Apply to teach with BPNA!
The BPNA is dedicated to ensuring that children with neurological conditions are receiving the best possible care. Your knowledge and experience are crucial to providing high quality education to healthcare professionals seeing children with neurological conditions so they can accurately diagnose and treat these children.
The BPNA deliver a variety of short courses. Click here to see our range of courses. Applications are considered by the BPNA Education Quality & Standards Committee, which meets twice a year.
Requirements and expectations:
- All teachers are peri-CCT or able to demonstrate equivalent experience/seniority before applying to teach. Applications are also welcome from specialist nurses and associated health professionals with appropriate competences and educational skillsets.
- Attend the BPNA annual 1-day Instructor Training Day (even if you have undertaken the General Instructor Course (GIC) and observe the relevant course before teaching. This training is specific to teaching at BPNA courses as the materials are standardised.
- You should provide some evidence of your "credibility", including an outline of clinical experience that is relevant to the subject areas you wish to teach at.
- All faculty members agree not to use, copy or distribute BPNA course materials or videos.
- All faculty must teach on a minimum of 1 course every 2 years to keep teaching credentials up to date.
The application to teach form can be downloaded here. Please read through the document carefully, ensuring the recommendation section has been completed by either your regional co-ordinator or active BPNA faculty member for the course you wish to teach.
Following completion, please send your completed form to francesca.cassidy@bpna.org.uk Your form will then be reviewed by the BPNA Education, Quality & Standards Committee (EQS) at their next biannual meeting. We will then be in touch to confirm your application and arrange for you to attend the next ITD course and observe a convenient course.
Benefits:
- Enhance your skills and knowledge
- Gain CPD points
- Connect with other professionals to improve patient care
- Choice of either online or in-person teaching
Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET) Faculty
We currently have vacancies for faculty members in the following courses/regions:
Region | Regional Co-ordinator | Recruiting for: |
Thames South | Dr Despoina Mandelenaki |
PET1:
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
PET2 and PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
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Thames North | Dr Suresh Pujar |
PET1:
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
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Scotland | Dr Andreas Brunklaus |
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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Northern | Dr Ramesh Kumar |
PET1:
Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
PET2 and PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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Eastern |
Dr Sreeni Tekki Rao |
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Midlands | Dr Shakti Agrawal |
PET1:
Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in epilepsy
PET2 and PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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Trent | Dr Colin Dunkley |
PET1:
Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in epilepsy
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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Yorkshire | Dr Rajeeva Singh |
PET1:
Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
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North West/Merseyside
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VACANT |
PET1:
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
PET2 and PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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South West | Dr Jayesh Patel |
PET1:
Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
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Wales | Dr Michelle Barber |
PET1:
Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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Oxford | Dr Rohini Rattihalli |
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
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Wessex | Dr Jaspal Singh |
PET1:
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
PET2 and PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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Northern Ireland | Dr Deirdre Peake |
PET1:
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
PET2 and PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
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Republic of Ireland | Dr Niamh McSweeney |
PET1:
Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
PET2 and PET3:
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
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Children's Headache Training (CHaT)
We currently have vacancies for the following faculty members:
Region | Regional Co-ordinator | Recruiting for: |
Scotland, North East, Northern Ireland | Dr Ishaq Abu Arafeh |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Consultant Paediatricans
Post CCT fellow in paediatric neurology
General Practitoners with special interest
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Mersey, North West, Yorkshire, Trent | Dr Ravi Singh |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Consultant Paediatricans
Post CCT fellow in paediatric neurology
General Practitoners with special interest |
South West, Wales, Oxford, Wessex, Republic of Ireland | Dr Rachel Howells | Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Consultant Paediatricans
Post CCT fellow in paediatric neurology
General Practitoners with special interest
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London, Eastern, West Midlands | Dr Prab Prabhakar | Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Consultant Paediatricans
Post CCT fellow in paediatric neurology
General Practitoners with special interest
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Neonatal Neurology (NeoNATE)
We currently have vacancies for the following faculty members:
Region | Regional Co-ordinator | Recruiting for: |
North | Dr Tony Hart | Consultant Neonatologists |
South | Dr Brigitte Vollmer | Consultant Neonatologists |
Approaching Children's Tone (ACT)
We currently have vacancies for the following faculty members:
Region | Regional Co-ordinator | Recruiting for: |
UK & Eire | Dr Paul Eunson |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in neurodevelopmental and neuromuscular disorders
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Acute Paediatric Neurology (Acute)
We currently have vacancies for the following faculty members:
Region | Regional Co-ordinator | Recruiting for: |
UK & Eire | Dr Louise Hartley |
Consultants and senior (ST4+) trainees in Paediatric Neurology
Acute General Paediatricians
Emergency Department Paediatricians
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Movement Disorders (MovED)
We currently have vacancies for the following faculty members:
Region | Regional Co-ordinator | Recruiting for: |
UK & Eire | Dr Lucinda Carr |
Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Community Paediatricians with a special interest in movement disorders
Acute Paediatricians with a special interest in movement disorders
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