Job overview
The appointee will be a key member of the Stroke and TIA, ensuring the continued delivery of high-quality care to patients within the trust and to contribute to the further development of the services. The appointee will join a multidisciplinary team to deliver Stroke and TIA outpatient services. The appointee will also have a weekly Stroke and TIA clinic. The appointee will participate in the Stroke in reach service and will liaise with the multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The appointed consultant would be expected to contribute to the on-going service improvement programme developing:
1. Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)
2. Cost Improvement programme (CIP)
3. Implementing evidence based new ways of working when necessary
We also encourage consultants to apply for fellowship of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, to which we are an affiliated member.
Working for our organisation
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.
We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.
In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
4. To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment, and care to patients.
5. Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in Consultant stroke on-call rota.
6. To provide seamless Acute and Community Stroke Care, with allied professionals including fast-track services.
7. To provide care in new and follow up Stroke and TIA out-patient clinics.
8. Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences on a reciprocal basis.
9. To take part in the weekend General Medical on-call rota with colleagues, currently 1 in 18, as first on-call 8:30 till 20:30 and a second on call covers the wards from 9:00 till 14:30 at weekends.
Organisational
10. Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students and other healthcare professionals.
11. To act as clinical/educational supervisor to locally employed doctors and doctors in training programmes of a variety of grades and experience as appropriate.
12. To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
13. To provide leadership and support for the effective development of the service.
14. To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
15. To further develop clinical protocols, guidelines, and concise care bundles.
16. To carry out responsibilities with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
17. To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff and attend all relevant health and safety training.
18. To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard.
19. To carry out annual performance reviews with each member of their staff.
20. To agree annual personal development plans with their staff and support them with any training or development requirements to fulfil their role.
21. To attend all relevant management training in health and safety, risk assessment etc.
22. To participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan and the Trust’s appraisal process.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
23. MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
24. MRCP Part 1 and Part 2 or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
25. Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
26. Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Internal Medicine or Stroke
Desirable criteria
27. Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview
Experience
Essential criteria
28. Evidence in specific and broad training in General Medicine and/or Stroke
29. Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).
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We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
30. Flexible working opportunities
31. Free counselling service
32. NHS Pension scheme
33. Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
34. Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
35. Free parking for all staff until March 2024
36. Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.
Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.
Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.