Consultant Stroke Physician
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If successful you will be joining an enthusiastic and experienced stroke specialist multidisciplinary team as a Consultant in Stroke Medicine.
Our service admits approximately 800 patients with confirmed stroke each year. An out of hours thrombolysis service in provided in partnership with Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH).
A high risk TIA service runs 5 days a week with dedicated same day carotid Doppler and MRI imaging to provide carotid endarterectomy within 48 hours as needed. Weekend service is provided by NUH.
Inpatient services are based at King's Mill Hospital, offering superb facilities for both stroke inpatients and outpatients services.
An integrated unit on Ward 53 and 54, is for hyper-acute, acute and rehabilitation stroke services. Four monitored beds comprise the hyper-acute bay and senior stroke nurses covering are all NIHSS certified and available 24/7 to admit patients directly from A&E as well as assessing potential thrombolysis patients. 25 beds on the stroke ward are for on-going acute management of our stroke patients and on-going rehabilitation, which includes a therapy treatment area.
There is a dedicated Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) who provides intensive rehabilitation within the community. This is supported by physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, clinical physiology and nurse and rehabilitation support workers. On average 40% of the patients admitted to the stroke unit are discharged to the ICSS.
Main duties of the job
Depending on the skills of the successful candidate an opportunity exists to take part in the acute medical on-call.
We are also able to offer an attractive recruitment package to include:
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview. Note: CESR applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application
Desirable
- An appropriate higher degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
- Understanding of all aspects of Stroke Medicine
- Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees
Desirable
- Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
- Stroke Fellowship
Teaching
Desirable
- Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role
Research
Essential
- Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
Desirable
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Management & Administrative experience
Essential
- Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
Desirable
- The potential to develop management and leadership skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
About the employer
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.
In the past four years our staff engagement scores have been the best for Acute Trusts in the Midlands.