Locum Consultant in Neurophysiology - 6/12 month contracts available - (South England)

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Locum Consultant in Neurophysiology – 6/12 month contracts available – (South England), South West England

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Client:

Head Medical

Location:

South West England, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Consulting

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

5c4eef95a285

Job Views:

4

Posted:

28.04.2025

Expiry Date:

12.06.2025

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Job Description:

• As a Consultant in Neurophysiology, you will work constructively with the clinical physiologists to develop the service in a multidisciplinary fashion.
• This trust wishes to appoint a replacement Neurophysiology Consultant to replace clinicians who have retired. These are replacement substantive posts to help our current establishment of Neurophysiology scientists to meet the demands of an increasing in- and out-patient workload, and to contribute to the development of a forward-thinking and ambitious department .

The Neurophysiology department is part of the wider Medicine Care Group, situated within the Cluster of Neurology & Stroke, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychology and Respiratory Medicine.
The Services provided include diagnostic testing on adults and children for the following conditions:

• EEG: epilepsy, genetic disorders, memory disorders, acute meningitis, encephalitis, status epilepticus, post neurosurgical procedures and in critical care.
• Prolonged EEG/video Telemetry & Ambulatory EEG studies: disorders of consciousness including epilepsy and complex epilepsy syndromes.
• EMG/NCS: neurological, neuromuscular, rheumatological disease and trauma
• Evoked Potentials: optic nerve disorders, spinal cord compression, congenital disorders, multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory conditions.
• Visual electrodiagnostics: genetic and acquired retinal disorders.
• Daytime and nocturnal sleep studies: narcolepsy, insomnia, hypersomnolence and parasomnias.

What’s on offer for you?

• No on-call requirements for this post
• Full comprehensiverelocation package on offer
• The team will be happy to consider fixed-term appointments of 6-12 months or substantive
• Flexible and/or less than full-time working, including job sharing, will be accommodated for any candidate(s) to whom this is important, with arrangements to be discussed and agreed on an individual basis.
• Reasonable house prices and schools thatare rated highly.
• Market-leading annual leave allowance
• Generously funded study leave is available
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme

About the Trust:

• The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, and has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds.
• There are exciting plans to move the department to a near-by off-site location which will be purposely designed for the service. This is to necessitate that a small footprint be retained in the main hospital site to allow for a responsive in-patient service which will include NCS and EMG. These changes will facilitate the department’s aspiration to gain IQIPS accreditation once the service is established in the new facility.
• Departments of Neurology provides a comprehensive neurological service fora catchment population of approximately 515,000
• The ideal candidate should have strong experience in the Consultant field of Neurophysiology.
• Full GMC registration
• To be on the Specialist Registrar for Neurophysiology (F or the6-12 month contract post this is not a requirement but previous consultant experience in NHS is a must )
• Demonstratable evidence of good specialty training in neurophysiology.
• Evidence of ability to perform advanced neurophysiological procedures relevant to the post
• Evidence of experience and ability in teaching.
• Supervision of projects.
• ATLS instructor.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Neurophysiology specialty

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