre of
trainee and career-grade doctors. All
senior doctors are involved in training our doctors, students and other
professions. There are many
opportunities to develop training and education roles, and many have taken on
educational leadership roles within and beyond the Trust.
Audit and Clinical Governance
There is a rolling half-day clinical
governance programme and audit meetings are well attended and lively. The Clinical Audit Department assists with
setting and supporting an audit programme for the Service with which all
colleagues are encouraged to engage. Clinical Audit is considered within
objectives as part of job planning.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Pre-registration / foundation training and two years of core medical training or with equivalent
- Minimum of 4 years experience with general medicine
Desirable
- Relevant experience in Neurophysiology
- Relevant experience in Neurology
- Experience of teaching clinical skills
- Clinical research and development
GMC Registration
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with licence to practise.
- Please state your full GMC number.
Management skills
Essential
- Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
- Good time management.
Desirable
- Possess good organisational skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Possesses good communication skills.
- Flexibility.
- Willingness to provide and learn all aspects of hospitals internal systems and processes and adhere to local policies
- Physically able to carry out the duties as specified in the job description and ability to evidence competencies
- Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance
Desirable
- Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
- Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree from recognised medical school
- MRCP UK or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree (MD or PHD)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Pre-registration / foundation training and two years of core medical training or with equivalent
- Minimum of 4 years experience with general medicine
Desirable
- Relevant experience in Neurophysiology
- Relevant experience in Neurology
- Experience of teaching clinical skills
- Clinical research and development
GMC Registration
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with licence to practise.
- Please state your full GMC number.
Management skills
Essential
- Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
- Good time management.
Desirable
- Possess good organisational skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Possesses good communication skills.
- Flexibility.
- Willingness to provide and learn all aspects of hospitals internal systems and processes and adhere to local policies
- Physically able to carry out the duties as specified in the job description and ability to evidence competencies
- Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance
Desirable
- Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
- Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree from recognised medical school
- MRCP UK or equivalent
Desirable
- Higher degree (MD or PHD)
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).
