Locum Consultant Neurophysiologist

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Lease car scheme

Home Electronics Scheme

Generous annual leave and pension

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool seeks a Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiology to join the team at Alder Hey Hospital. The post is fixed-term for 12 months with the option to be made permanent and is full-time withFlexible working arrangements.

The role focuses on EEG reporting, video telemetry, and collaboration with the NorCess network to support epilepsy surgery services. Paediatric neurophysiology experience and sEEG exposure are highly valued.

Qualifications

• EEG reporting including acute recording
• Video Telemetry including home recordings and epilepsy surgery workups
• Support NorCess epilepsy surgery service
• Develop skills in invasive Neurophysiology (sEEG & IOM)
• Support EMG clinics including SF studies
• Paediatric reporting experience 5 years
• Paediatric EMG experience 3 years
• Experience in sEEG 3 years

Responsibilities

• EEG reporting including acute recording
• Video Telemetry (ward and home recordings) including epilepsy surgery workups
• Support NorCess epilepsy surgery service

Job description

Main area neurophysiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (with the option to be made permanent) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week Job ref 411-DIA-26-8304522

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Neurophysiology dept. Alder Hey Hospital Town liverpool Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 31/10/2026 23:59

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

This is a 10 PA Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiology post, based at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder will report to the Divisional Director and to the Chief Executive. We also welcome applications from those who cannot commit to the full 10 PA's

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• EEG reporting including acute recording
• Video Telemetry (both ward and home recordings) including those being worked up for epilepsy surgery.
• Support NorCess (Northern children's )epilepsy surgery service

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached job description

• EEG reporting including acute recording
• Video Telemetry (both ward and home recordings) including those being worked up for epilepsy surgery.
• Support NorCess (Northern children's )epilepsy surgery service *
• We provide Neurophysiology services as part of the Northern Children's Epilepsy Surgery Service (NorCESS) which is a nationally commissioned network between Alder Hey Children's Hospital and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH).
• The post holder will be given the oppportunity to develop their skills within invasive Neurophysiology (sEEG & IOM) to support NorCess
• Support EMG clinics including SF studies

Person specification

Paediatric reporting experience

• 5 years

Paediatric EMG experience

• 3

Experience in sEEG

• 3

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.