Applications are welcomed for a Consultant Physician with an interest in Stroke Medicine post.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the existing Stroke team in Lincolnshire, who are a motivated, energetic team of Physicians committed to providing high quality services to a largely rural population. We have two full-time Stroke Physician posts based at Lincoln County Hospital. The purpose of these posts is to ensure the highest quality of care is provided to the Lincolnshire population from prevention of hyper-acute treatment to all aspects of rehabilitation. The appointees will join a busy, enthusiastic, and hardworking team.
This post provides opportunities for developing sub-specialisations and every support being given to research interests.
Responsibilities:
1. Provide in-patient and outpatient care for patients with Stroke, TIA, and suspected cerebrovascular disease.
2. Contribute to the provision of acute stroke specialist service delivering thrombolysis and other specialist treatments.
3. Work with the rest of the clinical and managerial team to support and deliver quality improvements on the Stroke Unit and in the community.
4. Take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
5. Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is one of the largest trusts in the country and we have recently been awarded Teaching Hospital Status. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric, and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.
We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide, and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities, and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients, and almost 100,000 inpatients.
For more information on what it’s like to live and work in Lincolnshire, please see the link below:
https://www.beinlincolnshire.com/
We offer the following unique benefits only to Lincolnshire:
Direct links to the new £21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University.
The facility includes:
* 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres
* Seminar space
* Café and social learning space
* Library, Science Library, and Project Library
* Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite
The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method).
For further details regarding the job role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
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