Consultant in Stroke Medicine - Lincoln, United Kingdom - United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

    United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
    United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Lincoln, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Permanent
    Description

    Job summary

    Applications are welcomed for a Consultant Physician with an interest in Stroke Medicine post.

    An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the existing Stroke team in Lincolnshire, who are a motivated, energetic team of Physicians who are committed to providing high quality services to a largely rural population. We have two substantive, full time Stroke Physician posts based at Lincoln County Hospital. The purpose of these posts is to ensure the highest quality of care is provided to the Lincolnshire population from prevention of hyper-acute treatment and all aspects of rehabilitation. The appointees will join a busy, enthusiastic and hardworking team.

    This post is eligible for a Recruitment and Retention premia based at 30% of basic salary on a fixed term basis for two years as well as opportunities for developing sub-specialisations and every support being given to research interests.

    Main duties of the job

    Responsibilities:

  • Provide in-patient and outpatient care for patients with stroke, TIA and suspected cerebrovascular disease
  • Contribute to the provision of acute stroke specialist service delivering thrombolysis and other specialist treatments. Acute stroke for the Trust are currently under review in line with the Midlands and East strategic health authority Stroke review. We have functional telemedicine equipment which is used with various aspects of stroke care. Work with the rest of the clinical and managerial team to support and deliver quality improvements on the StrokeUnit and in the community
  • Take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
  • Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care

    • About us

    The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

    We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

    For more information on what it's like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.

    We offer the following unique only to Lincolnshire

    Direct links to the new £21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University

    The facility includes:-

  • 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres Seminar space Caf and social learning space Library, Science Library and Project Library Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)
    • Job description

    Job responsibilities

    For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications & Certification

    Essential

  • Current valid GMC registration
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Certificate of completion of specialist training (CCT) or equivalent in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric medicine, Neurology or Stroke medicine (or entry expected within six months of interview date)

    • Desirable

  • Advanced Life Support certificate
  • Higher research qualification

    • Clinical Experience

    Essential

  • Clinical experience in stroke medicine, including acute, TIA, rehabilitation and prevention
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • Expertise in stroke thrombolysis

    • Desirable

  • Experience of telemedicine
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies

    • Management

    Essential

  • Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
  • Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives

    • Desirable

  • Management training or qualification
  • Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
  • Evidence of developing a high quality, high performance service

    • Clinical Effectiveness

    Essential

  • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

    • Teaching & Training

    Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines

    • Desirable

  • Teaching qualification

    • Research

    Essential

  • Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

    • Desirable

  • Evidence of original research

    • Personal Attributes

    Essential

  • Enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP's, nurses, other staff and agencies