Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a motivated, ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team. The post holder will provide a diagnostic neurophysiology service and will be able to develop a special interest in their chosen field. While hosted within the directorate of neurosciences, this is a shared post incorporating five dedicated PAs provided by North Cumbria Integrated Care (NCIC) NHS Foundation Trust to deliver clinical services at Penrith Hospital. We strongly encourage informal contact from interested clinicians.

Main duties of the job
This is a shared post between The Departments of Neurophysiology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle and North Cumbria Integrated Care. This role will offer the successful candidate a varied job role working with both the local service in North Cumbria as well as the tertiary provider in NuTH.

The post holder will provide diagnostic neurophysiology services and will be able to develop a special interest in their chosen field. While hosted within the directorate of neurosciences, this post incorporates three dedicated PAs for contribution to the Highly Specialised Services for Rare Neuromuscular Diseases

About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities
The Department of Neurophysiology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle is one of the foremost in the country, with a prominent national and international profile and very active research environment. The department provides a diagnostic neurophysiology service to the clinicians within the Trust. Tertiary neurophysiology services are also provided to clinicians across the Northern Region. The department is actively involved in delivery of an epilepsy service, including the regional epilepsy surgery programme. The department works closely with the Department of Neurosurgery to provide highly specialist intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register, (or for UK trainees entry expected within 6 months from the date of the AAC.
• MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

• MD, PhD or equivalent

Clinical Experience
Essential

• At least 4 years' training in clinical neurophysiology and achieving independent practice.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion in neurophysiology.
• The ability to perform and report on neurophysiological examinations, both adult and paediatric.
• Knowledge and experience in quantitative EMG.
• Knowledge and experience in neonatal and paediatric EEG.
• Knowledge and experience in Video-EEG Telemetry.
• Knowledge and experience in Stereo-EEG/Epilepsy surgery.
• Intraoperative neuro-monitoring (IONM)

Desirable

• Specialist skills to compliment those of other staff.
• Enthusiasm to develop new services
• Knowledge and experience in specialised NCS/EMG is desirable, particularly the neurophysiology of movement disorders.
• Knowledge and experience in Paediatric NCS / EMG.
• Experience in neuro-muscular ultrasound.
• Experience of epilepsy clinics and managing patients with epilepsy
• Experience in magneto-encephalography (MEG)

Management and Administration Experience
Essential

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Involvement in service improvement and development in neurophysiology (basic electrodiagnostic services and highly specialist services).

Desirable

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.

Desirable

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research
Essential

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• Evidence of success in attracting and managing research grants

Audit
Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).