Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Salary/Rate:£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum
Job type:Permanent
County:Lincolnshire
Sector:Medical Specialities
Job ref:824
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About the Role

I am delighted to announce that a vacancy for a Consultant in Stroke Medicine has become available at a district general hospital based within the Lincolnshire area.

The Trust provides 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.

There is a separate 1:6 Stroke On-Call rota on the Lincoln Site and the Stroke Physicians do not have any commitment to the acute medicine on call rota. There is no in-patient stroke service at the Pilgrim hospital site. The medical team is supported by up to 5 registrar-level specialty doctors, as well as a minimum of 3 resident trainees.

24/7 thrombolysis is provided on Site backed by a full hyper-acute Stroke Unit. The Trust has consolidated down to a single Hyper-Acute Unit as part of wider service reconfiguration following a public consultation of the Acute Services Review. There are excellent established links with the region.

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 is currently under review in line with the Midlands and East strategic health authority Stroke review. We have functional telemedicine equipment, which is used in various aspects of stroke care. Work with the rest of the clinical and managerial team to support and deliver quality improvements on the Stroke Unit 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

Person Specification
Essential
  • Current valid GMC registration
  • MRCP or equivalent

If you are passionate about improving care for elderly patients and keen to work within a dynamic and supportive team.

For further details or an informal discussion about the role, please contact me via email: simon@kaizenrecruitment.co.uk or 07460 630 884.

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