Consultant in Neurophysiology

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This is a post for a fourth Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust acts as the focus for Neurophysiology services in the whole of Lancashire and South Cumbria. In addition to the 390,000 resident populations
of Preston, Chorley and South Ribble, the Trust also provides Neurophysiology services for a wider population of 1.6 million.

This post offers the opportunity to work not only within a high-performing and dynamic team ,but also to live in an area with diverse communities and excellent state and private schools, and areas of natural beauty and tourist interests including the Lake District, Fylde Coast,
Ribble Valley, the Yorkshire Dales, and the Forest of Bowland. Cities such as Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool are within easy reach.

You will be based at the Royal Preston Hospital and will be expected to have both EMG and EEG sessions. There will be a commitment to both adult and paediatric neurophysiology.

The department has an Intra-operative Monitoring Service which is mainly run by the Clinical Physiologists but may require Consultant input periodically. Development of Video-telemetry service is still under consideration.

Some of your duties will include:

• Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in the planning, development and delivery of the Neurophysiology Service for the Directorate.
• Provide direct input to patients, contribute to multi-disciplinary teams and contribute to the co-ordination of care as appropriate for patients within Preston and Chorley Hospitals.
• Assume a continuous commitment to patients as appropriate, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical practice, both through direct patient involvement and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Exercise the freedom to develop specialist elements of the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and highest performing trusts in the North West. During the past few years we have significantly increased our participation in national and internationalresearchprogrammes,andare one ofthe country’s leadingcancertrialpatient recruiters, demonstrating our commitment to developing new and progressive treatment which improves health outcomes.

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