Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Join the dedicated stroke team at Ashford & St Peter's as a Specialist Stroke Doctor, providing high-quality, patient-centered care under the supervision and mentorship of experienced doctors, consultants, and a multidisciplinary team. This role involves delivering direct clinical care, assisting in clinical decision-making, and sharing equally in the department's workload to ensure comprehensive senior clinical cover.
Main duties of the job
* Provide direct clinical care and share in the department's workload, including taking the lead on Stroke Calls.
* Assist in patient assessments, ward rounds, multi-disciplinary meetings, and radiology meetings.
* Support consultants in reviewing admissions and developing triage strategies, including the use of thrombolysis and CT Perfusion assessment pathways.
* Participate in clinical audits, governance activities, and quality improvement initiatives.
* Engage in professional development, research, and continuing medical education.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MRCP, FRCP or equivalent medical qualification
* Higher degree (PhD; MD) or Mphil
* Desire to work and/or working towards CESR/CCT
Experience
* Completion of at least four years full time postgraduate training
* Eligible for full GMC registration at time of appointment
* Experience in UK General Medicine including Stroke
* Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
Skills
* Relevant specialty knowledge and demonstrable experience in Stroke Medicine including Hyper Acute patient management, acute patient management, stroke call assessment and management, collaboration with MDT members, and general internal medicine application.
* Up to date provider in ALS or equivalent courses.
Clinical Governance
* Demonstrable experience of clinical governance management including mortality and morbidity, rapid reviews, auditing.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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