Senior Neuro-physiologist

Beaumont Hospital is a major 820-bed teaching hospital associated with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. It is the National Centre for Neurosurgery and also has significant departments of Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology Neuropathology and Neuroradiology. It accepts primary secondary and tertiary referrals. Specialised Clinical Neuroscience services provided include neuromuscular clinics an active epileptology and epilepsy surgery programme a neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring programme migraine clinics and an acute stroke service. Several other specialties including medicine for the old age general medicine and surgery orthopaedics and endocrinology and rheumatology refer for neurodiagnostic testing.

Clinical Neurophysiology is a member of the NEUROCENT Directorate which includes Neuroscience Ophthalmology Cochlear Implant and ENT. A range of services including electroencephalography (EEG) nerve conduction studies (NCS) electromyography (EMG) intraoperative monitoring (IOM) and video telemetry EEG botulinum toxin clinic for neurological disorders and carpal tunnel clinics are delivered.

General Duties:

Adheres to his/her training regarding ethical responsibilities and confidentiality.

Conforms to all Departmental as well as Hospital policies and procedures.

Maintains appropriate interpersonal skills with patients colleagues physicians and other hospital staff.

Maintains all instrumentation in excellent working order checking calibration and making minor maintenance adjustments and repairs deemed by the instrument manufacturer as appropriate and safe.

Performs other departmental related duties such as the collection of statistics archiving stock taking and other duties as directed by the Chief-Neuro Physiologist.

Senior Neuro-Physiologist is expected to perform his/her duties under the guidance of the Chief Neuro-Physiologist and reports to the Chief Neuro-Physiologist and Consultant Staff.

Deputises for Chief Neuro-Physiologist in their absence if required.

Specific Duties:

Explains the test procedures to the patient to obtain the patients co-operation necessary for a complete examination. Checks the patients medical chart for orders and special needs with particular attention to patients with pacemakers.

Performs standard and advanced Nerve Conduction Studies in a highly skilled patient-appropriate manner recognises normal and abnormal results and recognises and takes reasonable steps to eliminate physiological and non-physiological artifact.

Performs bed side EEG studies in the intensive care unit or outside the department understanding the special technical requirements of these areas.

Performs Routine EEGs and Evoked Potentials.

Performs Sleep Deprived EEG in a highly skilled patient-appropriate manner.

Maintains an uninterrupted Video EEG/Epilepsy Monitoring service and possesses the specialised skills required to perform this advanced procedure.

Assists with the implantation of intracranial electrodes and analyses the recorded data.

Performs intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring for a wide range of cortical and spinal surgical procedures giving live feedback to the surgical team.

Supervises and participates in the teaching of junior personnel and students and reports same to the Chief Neuro Physiologist.

Maintain Professional Competency:

The Senior Neuro-Physiologist will be expected to show evidence of maintenance of professional competency through attendance at workshops and seminars and participation at journal clubs. The Senior Neuro-Physiologist will share learning with other staff in the Department as directed by the Chief-Neuro Physiologist.

Participates in conferences and meetings.

This Job Description indicates the main functions and responsibilities of the post and is subject to review and amendment and may include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined from time to time by the Chief Neuro- Physiologist.

Requirements:

On the latest date for receiving completed applications for the office a candidate must:-

Possess the BSc in Clinical Measurement from Dublin Institute of Technology/TU Dublin or equivalent.

Or

Possess an equivalent relevant scientific qualification (Level 8) as confirmed by the Irish Institute of Clinical Measurements Science (IICMS).

Or if qualified in or prior to 2005

Possess the Certificate in Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement (MPPM) from Dublin Institute of Technology.

Or

Possess an equivalent relevant scientific qualification as confirmed by the Irish Institute of Clinical Measurement Science (IICMS).

and

Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years satisfactory relevant post qualification experience.

and

Candidates must have the clinical managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

Desirable Criteria:

Experience in cortical and spinal IOM and long-term video EEG monitoring.

Informal enquiries to Alma ODonnell Chief II Neuro-Physiologist by telephoningor e-mail: