Consultant Neurophysiologist YC72

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West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital wishes to appoint a Consultant Neurophysiologist to be part of the Neurology department consisting of ten Consultant Neurologists and one Consultant Neurophysiologist who all have joint appointments with regional Neuroscience units at the Royal Free Hospital or the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Neurophysiology outpatient clinics are held on two sites (Hemel and Watford).

Main duties of the job

This post will be outpatients and will have link to the Royal Free Hospital Neurology department for CPD duties will include:

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital will be the employer for the appointment and will issue the contract of employment.

Direct Clinical Care

• Repetitive Nerve stimulation
• Sympathetic Skin response
• Evoked Potentials (SSEPs; BAEPs; VEPs) - not available now due to lack of equipment
• Thermal thresholds testing (QST) - not available now due to lack of equipment
• Central motor conduction studies - not available now due to lack of equipment
• Movement disorder neurophysiology - not available now due to lack of equipment
• EEG

All Consultants will be allocated 1 core SPA per week for professional development (CPD), Job Planning, Appraisal, Mandatory Training, attendance at regular team meetings which will have a clinical governance aspect and participating in Audit.

Working for our organisation

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award winning virtual hospital and re imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached JD and person specification for further information regarding the role.

Person specification

• GMC Registered with licence to practice or on Specialist Register in Neurophysiology (or within 6 months of date of interview)
• MRCP(UK) or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent
• Previous appointments which provided professional training in neurology /neurophysiology posts approved by the royal college of physicians - SCE in Neurology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.