Job summary
Employer heading
Band 3 - Apprentice Clinical Physiologist (Neurophysiology)
NHS AfC: Band 3
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for anyone with A level qualifications or college equivalent, to become a Band 3 - Apprentice Clinical Physiologist in Neurophysiology, attending the Practitioner Training Program (BSc Healthcare Science – Neurophysiology).
Main duties of the job
During this program you will develop the skills and dexterity to plan, perform and interpret routine electroencephalographic (EEG) investigations and become part of the diagnostic Neurophysiology team.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be seeing a range of different patients in a variety of hospital settings and learn specialist techniques with regard to neurophysiology investigations, including sleep deprivation and recordings in the intensive care settings.
The successful candidate will complete;
- The Association of Neurophysiological Scientist (ANS) standalone EEG examination.
- The level 6 Healthcare Science Practitioner Training Program (BSc Healthcare Science – Neurophysiology) course, subject to funding.
Person specification
Essential & Desirable
Essential criteria
- GCSE Grade 4/C or higher including English, Maths, and Science
- A Level or equivalent college course (Grade BBB or UKAS 112 - 128 points) including science subjects
- special skills / aptitudes - (communication, sensitive info, hand/eye coordination, participate in training, maintain safe working environment, IT literate)
- other factors (understanding of patients, work alone/team, enthusiastic, good attendance record, organised, cope with unpleasant conditions, routine cleaning)
Desirable criteria
- Experience in healthcare setting, Knowledge of Neurophysiology, work experience in Neurophysiology, working in an MDT, working with patients, working with the public
- Further training - patient care training, customer care training
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Holly Trafford
- Job title
- Training Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 231817
- Additional information
Candidates are encouraged to visit the department.
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