Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Physiologist with a high level of knowledge and experience in the field of Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM), to lead and further develop the existing paediatric Neurophysiology IOM service currently sited within the unit of the Royal Manchester Childrens hospital and part of the wider Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust.
You will be a key member of the senior Neurophysiology Directorate team, responsible for the provision of IOM services in the paediatric unit.
A long established IOM service for the monitoring of children undergoing corrective spinal surgery already exists, and with the demand for paediatric neurosurgical monitoring continuing to increase, your role will be key in future developments within this specialist area.
Main duties of the job
You will be accountable for the management and development of the existing Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM) Service at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. Primarily a paediatric service undertaken in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, responsibilities will include service planning, policy development and financial planning.
You will be accountable for the management and development of the Clinical Physiologists (Neurophysiology) within this specialist area of IOM, undertaking specialist education and training.
Although lead for IOM, you will join a larger team undertaking Neurophysiology testing across a number of other MFT hospital sites on both adults and children. This will include all modalities of EEG, Nerve conduction studies for patients with suspected Carpal tunnel or ulnar neuropathies, multi-modality evoked potentials and some small fiber testing.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which we launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a large, unique, multi-sited Neurophysiology service providing neurophysiology on both adult and pediatric patients across the city of Manchester on 4 of the Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT) Hospital sites. These include the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) and Royal Manchester Children's Hospitals (RMCH), both of which are located on the Oxford Rd campus (ORC) within the city centre. Other sites are Wythenshawe Hospital in the south of Manchester and the North Manchester Hospital site based in the north of the city.
The Neurophysiology Directorate has 26 WTE staff consisting of Physiologists/ Support/Admin staff and operates as one large unit. The majority of physiologist staff are multi- sited and will move around on a rota basis to cover routine and non-routine services.
The Directorate is supported by a number of Consultant Neurophysiologists and has close links with the Neurosciences Centre at Salford Royal.
The Neurophysiology unit at RMCH is an integral part of the North Children's Epilepsy Surgery service (NorCESS) and provides specialist videotelemetry EEG and stereo EEG for children referred via this service.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
This is a large, unique, multi-sited Neurophysiology service providing neurophysiology on both adult and pediatric patients across the city of Manchester on 4 of the Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT) Hospital sites. These include the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) and Royal Manchester Children's Hospitals (RMCH), both of which are located on the Oxford Rd campus (ORC) within the city centre. Other sites are Wythenshawe Hospital in the south of Manchester and the North Manchester Hospital site based in the north of the city.
The Neurophysiology Directorate has 26 WTE staff consisting of Physiologists/ Support/Admin staff and operates as one large unit. The majority of physiologist staff are multi- sited and will move around on a rota basis to cover routine and non-routine services.
The Directorate is supported by a number of Consultant Neurophysiologists and has close links with the Neurosciences Centre at Salford Royal.
The Neurophysiology unit at RMCH is an integral part of the North Children's Epilepsy Surgery service (NorCESS) and provides specialist videotelemetry EEG and stereo EEG for children referred via this service.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- BSc (Hons in Clinical Physiology (Neuro) or equivalent
- Specialist IOM training
- RCCP registration
- 5 years experience of undertaking regular IOM
- Experience in the full range of Neurophysiological testing
- Training and assessment of Clinical Physiologists
Desirable
- Leadership Training
- Management Training
- Specialist training in IOM
- Equivalence or STP or CSi
- Training and assessing Qualification
- IOM experience in Spinal surgery
- IOM experience in Neurosurgical monitoring
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- BSc (Hons in Clinical Physiology (Neuro) or equivalent
- Specialist IOM training
- RCCP registration
- 5 years experience of undertaking regular IOM
- Experience in the full range of Neurophysiological testing
- Training and assessment of Clinical Physiologists
Desirable
- Leadership Training
- Management Training
- Specialist training in IOM
- Equivalence or STP or CSi
- Training and assessing Qualification
- IOM experience in Spinal surgery
- IOM experience in Neurosurgical monitoring
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
