Clinical Neurophysiologist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic qualified Clinical Physiologist/Scientist to become part of a friendly team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

The post holder will be based at Charing Cross Hospital and will be a key member of a team providing multi-site Clinical Neurophysiology services and committment to quality improvement in line with our current pursuit of UKAS accreditaion.

We provide the full range of neurophysiological investigations for adults and children,  including Electroencephalography (EEG), Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS), multi-modal Evoked Potentials (EPs), Ambulatory and Video-Telemetry.

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and team working skills and will work collaboratively with the Lead Clinical Physiologist and other healthcare professionals to maintain and improve service provision.

The post holder should have a B.Sc in Clinical Neurophysiology with AHCS/RCCP registration or be a HCPC registered Clinical Scientist.

Main duties of the job

• Plan, perform and interpret a range of neurophysiological investigations to a high level of competence for patients from a wide range of ages and of varying abilities, taking remedial actions where necessary.
• This includes:Routine EEG, sleep-deprived EEG, prolonged EEG, sedated EEG, portable EEG on all wards including intensive care units, all without supervision and taking appropriate action where necessary.
• Multi-modal evoked potentials including pattern VEP & ERG, Flash VEP, upper and lower limb SEP and BAEP.
• Nerve conduction studies for CTS. Also ulnar and peripheral nerve screens under supervision.
• Ability to generate detailed factual reports for all studies undertaken.
• Participate in equipment calibration and reporting of any faults.
• Maintain continued professional development appropriate to the neurophysiology service requirements.
• Assist the neurophysiology team in the day-to-day organisation of the service, using effective communication and negotiation skills when scheduling inpatient appointments
• Continued in Job description.

Detailed job description and main 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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.