Specialist in Stroke Medicine - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Description
NHS Medical & Dental:
Specialist Grade
Main area
- Stroke Medicine
Grade
-
NHS Medical & Dental:
Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
- Full time 10 sessions per week (40 hours)
Job ref
Site
- Queens Medical Centre
Town
- Nottingham
Salary
- £80,693 - £91,584 PA
Salary period
- Yearly
Closing
- 21/07/2023 23:59
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust (NUH) is looking for a fulltime 12 month fixed term Stroke Specialist to join an existing team of 10 NHS and academic consultants providing Stroke services to the people of Nottinghamshire and beyond.
NUH is a Comprehensive Stroke Centre for the East Midlands and provides Endovascular, Neurosurgical services, 24/7 Thrombolysis and Hyperacute Care.
NUH hosts the Mechanical Thrombectomy Centre for the East Midlands region. The service is expanding following the successful business case for expanding Mechanical Thrombectomy 24/7.The service is currently Monday to Friday however there is a phased programme of works in place towards the service running 24/7 in January 2024.
You will be joining a dedicated, diverse and dynamic team of professionals providing outstanding stroke care and internationally recognised Stroke research within the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, a partnership between NUH and the University of Nottingham.
NUH is the fourth largest acute Trust within the UK, with a busy emergency department at Queens Medical Centre, which is a level 1 Trauma Centre.
NUH provide s services to 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and surrounding communities, and specialist services to a further 3-4 million across the region and nationally.
Main duties of the job
Applicants must have GMC registration and have 12 years postgraduate experience of which a minimum of 6 years within Stroke Medicine.
to a level of defined competencies, as agreed within local
clinical governance frameworks. Specialists will be responsible
for patients in Stroke as an 'expert decision
maker'.
- Provides expertise in a specialised area, whether delivering
- manage the full range of presentations in their area of practice.
- The role will primarily focus on providing direct clinical care,
- However, the role will be supported by suitable development
- responsibilities in, teaching, academia research and service
- development. The details of the balance between clinical care
- and other elements of the role would be discussed during the
- job planning process.
- Specialists are also expected to be involved in deliver teaching
- of a multi-disciplinary team, leading MDTs where appropriate.
- Specialists are required to actively engage in CPD activities
- Please see the attached job description (including the person specification and job plan) for the main duties of this role.
The Comprehensive Stroke Centre, at NUH, consists of:
- 16 bedded hyper acute stroke unit at QMC campus
- 34 bedded acute rehabilitation stroke unit at QMC campus
- 18 bedded longterm rehabilitation stroke unit at City campus and 6 beds in Connect House (further rehab beds)
- A 7 day Fast Track TIA clinic
- Stroke outpatient clinics
- 24/7 thrombolysis service supported by telemedicine
- A regional Mechanical Thrombectomy service
- Regional Neurosurgical service provision
The Stroke Service currently has six stroke consultants, two academic consultants, one neurologist and one acute medicine consultant, providing a 24/7 service.
The Trust is committed to further development of the service to maintain its long standing position in the forefront of stroke care provision.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Ensures patients can access hyper acute stroke beds without delay 24/
- Provides access to neurosurgery, vascular surgery and neuroradiology
- Provides access to Mechanical Thrombectomy currently Monday to Friday, however the service is due to expand
- Provides access to a brain scan within 1 hour of arrival
- Delivers a significant reduction in the demand for long term care post stroke and subsequent pressures on long term social care outside hospital
- Offers access to thrombolysis treatment 24/
- Ensures 80% of patients who come into hospital with a stroke spend more than 90% of their time on a stroke unit
- Offers patients 7 day access to all allied health professionals inclusive of Stroke Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Care Practitioners
- Offers 7 day TIA service
- Provides an
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