Job summary
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.

Main duties of the job
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.

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

What we can offer
Job Plan/On-call Requirements
The Team

Informal enquiries and requests to visit the Hospitals are welcome and should be made, following shortlisting, with Mr. Steve Canty, Medical Director and Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive (01772) 522692

Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• Substantive posts - Must be entered on the Specialist Register (or entry within 6 months)

Desirable

• Higher Medical Degree

Experience
Essential

• Trained Clinical Supervisor
• On specialist register for Clinical Neurophysiology
• Wide range of experience including significant work in area of specialisation

Desirable

• Trained Educational Supervisor
• Obtained CCST/CCT through formal training programme.

Skills
Essential

• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
• Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications

Desirable

• Significant record of publications on relevant topics.

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.

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