Consultant Stroke Medicine

Consultant in Stroke Medicine

This is an exciting opportunity to join our welcoming and friendly team within the department of Stroke Medicine. As part of our strategy to improve stroke inpatient care, we are seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking individual to join our team who share in our ethos to deliver excellent patient care.

The successful applicant will provide and support an outpatient and in-patient service within the Trust.

The Stroke Department currently covers 2 Stroke wards at LRI which incorporates a higher-level receiving area referred to as the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit; along with a separate Acute Stroke Unit, and affiliated Stroke Rehabilitation Units.

• To provide senior clinical decision making on a Stroke Ward designed for patients not appropriate for immediate discharge or transfer. This will include consultant ward rounds & board rounds
• To partake in the out of hours Stroke Consultant Rota .
• To supervise and train junior medical staff.
• To ensure the provision of good standards of practice and care as described in the GMC Guidance ‘Duties of a Doctor’ are followed at all times; and that suboptimal practices are reviewed, with appropriate personal and team feedback and reflections for improvement.
  
  

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We Have Four Primary Goals

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
  
  

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
  
  

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About The University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amit Mistri Job title: Consultant Stroke Medicine, HoS Email address: amit.mistri@uhl-tr.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07950883088

For more information, contact Consultant and Head of Service Stroke Dr Amit Mistri - a.mistri@nhs.net

Or General Manager Jodie Bale -

jodie.bale@nhs.net