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This appointment is for a Stroke Consultant who can deliver high quality care along the entire Stroke Service pathway. This will include hyper-acute care, regional 7-day TIA service, our new Neurovascular Same Day Emergency Clinic (SDEC), stroke acute and rehabilitation care, stroke outpatient/follow-up clinics and stroke research. This is a permanent full-time post however we can accommodate full-time or part-time working.
The post holder should be an enthusiastic, effective team player with a flexible approach who can embrace new ways of working and will be expected to take an active role in the running of our stroke and rehabilitation services. It is anticipated that the post holder will deliver stroke sessions across the two hospital sites until all services are based solely on the RBH site (circa May/June 2025).
The appointee will be expected to play a full role in the delivery of the Stroke Service for all aspects of the Stroke and TIA pathways and play a key role in driving service improvement and ensuring we’re delivering the highest quality care to our patients. All consultants are required to have a job plan setting out their main duties and responsibilities including a work programme specifying their weekly timetable.
Session allocation: 8 DCC and 2 SPA. Clinical administration, included in the sessional time allocation expected to be approx.1 DCC per week. One SPA can be flexible/off site.
The on-call is currently 1 in 10 overnight on call. Equipment is supplied to enable images and clinical information to be reviewed and accessed off site at home.
The weekend work consists of a hyper acute Ward Round on site and supervision of a TIA clinic (on site or remote) - currently a 1 in 8 frequency.
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UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Michelle Dharmasiri Job title: Consultant Stroke Physician & Stroke Clinical Lead Email address:
[email protected]
