Apprentice Physiologist - Neurophysiology

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

CLEVELAND (TS4 3BW)

Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 28 May 2025)

Posted on 14 May 2025

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly and dynamic team at James Cook University Hospital as an apprentice, delivering Neurophysiology and Sleep services in the Middlesbrough/Tees Valley area.

Wage

£23,875 a year

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The post will be remunerated on a band 5 Annex 21 which can be viewed at: https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-21-to-25/annex-21-arrangements-for-pay-and-banding-of-trainees. Annex 21 Salary Applies - From £23,875 to £36,483

Training course
Healthcare science practitioner (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 7 July 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Independently plan and deliver routine and complex EEG investigations on all patient groups in
    dedicated and non-dedicated environments
  • Take a full clinical history and adjust investigations as required following departmental protocols and SOPs, and advise medical staff of adjustments made
  • Provide an accurate factual report in line with departmental standards and discuss such reports with colleagues and medical staff as required
  • Provide timely, efficient and effective clinics independently
  • Independently plan and deliver evoked potential clinics
  • Assist and report a range of sleep studies
  • Work alone at satellite departments as required performing routine and complex EEG investigations

Where you'll work

JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
MARTON ROAD
MIDDLESBROUGH
CLEVELAND
TS4 3BW

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL

Your training course

Healthcare science practitioner (integrated degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Practice in line with the legislation, standards of proficiency, codes of conduct and ethics that apply to healthcare science practitioners.
  • Promote non-discriminatory, equitable and inclusive practices and ensure that each person is treated with dignity and respect.
  • Promote the principles of a duty of candour, acting with integrity and in the best interest of individuals.
  • Recognise and resolve problems and support others to do the same.
  • Identify ways of promoting own good mental health and wellbeing and that of others.
  • Independently analyse or interpret accurately clinical technical data.
  • Be responsible and accountable for the safety and functioning of equipment evaluating and resolving issues.
  • Analyse, present or explain technical results to others.
  • Develop and review standard operating procedures (SOPs) and support others to participate in the process.
  • Practice or support the provision of person-centred care.
  • Promote and maintain the principles of a duty of care, safeguarding and protection, working with others to ensure individuals do not come to harm.
  • Practice and support others to apply policy and protocols that relate to informed consent.
  • Deliver or support the delivery of high quality clinical technical procedures as applicable to own role.
  • Share complex technical information and feedback with others.
  • Manage difficult and complex situations and complaints according to protocols.
  • Conduct sensitive discussions as required, including obtaining meaningful informed decisions.
  • Ensure accurate record keeping, producing reliable data, inputting, retrieving or reporting information within required governance processes and supervising others to do the same.
  • Maintain confidentiality, adhering to the correct procedures for disclosure, and support others to do the same.
  • Work in partnership with the healthcare science and wider healthcare team.
  • Demonstrate leadership skills appropriate to own role, coordinating leadership activities and critically reflecting on the contribution that you provide personally and as a team leader.
  • Delegate work to others in the team, following delegation, reporting and escalation protocols appropriate to own role.
  • Contribute to a supportive, safe and effective environment in the workplace.
  • Maintain health, safety and security practices in the workplace, including infection prevention and control, and support others to do the same.
  • Undertake delegated risk assessments, disseminate findings and suggest changes or improvements.
  • Participate in clinical and quality management processes.
  • Undertake delegated clinical technical and quality audits in your area of work.
  • Manage audit and participate in service improvement programmes.
  • Share and suggest changes from the outcomes of audit or service improvement programmes.
  • Apply research innovation, reflection and reasoning skills to support quality care and service improvements in your area of work.
  • Contribute to research, innovation, service improvement or grant proposal writing as required by own role.
  • Critically reflect on your technical and non-technical practice, keeping knowledge and skills updated and responding to appraisal or feedback.
  • Work within your scope of practice as an autonomous practitioner using action plans developed from appraisal processes.
  • Promote and support professional development and training of others.
  • Practice in line with the legislation, standards of proficiency, codes of conduct and ethics that apply to healthcare science practitioners.
  • Promote non-discriminatory, equitable and inclusive practices and ensure that each person is treated with dignity and respect.
  • Promote the principles of a duty of candour, acting with integrity and in the best interest of individuals.
  • Recognise and resolve problems and support others to do the same.
  • Identify ways of promoting own good mental health and wellbeing and that of others.
  • Independently analyse or interpret accurately clinical technical data.
  • Be responsible and accountable for the safety and functioning of equipment evaluating and resolving issues.
  • Analyse, present or explain technical results to others.
  • Develop and review standard operating procedures (SOPs) and support others to participate in the process.
  • Practice or support the provision of person-centred care.
  • Promote and maintain the principles of a duty of care, safeguarding and protection, working with others to ensure individuals do not come to harm.
  • Practice and support others to apply policy and protocols that relate to informed consent.
  • Deliver or support the delivery of high quality clinical technical procedures as applicable to own role.
  • Share complex technical information and feedback with others.
  • Manage difficult and complex situations and complaints according to protocols.
  • Conduct sensitive discussions as required, including obtaining meaningful informed decisions.
  • Ensure accurate record keeping, producing reliable data, inputting, retrieving or reporting information within required governance processes and supervising others to do the same.
  • Maintain confidentiality, adhering to the correct procedures for disclosure, and support others to do the same.
  • Work in partnership with the healthcare science and wider healthcare team.
  • Demonstrate leadership skills appropriate to own role, coordinating leadership activities and critically reflecting on the contribution that you provide personally and as a team leader.
  • Delegate work to others in the team, following delegation, reporting and escalation protocols appropriate to own role.
  • Contribute to a supportive, safe and effective environment in the workplace.
  • Maintain health, safety and security practices in the workplace, including infection prevention and control, and support others to do the same.
  • Undertake delegated risk assessments, disseminate findings and suggest changes or improvements.
  • Participate in clinical and quality management processes.
  • Undertake delegated clinical technical and quality audits in your area of work.
  • Manage audit and participate in service improvement programmes.
  • Share and suggest changes from the outcomes of audit or service improvement programmes.
  • Apply research innovation, reflection and reasoning skills to support quality care and service improvements in your area of work.
  • Contribute to research, innovation, service improvement or grant proposal writing as required by own role.
  • Critically reflect on your technical and non-technical practice, keeping knowledge and skills updated and responding to appraisal or feedback.
  • Work within your scope of practice as an autonomous practitioner using action plans developed from appraisal processes.
  • Promote and support professional development and training of others.

Your training plan

To undertake a degree apprenticeship in Healthcare Science Practitioner level 6, specialising in Neurophysiology which is delivered at The University of the West of England for which you will need to travel, and attaining the ANS part 1 professional examination. The degree is funded and the successful candidate will be given a fixed amount for travel and subsistence. The ANS part 1 examination will be self-funded.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • Double Science (grade 4-9)
  • English Language (grade 4-9)
  • Mathematics (grade 4-9)

A Level or equivalent in:

Chemistry or Biology (grade A-C)

Other in:

another science subject (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this company

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals. Our workforce of almost 10,000+ provides a range of specialist regional services to 1.5million people.

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Fixed term: 48 months (Completion of Degree apprenticeship and professional exam prior to substantive post being offered)

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Helen Brown

Helen.Brown14@nhs.net

01642 835543

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320215.

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Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 28 May 2025)

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Company’s application instructions

Access the website and search for 328-NSC-7152316 Apprentice Physiologist - Neurophysiology. Complete the online application process. Please note this vacancy will close as aoon as sufficient applications have been received.