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Main area
neurophysiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (10PA's)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
40 hours per week (will need to come on site to provide EMG clinic one per week/fortnight)
Job ref
411-MED-26-7408899
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey
Town
Liverpool
Salary
10 PA's
Closing
22/01/2026 23:59

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Consultant Neurophysiologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

This is a 10 PA Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiology post, based at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust with some remote/hybrid working.

Part time hours will be considered.

 

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • EEG reporting including acute recording
  • Video Telemetry (both ward and home recordings) including work up for epilepsy surgery (NorCess) 
  • EMG clinic; (currently one clinic per fortnight with ad hoc inpatient EMG)

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

The Paediatric Neurology service sits within the division of medicine and provides secondary and tertiary care for children with neurological conditions throughout Liverpool, Cheshire and the wider Northwest of England and North Wales regions. It is a large busy service serving a population of 8 million. This includes services for complex epilepsy including evaluation by epilepsy surgery (CESS), neuromuscular, neuroinflammation and demyelination services along with movement disorder and neuro rehabilitation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

EEG reporting including acute work on children of all ages including neonates

Video Telemetry (both ward and home recordings) including work up for epilepsy surgery (NorCess)

sEEG monitoring / IOM for those applicants who already have experience 

EMG clinic; (currently one clinic per fortnight with ad hoc inpatient EMG)

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • demonstrable experience in reporting paediatric EEG

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with license to practice with the General Medical Council.
  • On specialist register for Clinical Neurophysiology (CCT or equivalent) or within 6 months of award of CCT by date of interview

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Teresa Preston
Job title
Neurophysiology dept manager
Email address
[email protected]
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