24 Oct
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester
Job description
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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
- To ensure that clinical practice is both effective and efficient and that appropriate monitoring of clinical care takes place.
To actively participate in audit.
- To work with the CMG management team to ensure that services are delivered efficiently and reflect best practice with processes and governance to match - this may require new and flexible ways of working in the future
- To provide continuing responsibility for the care of the patients in their charge and for the proper organisation and functioning of their clinical practice.
- To work closely with other specialties, departments and outside agencies to deliver the objectives of the Clinical Management Group.
- To take responsibility for ensuring that critical clinical incidents, as defined in the Trusts Critical Incident Policy, are reported in a timely manner.
- To participate in yearly appraisal and job planning.
- To undertake Mandatory & Statutory training as determined by the Trust and Clinical Management Group.
- To undertake the delivery of undergraduate teaching as a clinical teacher.
Person Specification
Degree
Essential
Medical Degree
Experience
Essential
- 1+Year experience on Stroke Unit
- 1+ Yea experience oncall Stroke Unit
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Experience working in TIA / Outpatient Area
- Experience working on call
- Experience providing training to junior staff
▶️ Consultant Stroke Medicine
🖊️ University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
📍 Leicester