Consultant in Neurophysiology

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston is inviting applications for a Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist to lead EMG/EEG services across Preston and Chorley sites. You will work with a dynamic team, provide adult and paediatric neurophysiology, and contribute to intra-operative monitoring and video-telemetry development as applicable.

The role requires commitment to high clinical standards, CPD, and working within a busy NHS Trust serving 1.6 million in the region.

Responsibilities

• Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in the planning, development and delivery of the Neurophysiology Service for the Directorate.
• Provide direct input to patients, contribute to multi-disciplinary teams and contribute to the co-ordination of care as appropriate for patients within Preston and Chorley Hospitals.
• Assume a continuous commitment to patients as appropriate, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical practice, both through direct patient involvement and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Exercise the freedom to develop specialist elements of the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.

Job description

This is a post for a fourth Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust acts as the focus for Neurophysiology services in the whole of Lancashire and South Cumbria. In addition to the 390,000 resident populations of Preston, Chorley and South Ribble, the Trust also provides Neurophysiology services for a wider population of 1.6 million.

This post offers the opportunity to work not only within a high-performing and dynamic team , but also to live in an area with diverse communities and excellent state and private schools, and areas of natural beauty and tourist interests including the Lake District, Fylde Coast, Ribble Valley, the Yorkshire Dales, and the Forest of Bowland. Cities such as Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool are within easy reach.

You will be based at the Royal Preston Hospital and will be expected to have both EMG and EEG sessions. There will be a commitment to both adult and paediatric neurophysiology.

The department has an Intra-operative Monitoring Service which is mainly run by the Clinical Physiologists but may require Consultant input periodically. Development of Video-telemetry service is still under consideration.

Some Of Your Duties Will Include

• Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in the planning, development and delivery of the Neurophysiology Service for the Directorate.


• Provide direct input to patients, contribute to multi-disciplinary teams and contribute to the co-ordination of care as appropriate for patients within Preston and Chorley Hospitals.


• Assume a continuous commitment to patients as appropriate, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.


• Promote high professional standards of clinical practice, both through direct patient involvement and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.


• Exercise the freedom to develop specialist elements of the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and highest performing trusts in the North West. During the past few years we have significantly increased our participation in national and international research programmes, and are one of the country’s leading cancer trial patient recruiters, demonstrating our commitment to developing new and progressive treatment which improves health outcomes.

Our medical undergraduate programme, in partnership with the University of Manchester, delivers excellent education and training for young doctors, and state of the art learning facilities enable medical students and staff to develop their skills and knowledge.

For the fifth consecutive year our students achieved a 100% pass rate. Increasingly, we also contribute to the delivery of the Lancaster University medical undergraduate programme.

We employ over 7,000 staff with most of our clinical services being provided on our two hospital sites – Chorley & South Ribble Hospital and Royal Preston Hospital. We also have a specialist mobility and rehabilitation service in Preston, the Broadoaks child development centre in Leyland and we provide a dialysis unit on the Westmorland General Hospital site in Kendal. The Trust is committed to working in partnership to deliver seamless care to patients close to home.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Godwin Lekwuwa Job title: Consultant Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01772 522559