Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job overview
We are recruiting to a band 7 Specialised Clinical Physiologist position on the Sir Jules Thorn Telemetry Unit at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. As a Specialised Clinical Physiologist you will be responsible for providing high quality Video-EEG Telemetry studies for service users within the Epilepsy surgery program and neurological sleep services.
Our telemetry team provide the full range of video EEG services including:
- Diagnostic studies
- Pre-surgical studies including ictal SPECT
- Invasive studies (with subdural and depth (SEEG) electrodes)
- Polysomnography, MSLT and Actigraphy
- At Home polysomnography and diagnostic video EEG telemetry
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and engaging individual who wishes to gain experience and specialise in video EEG telemetry and polysomnography.
The Sir Jules Thorn Telemetry Unit is a self-contained dedicated unit for monitoring patients with a variety of neurological, neurosurgical and neuropsychiatric conditions, performing more than 510 video-EEG telemetry studies and over 150 actigraphy studies per year.
Our dedicated Telemetry team consists of a team of 10 highly motivated Clinical Physiologists, over 15 dedicated nursing staff, 5 consultant Neurologists/Neurophysiologists and an epilepsy fellow. Medical cover is provided by registrars and SHOs attached to Firm 1 (Epilepsy). Together with our specialist administrative team and support facilities staff we are driven by our organisations strategic objectives and organisational values of kindness, safety, teamwork and improving.
Main duties of the job
Your main responsibilities will be to:
- Provide a highly complex, specialist Clinical Neurophysiology service.
- Undertake interpretation of results and provision of written factual reports, communicating directly with consultant staff regarding any findings.
- Present the findings of the video telemetry studies at the weekly multidisciplinary meeting, and contribute to ward rounds and teaching sessions held on the unit on a regular basis.
- Provide assistance with and actively participate in research projects carried out on the telemetry unit.
- Education and training of techniques to new members of staff and demonstration of the telemetry unit activity to professional visitors.
- Provide support to more junior staff on the unit.
- Participate in quality assurance and audit within the department and on a regional basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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This advert is for Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology) with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Jun 2026.
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