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West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital wishes to appoint a Consultant Neurophysiologist to be part of the Neurology department consisting of ten Consultant Neurologists and one Consultant Neurophysiologist who all have joint appointments with regional Neuroscience units at the Royal Free Hospital or the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Neurophysiology outpatient clinics are held on two sites (Hemel and Watford).
Main duties of the job
This post will be outpatients and will have link to the Royal Free Hospital Neurology department for CPD duties will include :
* Direct Clinical Care includes:
o Repetitive Nerve stimulation
o Sympathetic Skin response
o Evoked Potentials (SSEPs; BAEPs; VEPs) – equipment not currently available
o Thermal thresholds testing (QST) – equipment not available
o Central motor conduction studies – equipment not available
o Movement disorder neurophysiology – equipment not available
o EEG
All Consultants will be allocated 1 core SPA per week for professional development (CPD), Job Planning, Appraisal, Mandatory Training, attendance at regular team meetings which will have a clinical governance aspect and participating in Audit.
Working for our organisation
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.
We are building on the success of our award‑winning virtual hospital and re‑imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.
Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached JD and person specification for further information regarding the role.
Person specification
* GMC Registered with licence to practice or on Specialist Register in Neurophysiology (or within 6 months of date of interview)
* MRCP(UK) or equivalent
* MBBS or equivalent
* Previous appointments which provided professional training in neurology /neurophysiology posts approved by the royal college of physicians - SCE in Neurology
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