Main area: Stroke
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (Weekend Ward cover, 1:5, 9-5pm)
Job ref: 176-M-NA-6652663
Employer: North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Peterborough
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/10/2024 23:59
Stroke Consultant
Job overview
Our Medicine Division is happy to welcome a Consultant in Stroke Medicine with a passion for providing excellent inpatient and outpatient stroke services across our main acute hospitals. You will join a friendly and supportive team of five Stroke Consultants in the delivery of stroke services across Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
At North West Anglia, we are committed to fulfilling our vision in being the best at providing outstanding care to our local communities.
As our new Stroke Consultant, you will bring specialist knowledge and skills in managing stroke thrombolysis, thrombectomy referrals, TIA clinics, inpatient referrals, ward rounds, and MDT as per an internal rota.
You must be a member of the Royal College of Physicians or have equivalent experience, and be fully registered with the General Medical Council. We will ensure appropriate office accommodation, secretarial, and IT support.
We are passionate about research and innovation, and we work collaboratively with our NHS partners in the region. You will innovate our services in line with national targets and locally commissioned improvements, and participate in clinical governance and junior staff training.
We are committed to supporting your career in an environment where your skills and initiatives are valued. We respect your wellbeing and we are open to flexibility in your working patterns. We offer you a standard 10 PAs with 1:5 weekend work from 9-5pm, but we are open to negotiating the arrangement.
Main duties of the job
* Participate in the delivery of hyper-acute care including thrombolysis, acute care, and rehabilitation services.
* Provide a stroke consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialties in the Trust potentially in other locations e.g., City Care Centre, Early Supported Discharge team.
* Support the delivery of outpatient care to Trust patients with stroke and TIA, and work with established consultants to ensure equitable provision of stroke services across the whole of the Trust.
* Provide medical input and work in conjunction with consultants and nursing colleagues to help develop stroke services for Peterborough & Southwest Lincolnshire.
* Ensure appropriate contracting takes place with the commissioners in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and Lincolnshire.
Working for our organisation
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.
We are promoting flexible working and a healthy work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates from our local communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Facilitate provision of stroke services to the population of Greater Peterborough & Southwest Lincolnshire.
* Participate fully in service developments in line with national targets and locally commissioned improvements.
* Contribute to inpatient stroke service delivery by participation with colleagues in:
o Hyper-acute care including thrombolysis.
o Rehabilitation.
* Provide a stroke consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialties.
* Participate actively in both Stroke Service and Trust clinical governance and audit.
* Undertake continuing medical education.
* Supervise and train junior medical staff as appropriate.
* Participate in the management of the stroke service.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent
* MRCP or equivalent
* MD/PHD
Research & Audit
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
* Experience of conducting clinical audit
* Experience of conducting research projects
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Other
* Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
* Good inter-personal skills
* Caring attitude to patients
* Ability to communicate effectively
* Full GMC Registration
* Satisfactory completion of the Trust’s Occupational Health assessment
Experience
* CCT in General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine or Neurology as well as CCT in Stroke Medicine (or within 6 months of the CCTs at the time of interview)
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a wide range of problems in adult medicine including stroke (acute and rehab)
* Experience in project management
Teaching experience
* Experience in supervising trainees
* Ability to teach clinical skills to students and trainees
Applications from job seekers who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications subject to the role being on the list of eligible occupations and the salary meets the going rate for the role.
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