Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)

GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized children's hospital in London is seeking 2x Band 7 Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologists to perform a variety of clinical investigations on children. The role requires extensive experience, independence in complex environments, and the ability to train junior staff. The hospital champions diversity and inclusion, aiming to build a workforce reflecting the communities served, ensuring a range of perspectives to deliver better care for young patients.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable extensive experience in clinical physiology.
• Ability to perform complex clinical investigations on children.
• Experience in training and supervision of junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform a broad range of clinical investigations on children.
• Provide concise factual reports.
• Training and supervision of junior staff.
• Assist in managing the department's technical work.
• Organize staff for efficient service delivery.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Extensive experience in clinical investigations

Ability to work independently

Training and supervision skills

Quality improvement experience

Job description

The Department of Clinical Neurophysiology delivers daily outpatient clinics within the department but a high proportion of the work is carried out in the more challenging environments of the wards and Intensive Care Units. The department also provides specialist services in EEG Video Telemetry and Intraoperative Spinal Monitoring (IOM). You will be expected to provide concise factual reports and participate in training and supervision of junior members of staff, including students and observers. Regular study and training sessions are mandatory for all staff, with the opportunity to attend courses and meetings at both national and international level. The postholder will also facilitate in quality improvement processes in the department.

Main duties

• Perform a broad range of clinical investigations on children working independently in the department, on wards and in operating theatres. The majority of these investigations are non-standard and complex
• Provide concise factual reports
• Training and supervision of junior members of staff, including students and observers
• Assist in the management of the technical work of the department
• Organise other members of staff at lower grades to ensure efficient delivery of that part of the service, for which they have responsibility
• Making provision for recordings related to the appropriate R&D activity
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives within the department

We are seeking a Physiologist with demonstrable extensive experience who will be expected to work across all areas of the department, performing a broad range of clinical investigations on children, working independently in the department, wards, ICU, telemetry and in intraoperative monitoring. Many patients have complex neurological and clinical problems and have been referred from tertiary centres elsewhere.

Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, well known as a specialised children's hospital in the centre of London, has a vacancy for 2x Band 7 Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologists. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we'll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage), ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women's networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.