Caledonian Continuity Team Leader - London, United Kingdom - University College London Hospitals

Description

Job overview

This new band 7 Specialised Clinical Physiologist position has arisen through expansion of Video EEG Telemetry services (HVT) provided by the Sir Jules Thorn Telemetry Unit at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. As a Specialised Clinical Physiologist you will be responsible for providing high quality Video-EEG Telemetry studies for service users within the Epilepsy surgery program and neurological sleep services.

Our telemetry team provide the full range of video EEG services including:

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and engaging individual with several years of experience within the field of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Main duties of the job

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Provide a highly complex, specialist Clinical Neurophysiology service.

• Undertake interpretation of results and provision of written factual reports, communicating directly with consultant staff regarding any findings.

• Present the findings of the video telemetry studies at the weekly multidisciplinary meeting, and contribute to ward rounds and teaching sessions held on the unit on a regular basis.

• Provide assistance with and actively participate in research projects carried out on the telemetry unit.

• Education and training of techniques to new members of staff and demonstration of the telemetry unit activity to professional visitors.

• Provide support to more junior staff on the unit.

• Participate in quality assurance and audit within the department and on a regional basis.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.