Main area 317 Neurophysiology - RVI Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rota weekend and bank holiday on-call 9am-5pm) Job ref 317-2025-38-21-DR-A-VA1
Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Victoria Infirmary Town 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2025 23:59 Interview date 08/12/2025
Specialised Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Clinical Physiologist to join our friendly Neurophysiology team as Specialised Clinical Physiologist. The department is in the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. This permanent position would be well suited to an individual who is looking to advance their career in Neurophysiology and gain experience in a wide range of diagnostic investigations.
You should be a qualified Clinical Physiologist in Neurophysiology with experience at an Associate Clinical Physiologist level as a minimum. You must hold or be in the process of obtaining AHCS or HCPC registration. You should also have the right to work in the UK as this post does not come with sponsorship.
* Interview Date: 8th December 2025
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Main duties of the job
As a Specialised Clinical Physiologist you will be involved in an extensive range of clinical investigations including:
* EEGs – routine, sleep, and portable recordings on patients of all ages with a wide variety of medical conditions.
* Multi-modality evoked potentials
* Ambulatory EEG
* Video-telemetry EEG both in-patient and home video-telemetry
* Intracranial video-telemetry EEG
* PSG and MSLT
* Intra-operative monitoring.
Full training will be given for more complex investigations.
The department is actively involved in student training at STP and apprenticeship levels and you would be expected to be part of this.
An on-call rota operates at weekend and bank holidays between the hours of 9am-5pm.
Working for our organisation
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.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
•Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
•Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
•Newcastle Dental Hospital
•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’.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Performs a range of complex and highly complex diagnostic neurophysiological investigations on patients of all ages from a range of specialities suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those, which may be neurological, psychiatric and/or learning difficult in nature.
* This may be in the dedicated environment of the department or in a non-dedicated environment i.e. wards and Intensive Therapy Unit in the Trust or other hospitals in the region.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
* Carry out a range of basic and complex neurophysiological investigations.
* Trust / NHS Structures
* Clinical Governance
* Experience of Video-telemetry.
* Experience of Physiologist led Carpal Tunnel Clinics
SKILLS
* Ability to work in a team
* Good interpersonal skills
EXPERIENCE
* Experience at Associate Clinical Physiologist level in Neurophysiology
* Teaching / training
QUALIFICATIONS
* At least one of the following: o BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology (Neurophysiology) o Post Graduate Study in Neurosensory Science o BTEC ONC / HNC / HND in MPPM or equivalent experience + Association of Neurophysiological Scientists (ANS) Part I Examination o PG Cert in Neurophysiology + Association of Neurophysiological Scientists (ANS) Part I Examination
* RCCP registration or Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
* Member ANS
* Driving licence
* ECNE/ANS Board Part 1 Examination
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Gayle Hall Job title Clinical Physiology Service Manager Email address Gayle.Hall@nhs.net Telephone number 01912824578 Additional information
If you have any questions please contact Gayle Hall, Mon-Fri 8.30-17:00 on the phone number or e mail provided.
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