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
Thames North	Dr Suresh Pujar	PET1: Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy
Scotland	Dr Andreas Brunklaus	PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
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
Eastern	Dr Bina Mukhtyar & Dr Sreeni Tekki Rao
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
Trent	Dr Colin Dunkley	PET1: Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in epilepsy PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurologists Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
Yorkshire	Dr Rajeeva Singh	PET1: Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
North West/Merseyside	VACANT	PET1: Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy PET2 and PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurologists PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
South West	Dr Jayesh Patel	PET1: Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Wales	Dr Michelle Barber	PET1: Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
Oxford	Dr Rohini Rattihalli	PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
Wessex	Dr Jaspal Singh	PET1: Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy PET2 and PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurologists PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurophysiologist
Northern Ireland	Dr Deirdre Peake	PET1: Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy PET2 and PET3: Consultant Paediatric Neurologists
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

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
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
London, Eastern, West Midlands	Dr Prab Prabhakar	Consultant Paediatric Neurologists Consultant Paediatricans Post CCT fellow in paediatric neurology General Practitoners with special interest

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

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

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