Neurophysiology Consultant

Job summary

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

About us

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
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

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.

Job 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

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment.
• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)

Previous Experience

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience working in a Consultant role
• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

Skills

Essential

• 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

Essential

• 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

Essential

• 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