Clinical Physiologist; Neurophysiology- Bank

Job Description

Bank Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)

Cromwell Hospital

Kensington, SW5

Bank – support on‑call rota and provide occasional weekday evening cover as required

Competitive hourly rate

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.

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

To join our Clinical Physiology team to 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 (including Visual Evoked Potentials to Pattern/Flash stimulation, Somatosensory Evoked potentials with both lower and upper stimulation and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials). As a bank member, you will be involved on an ad‑hoc basis, and will be expected to contribute to clinical governance, local quality improvements and to act as a representative for the department for consultants, their secretaries and other stakeholders.

You will have a high level of expertise, and be familiar with all clinical functions of the Neurophysiology and Lung & Sleep Departments. You will have a BSc (Hons) in Clinical Physiology or equivalent formal specialist training as well as current ILS certification.

To deliver a high quality comprehensive clinical neurophysiological service through the management of clinical governance, performance management, information governance and specific development of the neurophysiology service which has been established in the delivery of neurophysiology services in a wide range of neurological conditions to patients of all age groups. This entails delivery of the core investigations which include electroencephalography (EEG) and Evoked potentials which include Visual Evoked Potentials to Pattern/Flash stimulation, Somatosensory Evoked potentials with both lower and upper stimulation and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials.

Quality improvement within posts is implied, which aligns with nationally recognised guidelines for best professional practice.

• 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 services meet changing healthcare needs. Managing provision of off‑site services to other institutions or organisations without 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 EEG investigations employing current standard techniques without supervision in the EEG laboratory taking appropriate action(s) where necessary. Also perform EEGs on the ward where patients of all age groups are seen in the department.
• Perform emergency EEGs on ITUs (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 following sleep deprivation, recordings during administration of medication (eg Melatonin), recordings during general anaesthetic, recordings during…