Neurophysiology Consultant

Enherts Tr; Stevenage; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust invites applications for a substantive Consultant Neurophysiologist based at Hertford County Hospital. The role includes regular EMG clinics, EEG reporting and Evoked potential reporting, with no on-call commitment.

You will collaborate with neuroscience colleagues and other departments to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while contributing to teaching, governance and service improvement within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Evidence of engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and learning from errors.
• Active appraisal and revalidation processes.
• Ability to apply good decision making in complex clinical situations.
• Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and colleagues.
• Ability to critically appraise published evidence and apply it to practice.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high-quality patient-centered care in a neurology setting.
• Share responsibility for day-to-day service management and strategic planning.
• Teach and train within the multidisciplinary service.
• Participate in MDT meetings and clinical governance activity.
• Engage in continuing medical education and professional development.

Skills

Clinical governance

Appraisal & revalidation

Decision making

Teaching clinical skills

Critical appraisal

Education

GMC Specialist Register / CCT within 6 months

MRCP or equivalent

ALS certification

Job description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Neurology department at East and North HertfordshireNHS Trust. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership,innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practicesand to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that ourpatient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust.
We are looking to recruit to a substantive Consultant Neurophysiologist post based at HertfordCounty Hospital which comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs). There is no on-callcommitment.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work closely with our presentNeurology and Neurophysiology team as well as other departmentsincluding paediatrics, orthopaedics, plastic surgery andrheumatology. The appointee will undertake regular EMG clinics,EEG reporting and Evoked potential reporting at Hertford CountyHospital. There may be an occasional requirement to undertakeinpatient EMG at the Lister Hospital site.

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education

Working for our organization

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register / Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
• Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment.

Previous Experience

• Broad range of experience in Neurophysiology
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrable experience working in a Consultant role
• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

Skills

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
• Ability to critically appraise published evidence

Knowledge

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice

Other requirements

• Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
• Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognizes and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
• Role models our Trust values every day
• Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs

Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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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.