Specialist in Stroke Medicine - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

NHS Medical & Dental:
Specialist Grade

Main area

Stroke Medicine

Grade

NHS Medical & Dental:

Specialist Grade

Contract

Fixed term: 12 months

Hours

Full time 10 sessions per week (40 hours)

Job ref

Site

Queens Medical Centre

Town

Nottingham

Salary
- £83,945 - £95,275 PA

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

Today at 23:59

Job overview

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.

A senior and experienced clinician who will work autonomously
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

care in a specific specialty or in a generalist service and will
- manage the full range of presentations in their area of practice.

The role will primarily focus on providing direct clinical care,

meeting service delivery and improvement requirements.

However, the role will be supported by suitable development

- opportunities including management roles and leadership
- 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

and training of others. They will be able to work as a member
- of a multi-disciplinary team, leading MDTs where appropriate.

Specialists are required to actively engage in CPD activities

both internally and externally to their organisations.

Please see the attached job description (including the person specification and job plan) for the main duties of this role.

Working for our organisation

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 successful applicant will join an enthusiastic, passionate team with a specialist interest in stroke care.

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 in