Employer: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Coventry
Town: Coventry
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/02/2025 23:59
Locum Consultant in Stroke
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
Applications are invited for an enthusiastic Stroke Locum Consultant to join the existing dynamic Stroke team at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
The post holder will contribute to the stroke service at UHCW, based on the Stroke Unit which comprises a 12 bedded HASU and 30 acute/rehabilitation beds. We admit approximately 1400 patients a year and thrombolyse about 150 cases/year. You will participate in all aspects of stroke care including hyper acute, acute, and rehabilitation as well as running Stroke Follow Up clinics and Acute TIA clinics, teaching of undergraduate students and postgraduates, and take an active role in audit and research within the department. The Department of Stroke lies within Neurosciences and the wider Clinical Group of Neurosciences and Trauma Services. There are excellent working relationships with Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuroradiology.
Main duties of the job
* To act as a Consultant Physician providing, with colleagues, a safe and effective stroke service and TIA service.
* To work with rehabilitation services to ensure timely and safe transfer of care.
* To contribute to audit, the Stroke Database, and performance review to ensure the service continues to meet the requirements of the National Stroke Strategy, Regional Stroke Specification, and SSNAP.
* To contribute to stroke service teaching and training.
* To contribute to undergraduate teaching.
* To contribute to an out of hours service which is currently being established.
* In conjunction with Clinical Director, Group Manager, Matron, Consultant, and Senior Colleagues, to take an active role in the management of the Service.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high-quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this role, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualification/ Training
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Knowledge/ Experience
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Skills & Abilities
* Meets all essential
Teaching & Training
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Research, Audit & Clinical Governance
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Communication Skills & Abilities
* Meets all essential
Personal Attributes
* Meets all essential
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Meets all essential
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview; any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests).
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.
Application numbers
Please note: An application cap has been applied to this position. UHCW reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.
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