Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)- Bank

Job Description:

Vacancy: Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology) – Bank Shifts

Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5

Contract: Bank (To support on-call rota and provide occasional weekday evening cover as required.)

Pay: £45 per hour

As a Clinician at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and everyday.

At Bupa, you can be the Clinical Physiologist you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority.

About The Cromwell Hospital

The Cromwell Hospital is a major international private hospital in West London receive both UK and international patients.  We are committed to providing the highest quality healthcare outpatient and inpatient service care.

The hospital has 180 beds and 4 suites, 6 theatres, medical and surgical wards, cardiac centre, CDU, level 2 and 3 full intensive care facilities, paediatrics, diagnostic services, physiotherapy, and a dedicated day surgery unit.

About the Department

Small but dynamic departments requiring high levels of personal professionalism and self-motivation. Complete clinical diagnostics from routine tests to complex investigations.

About the Role

You’ll deliver a high quality comprehensive clinical neurophysiological service for all age groups. This entails delivery of the core investigations which include electroencephalography (EEG), Video-Telemetry (VT), and Evoked potentials (include Visual Evoked Potentials to Pattern/Flash stimulation, Somatosensory Evoked potentials with both lower and upper stimulation and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials).

Duties and Responsibilities 

• To continually monitor and maintain the delivery of high quality of Neurophysiological services to service users. These include referring consultants, general practitioners and patients. Working collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure service(s) meet changing healthcare needs. Managing provision of offsite services to other institutions or organizations with no access to Neurophysiology services.

• To Provide visible support and assistance to Neurophysiological staff in dealing with difficult and conflicting situations including those that are of a clinical/professional nature

• Drafting of standard operating procedures which are in alignment with professional guidelines (IFCN/ANS)

• Plan, perform and interpret a range of basic and advanced Neurophysiological investigations to a high level of competence to patients unsupervised and autonomously, adapting the procedure wherever necessary to increase the sensitivity and specificity of a recording procedure. This includes,

• Performance Electroencephalographic (EEG) investigations employing current standard techniques without supervision in the EEG laboratory taking appropriate action(s) where necessary. Also perform EEG’s on the ward where patients of all age groups are seen in the department.

• Perform emergency EEG’s on ITU’s. (Intensive Therapy Units), NNUs (Neonatal Units), PICUs (Paediatric Intensive Care Units) or general wards and appropriate action should be taken where necessary.

• Perform EEG investigations using specialist techniques. These include recordings with activation procedures recordings following sleep deprivation, recordings during administration of medication (eg Melatonin), recordings during general anaesthetic, recordings during stimulation or other provocative procedures.

• Perform all modality evoked potentials taking appropriate action(s) where necessary. (including Visual, Brainstem and Somatosensory evoked potentials as well as Electro-retinograms).

• Taking medical history from a patient pertinent to the investigation being performed

• Analysis and utilization of the gathered information to plan perform and implement testing procedures

Qualifications

• BSc in Clinical Physiology (Neurophysiology) or equivalent - (essential)

• AHCS registration - (essential)

• Appropriate experience working in clinical neurophysiology - (essential)

• Paediatric and adult experience - (essential)

• Evoked potentials (Pattern/ Flash, Somatosensory to median and posterior tibial nerve stimulation, Brainstem) – (essential)

• Current ILS certification.

• Sleep Medicine (desirable)

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• An hourly rate that incorporates payment of annual leave.

• Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop lead by expert caterers.

• Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format please email: [email protected]

Time Type:

Part time

Job Area:

Clinical Services

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London