Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

NHS Band 7 Salary:  £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours Per Week:  Full time, 37.5 hrs

Contract Type:  Permanent

Job Purpose:

• To provide complex, specialist clinical neurophysiology diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to patients of all ages, from a range of specialties, suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those which may be neurological and/or psychiatric in nature.
• To work in isolation at various satellite clinics including Jersey, Channel Islands.
• To be adaptive in learning new techniques and undergo further training in specialist areas as required in delivering the service.
• To undertake interpretation of results and provision of reports.
• To actively participate in the development and training of student healthcare scientists and junior medical staff.
• To participate in quality assurance, audit and/or research and development programmes

Key Responsibilities.

• To communicate what is involved in procedures and other technical information to patients who may have sensory, physical or learning disabilities also conversing with relatives & carers to ensure understanding that will facilitate consent where necessary. Display the ability to exchange specialist information with colleagues from within the Neurophysiology specialty and to other disciplines
• To show highly specialist expertise underpinned by theoretical knowledge & experience of specialist healthcare science that have been acquired through training to master’s degree or equivalent level of knowledge.
• To analyse & interpret test results within Neurophysiology specialist diagnostic area and relate other test data to inform diagnosis. To resolve complex equipment issues.
• To plans activity workload and/or clinics independently also supporting junior and/or training staff in job planning.
• Demonstrates skills for positioning patients for tests ensures accurate position of both stimulating and recording electrodes requiring a high level of hand/eye co-ordination. Able to accurately manipulate the recorded data and assess the requirement for extended testing
• To provide specialist clinical technical services and specialist clinical and scientific advice to clinicians. Will undertake screening tests and interpret them to produce a diagnostic test result. Utilise the diagnostic findings provide advice to patients.
• Will be responsible for implementing policies and standard operating procedures. To innovate and implement changes to practices for work area and develop policies with impact on other disciplines.
• Responsible for safe use of equipment by others through supervision and regular calibration/equipment checks to ensure reliability of recorded data. To order supplies for area of work and be responsible for storage of materials.
•  Leads a team for own work area within peripheral neurophysiology. To provide clinical and professional supervision to less experienced staff. To provide specialist training to those within the department and registrars from other disciplines.
• To ensure that patient data and records that are personally generated are maintained in a secure database that complies with information governance standards with responsibility to ensure that data/records are backed up to media that complies with trust standards.
• To be regularly undertaking research and development activities with support to the trainee clinical scientists research projects. To be regularly taking a lead role in clinical trials, service evaluation and clinical audit.
• To works independently and autonomously as a healthcare scientist practitioner within host department and at Community Diagnostic Centre’s (Havant, Fareham & Portsmouth) and Non-NHS hospitals (Jersey, Channel Is.). To work as a lead specialist for peripheral neurophysiology whilst maintaining and developing skills within other technical and clinical areas within Neurophysiology.

For full job details and person specification please refer to job description.

Essential

• Master’s Level Qualification or Completed Scientific Training Programme (STP)
• Equivalent (Minimum = BSc Certification + ANS Professional exams in EEG/NCS/EP )
• Registered (or working towards) registration with either AHCS or HCPC

Desirable

• Member of professional body: ANS and/or BSCN.
• ANS Professional Examination Certification.
• Evidence of external scientific course attendance.

Experience

Essential

• Have at least 4 years’ experience of working within a Clinical Neurophysiology department with a minimum of 1 year post qualification as a Healthcare Scientist.

Desirable

• Have experience working in Neurophysiology in the last 2 years with more than 4 years consistent employment.

Skills & Knowledge

• Undertakes a wide range of complex, specialised techniques including routine, sleep deprivation, ambulatory and portable EEGs without supervision and provides reports.
• Undertakes extended practice role with Nerve Conduction Studies that includes reporting of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ulnar Neuropathy and Peripheral Neuropathy.
• Undertakes a full range of Evoked Potential studies to include Visual, Auditory and Sensory Stimuli.
• Able to obtain technically acceptable recordings in all environments including technically challenging situations e.g. intensive care and theatre.
• Has manual dexterity to apply accurately electrodes to babies and children who are less co-operative.
• Able to interpret investigation results and patient conditions.
• Is able to work as an independent practitioner outside of the base department.
• Is able to gain the co-operation of all client groups i.e. adults, children and neonates including those with learning difficulties, mental health problems or other special needs to obtain technically good and accurate investigation.
• Excellent communication skills within a patient facing environment.
• Have empathy, understand the patient and carer needs with a sympathetic and tactful approach.
• Excellent Organisational, planning and time-management skills.
• Able to set clear and appropriate priorities for self and others to meet overall goals.
• Demonstrate ability to use a range of standard and complex computer software.
• Adaptable and flexible approach to work patterns.
• Good awareness of data protection and information security/governance issues.
• Experience of taking responsibility for workload planning on a day-to-day basis.
• Negotiates and liaises with other professionals, staff, and patients

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.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026