This is an opportunity to join the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, based at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, as a Highly Specialist Healthcare Scientist (Band 7) on a fixed term (12 months) contract. The department provides an extensive range of highly specialised diagnostic procedures for patients of all ages with an excellent reputation for staff development and training with accreditation to deliver the STP & HSST programmes.

Main duties of the job

Applicants will require registration with the HCPC or AHCS, Masters Level Qualification or Equivalent. Applicant must have at least 4 years experience of working within a Clinical Neurophysiology department with a minimum of 1 year post qualification as a Healthcare Scientist.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide complex, specialist clinical neurophysiology diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to patients of all ages, from a range of specialties, suffering from a wide variety of medical disorders including those which may be neurological and/or psychiatric in nature.
• To work in isolation at various satellite clinics including Jersey, Channel Islands.
• To be adaptive in learning new techniques and undergo further training in specialist areas as required in delivering the service.
• To undertake interpretation of results and provision of reports.
• To actively participate in the development and training of student healthcare scientists and junior medical staff.
• To participate in quality assurance, audit and/or research and development programmes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Level Qualification or Equivalent
• Registered (or working towards registration) with either AHCS or HCPC

Experience

Essential

• Have at least 4 years experience of working within a Clinical Neurophysiology department with a minimum of 1 year post qualification as a Healthcare Scientist

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

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