# Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-27T09:01:51.113Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/University_College_London_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neurology/Neurology-v8033955
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8033955?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uclh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

## Job Details

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.

## Job Description

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.

## Responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Must be able to show that they can perform the full range of neurophysiological investigations, EEG,EPs,NCS. This will include reviewing and preparing factual reports on these studies
- Able to work autonomously in respect of standard clinical work and under supervision for more complex procedures e.g. invasive recordings and ECoG
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of specialist procedures acquired through accredited courses or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development.

**Desirable**

- Able to demonstrate underpinning knowledge of more specialist skills. They must also demonstrate that they can perform long term monitoring - video-EEG telemetry/ ambulatory recording, to include reviewing and preparing a factual report on these studies.
- Evidence of experience of supervising students or trainees

### Communication

**Essential**

- Able to communicate effectively and sensitively with all patients, some of whom may have communication difficulties or challenging/aggressive behaviour
- Able to communicate with departmental medical staff regarding the complex specialist data recorded.
- Able to communicate effectively with other health care professionals from various disciplines.
- Able to demonstrate and inform visitors about the work of the department.

### Skills and abilities

**Essential**

- Provide evidence of practical skills to record routine neurophysiology investigations
- Provide evidence of ability to work in challenging environments.
- Demonstrate ability to work with patients with challenging or confrontational behaviour.
- Demonstrate ability to organise and prioritise their own work.

### Specific requirements

**Essential**

- The post holder will be required to work flexibly and participate in an on call rota.
- Post holder must have enough manual dexterity to be able to apply the electrodes accurately.

### Knowledge & Qualifications

**Essential**

- BSc (Hons) in Clinical Physiology (Neurophysiology) or equivalent
- ECNE part II or equivalent
- Postgraduate qualification e.g. STP in neurophysiology or equivalent experience.

**Desirable**

- Member of Professional Organisation

### Personal and people development

**Desirable**

- Experience in supervising student staff and visitors.

### Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

**Essential**

- Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

## Documents

- [uclh values (pdf, 860.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2685)
- [job description (pdf, 624.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321689)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 262.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321688)

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