Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant - Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom - Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

We are looking for a Consultant in Stroke Medicine to join the team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to further develop our service.

This is a full time substantive role to support the growth of our service and to improve the service we provide to the people of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.

It is an exciting time to join the team as we are in the end stages of becoming a Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) as part of the commissioning project for Lancashire and South Cumbria, as well as developing an all round Integrated Community Stroke and Neuro Rehabilitation Service.

With all the exciting developments within the service, we are looking for someone who is motivated, keen and innovative to support the work that is currently underway and contribute in making the Stroke Unit in Blackpool truly great.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 330,000. The Fylde coast is a beautiful place to live with easy access to both rural and urban pursuits. Blackpool Victoria Hospital has 849 beds and provides acute medical services, tertiary cardiology and tertiary haematology.

Key duties will be supervising and running core and specialist clinics, caring for patients on our wards in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, including ward nurses and specialist nursing teams, on-call cover and participating in the networked tele-stroke out of hours service.

The unit is very active in research and audit and the post holder will be expected to fully participate in this activity.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and preferably be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester.

The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

The hospital has a reputation as a friendly, welcoming place to work.

Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade.

Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

Full registration with the General Medical Council
Higher Training in General Internal Medicine and Stroke Medicine, Geriatrics, Neurology or Rehabilitation Medicine as required for CCT
Post graduate degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc

Training and experience in the management of stroke patients including stroke thrombolysis and rehabilitation.
Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full range of acute medical conditions including medical emergencies.
Competency in Intermediate Life support
Advanced Life Support desirable.

Ability to communicate effectively in English
Basic training in management skills
An understanding of management in the context of the Health Service
Ability to manage risk and end of life decisions.
Ability to initiate and lead service developments
Experience of teaching Juniors, medical students and Allied Health professionals

Having or planning to obtain NIHR Good Clinical Practice certification.
Live within 15 miles of the hospital.