Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Physiologist to join our friendly Neurophysiology team as Specialised Clinical Physiologist. The department is in the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. This permanent position would be well suited to an individual who is looking to advance their career in Neurophysiology and gain experience in a wide range of diagnostic investigations. You should be a qualified Clinical Physiologist in Neurophysiology with experience at an Associate Clinical Physiologist level as a minimum. You must hold or be in the process of obtaining AHCS or HCPC registration. Newly qualified STP and PTP applicants will be given full consideration.

• Interview Date Thursday, 17/10/2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK., As a Specialised Clinical Physiologist you will be involved in an extensive range of clinical investigations including:
• EEGs - routine, sleep, and portable recordings on patients of all ages with a wide variety of medical conditions.
• Multi-modality evoked potentials
• Nerve conduction studies
• Ambulatory EEG
• Video-telemetry EEG both in-patient and home video-telemetry
• Intracranial video-telemetry EEG
• PSG and MSLT
• Intra-operative monitoring.
Full training will be given for more complex investigations. The department is actively involved in student training at STP and apprenticeship levels and you would be expected to be part of this. An on-call rota operates at weekend and bank holidays between the hours of 9am-5pm.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally. We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.