Specialist Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)

Job overview

Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, well known as a specialised children's hospital in the centre of London, has a vacancy for a fixed-term Band 6 Clinical Physiologist.

The Department of Clinical Neurophysiology delivers daily outpatient clinics within the department but a high proportion of the work is carried out in the more challenging environments of the wards and Intensive Care Units. The Department also provide specialist services in EEG video telemetry and Intra-Operative Spinal Monitoring (IOM).

We are seeking an experienced Physiologist, who will be expected to work across all areas of the department, working independently performing a broad range of clinical investigations on children, rotating through the Department, wards, ICU, Video Telemetry and in the operating theatres.  Many patients have complex neurological and clinical problems and have been referred from tertiary centres elsewhere.

You will be expected to provide concise factual reports and participate in training and supervision of junior members of staff, including students. Regular study and training sessions are mandatory for all staff, with the opportunity to attend courses and meetings at both national and international level.

The department has a longstanding commitment and history of new developments in the field of paediatric clinical neurophysiology.

Main duties of the job

• Perform a broad range of clinical investigations on children working independently in the department, on wards and in operating theatres
• Provide concise factual reports
• The majority of these investigations are non-standard and complex.
• Participate in training and supervision of junior members of staff, including trainees
• Plan, perform, interpret, and provide factual reports of unsupervised neurophysiological investigations
• To ensure accurate logging and filing of data from the neurophysiological investigations.
• To participate in the training of junior members of staff where appropriate and of trainees and visitors to the department.
• To participate in an on-call service to the Trust or may be expected to work extended hours (giving cover at weekends and Bank holidays)
• Participate in weekly teaching meetings: To maintain continuous professional development appropriate to the range of neurophysiology services to patients.
• To show flexibility in daily work to deliver the clinical needs of the department.
• May participate, giving technical assistance in ongoing research and development studies as directed by the Clinical Physiology Service Manager.
• Reporting faults or problems with the equipment used in any part of the service to Professional Service Manager or Clinical Engineers.
• May undertake ordering consumables.
• Ensure personal compliance with regards to mandatory, professional, and personal development according to service needs.

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 documents please view the attachment/s below.