Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Consultant Neurophysiologist to join the friendly and cohesive Neurophysiology teams at St George's University Hospitals and Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals.

This is a replacement of a current post and forms part of our regional network in Neurophysiology, ensuring best practice and common governance standards across the SW London and Surrey region. St George's Hospital is the tertiary neuroscience centre within this network.

The post holder will be expected to carry out out-patient and in-patient EMG, EEG and video-telemetry reporting.

Main duties of the job

Neurophysiology at St George's Hospital is part of the Department of Neurology, Neurosciences Directorate and is staffed by both clinical neurophysiologists and neurologists. The department provides all core neurophysiology investigations, while also providing EEG video telemetry for the region and other specialised investigations including single fibre EMG, magnetic stimulation and pelvic floor neurophysiology. Clinical neurophysiologists participate in specialised neurology services for epilepsy and epilepsy surgery, peripheral nerve and muscle disorders and EMG guided botulinum toxin injections.

The current department comprises 1 full time Consultant Neurophysiologist and 5 part-time Consultant Neurophysiologists.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

At St Georges Hospital, the major roles of this post will include:

1. Contributing to the governance and running of the department, working closely with the Care Group Lead and the Management Team.
2. Two outpatient EMG clinics each week, with some in-patient EMG provision weekly (one to two inpatients per week).
3. One EEG reporting and one video telemetry EEG reporting session each week, also some in-patient EEG reporting provision weekly (two to three per week).
4. Contributing to education of undergraduates and postgraduates including supervision of CCT trainees in Neurophysiology.
5. Providing mentorship to support progress.

At Ashford and St Peters Hospitals, the major roles of the post will include:

1. Working with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality, well-led service for patients.
2. Two outpatient EMG clinics each week, with some in-patient EMG provision weekly (one to two inpatients per week).
3. Reporting a range of diagnostic tests (EEGs, including ambulatory EEGs and MSLTs, Evoked potentials including VEPs).
4. Supervising physiology staff in the department.
5. Engaging with medical, nursing, management and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives.
6. Participating in the professional training of the staff in the department.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Has all the essential qualifications to support this role.
• Qualifications exceed requirement to support this role.

Experience

• Has the experience required to be successful in this role.
• Experience exceeds requirement in order to be successful in this role.

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.

Address

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust