Consultant in Stroke Medicine - Salisbury, United Kingdom - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

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Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine


There is a strong commitment to service improvement, particularly in relation to emergency and inpatient medicine with now being a good opportunity for anyone joining the team to get involved with service design and improvement.


Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or be within six months of doing so at the time of interview.

Applications from those wishing to work part-time, job-share, locum for one year are welcomed.


At Salisbury Hospital we provide hyper-acute stroke care, 24/7 Stroke thrombolysis, regional 7-day TIA service, stroke rehabilitation, stroke early supported discharge, stroke outpatient/follow-up clinics and stroke research.

As we continue to expand our hyperacute stroke services, the post holders will support the stroke team in providing a seven day specialist service.

The stroke unit is a 30 bedded mixed hyperacute, acute and rehabilitation unit.

The stroke service actively participates in the Wessex Research Network and with the support of dedicated research staff enrols patients to several multicentre and local clinical trials.

We have close links with the Neurointervention team based in Southampton General Hospital.


The hyperacute service is fully supported by our local GP's, Commissioners and at the executive/ board level within the Trust.


Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us.

Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.


We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre.

We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding.

You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.


Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or be within six months of doing so at the time of interview.

Applications from those wishing to work part-time, job-share, locum for one year are welcomed.


There is a strong commitment to service improvement, particularly in relation to emergency and inpatient medicine with now being a good opportunity for anyone joining the team to get involved with service design and improvement.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

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