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Grade: Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist 4PA’s (Locum, 12 month fixed term contract)

Department: Clinical Neurophysiology

Reports to: Clinical Director, Clinical Delivery Directorate, Clinical Support Services Care Group

Job Summary

A locum consultant post has arisen within the department of Clinical Neurophysiology at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS trust. This is a 12-month locum consultant position of 4 PAs following reduction of hours.

This position provides an excellent opportunity for a dynamic individual with the appropriate skills to join an established workforce providing a wide range of clinical neurophysiology services in a busy district general hospital.

Those who wish to visit the hospital or to discuss further should contact Mr Simon Veal, Clinical Lead ([email protected]) or Dr Abena Osei-Lah, Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist ([email protected]), on 023 9228 6000 Extension 6659.

Main duties of the job

The post is a general clinical neurophysiology post, providing cover following reduction in hours. It offers an opportunity for either a recently trained or established consultant to gain expertise within our busy department. The successful applicant will be expected to deliver outpatient and in-patient nerve conduction studies (NCS) and EMG services, occasional urgent EEG reporting and contribute to teaching and supervision of our senior healthcare scientist team.

Key responsibilities:

• Provision of regular NCS / EMG out-patient clinics
• Provision of NCS / EMG services to in-patients, as required
• Supervision of trainees and other members of the multi-professional team
• Participation in education programmes for trainees, medical students, and other specialist staff.
• Participation in the clinical governance activities of the department.
• Regular attendance at the monthly departmental business and CPD meeting
• Being an active member of the Clinical Neurophysiology team, encouraging multi-professional working
• Contribution to the overall management of the Clinical Neurophysiology service.

Job Plan.

4 PA’s delivered as 3 x NCS / EMG clinic (DCC) and 1 x Patient related Admin (DCC) & SPA.

To be delivered within a standard Monday to Friday 10 Session framework with flexibility on what days/sessions will be utilised.

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) and Specialist Registration or be eligible for Specialist Registration within six months of interview.
• MRCP or evidence of equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential

• Applicants that are UK trained must also be a holder of a Certification of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview
• Applicants that are not UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate experience in providing a wide range of basic and advanced clinical neurophysiology services to adult and paediatric in- and out- patients

Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
• Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice
• IT skills
• Breadth of experience in and outside specialty
• Effective, confident presentation ability

Other

• Ability to organise oneself and prioritise clinical need
• Ability to work in multi-professional teams
• Understanding of NHS Clinical Governance and resource constraints
• Experience in quality improvement, service development or clinical research
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Experience of Teaching
• Publications
• Ability to demonstrate logical thinking, problem solving and decision making
• Evidence of managerial skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

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