Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type NHS
Site UHW
Town Cardiff
Salary £83,963 - £95,296 pa
Salary period Yearly
Closing 28/03/2025 23:59
Stroke Specialist Grade Doctor
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
Job overview
This job is available from 1st January 2025.
Serving a local population of 475,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, the stroke department treats around 1400 suspected stroke patients per year, with 700 confirmed stroke cases, and receives over 1200 referrals to the TIA service. The stroke team work closely with colleagues across Acute and Emergency Medicine, Interventional Neuroradiology and Medicine to deliver the stroke pathway including thrombolysis and thrombectomy.
Over the next 12 months, the service will be implementing an updated clinical model ensuring delivery of optimal patient pathways in line with recognised clinical standards and the national clinical guidelines for stroke.
The stroke service operates across the emergency unit, TIA outpatients, an 18 bedded acute stroke unit, 38 bedded stroke rehab centre and a community based early supported discharge service. This specialist doctor post will predominantly work within the consultant level workforce to deliver emergency stroke and urgent TIA care (face to face clinic). This will include reviewing patients in emergency assessment scenarios and in urgent TIA clinics, with an expected patient caseload of up to 10 patient reviews per day, in the senior doctor role within the stroke team.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
You will provide with senior colleagues (as appropriate) a service in the speciality to the hospitals so designated, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and promotion of health.
You will be expected to help in teaching aspects of diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases to junior medical staff and nursing staff.
Out of hours commitment for this role will be an optional element in the order of 4 weeks’ on call per year and 8 weekend ward round morning shifts per year. Time off in lieu will be considered in a 7 day service model where weekend shifts are worked.
Any other duties with other agencies that have been agreed with the employing Health Board.
It is important for the appointee to keep abreast of current knowledge/legislation and developments regarding his or her particular speciality. In addition, the appointee would be expected to participate fully in continuing medical education (CME) / continuous professional development (CPD) and to pursue specific goals. There is also the opportunity to participate fully in the postgraduate activities within the University of Wales School of Medicine.
There is a very active postgraduate training department, which organises medical and dental education led by the Dean of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education within Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Sessions Hours Hospital / Location Type of work
Tuesday AM 1
9-1
UHW TIA clinic
Patient related admin
PM 1
1-5
UHW TIA clinic
Patient related admin
Wednesday
AM 1
9-1
UHW Front Door Code Stroke
Senior Decision Maker
PM 1
1-5
UHW
SPA session / All Wales
Stroke Medicine
neuroradiology MDT
meeting attendance
Thursday AM 1
9-1
UHW TIA clinic
Patient related admin
PM 1
1-5
UHW SPA session
Weekend
Saturday and Sunday ward rounds on the stroke unit will be an optional element of this role in a shared rota covering up to 8 weekend ward rounds per year.
These may be worked as part of a 7-day cover model with time off in lieu arranged around weekend shifts.
On-call
On call duties will be an optional element of this role, covering up to 28 days per year. Initially this would be in 4 one-week blocks but it is likely this will be modified as the service evolves and membership to the rota increases.
The baseline on call cover is non-resident, predominantly for thrombolysis and thrombectomy treatment decisions, by telephone advice and remote review of scans.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC / GDC registration with a licence to practise
Experience
* 12 years’ postgraduate medical / dental work including a minimum of 6 years within the specialty at Specialty Doctor / SAS grade level or equivalent (overseas experience to be assessed in individual cases)
* Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
* Values aligned to those of the Health Board
Other requirements
* Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process
* Evidence of management training
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status. We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
When applying for this post, it is essential that you read the Job Description and/or Person Specification and use the 'Supporting information' space to demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Please note that only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this post.
If you are shortlisted for interview for this post, you will receive notification directly via the e-mail address you have provided on your application. Please ensure that you check regularly as any subsequent revisions to interview arrangements will be forwarded to you by this method.
Please ensure that you provide an e-mail address for each referee to avoid delays with the appointment process.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board's Medical / Dental Workforce Department reserve the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We therefore encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is committed to flexible working and equal opportunities across its medical and dental workforce. All medical and dental posts will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Cardiff and Vale UHB is a Smoke Free Health Board - smoking is banned across all of the UHB sites. Staff are therefore not able to smoke in the hospital grounds or on any other UHB premises.
Applications are welcomed from Welsh speaking candidates.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Application numbers
Please note that this vacancy will close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please therefore complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Name Tom Hughes Job title Stroke Consultant Email address Tom.Hughes2@wales.nhs.uk Telephone number (029) 20742833
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Address Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
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