Clinical Fellow in Stroke Medicine

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; West Carr; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is looking for dynamic individuals to join as stroke clinical fellows. You will manage patient care in hyperacute stroke situations and be involved in clinical trials for hyperacute strokes. The role offers opportunities for professional development through educational sessions, and you will work closely with a dedicated hyperacute stroke nursing team to ensure timely patient assessments. Candidates should ideally possess an MRCP and experience in general and geriatric medicine.

Qualifications

• Competent clinicians with experience in general and geriatric medicine are ideal.
• Experience in stroke is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients in hyperacute stroke care.
• Contribute to patient recruitment for clinical trials.
• Support prehospital stroke pathway using video triage.
• Facilitate early patient assessments in the ED.
• Support patient rehabilitation and decision-making.
• Monitor outpatient follow-ups post-discharge.
• Participate in weekly educational sessions.
• Coordinate weekly reviews of thrombolysis and thrombectomy.

Skills

Experience in general and geriatric medicine

Stroke management

Education

MRCP

Job description

Overview

We are looking for dynamic and innovative individuals to join our team and help to develop the delivery of high class stroke services across the Humber Health Partnership across the whole stroke pathway. The appointees will be responsible for the assessment and management of patients and will participate in the middle grade on-call rota supporting all aspects of hyperacute stroke care including thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy and management of intracerebral haemorrhage. The appointees will also contribute to the recruitment of patients to clinical trials including hyperacute stroke trials. They will also contribute to the TIA service and support the prehospital stroke pathway with the assessment of patients using pre-hospital video triage. They will work closely with the hyperacute stroke nursing team facilitating early assessment of patients in ED minimising delays to assessments and also hyperacute treatments where indicated ensuring also that these are delivered in a timely manner.

They will also support patients during rehabilitation, preventing and managing medical complications alongside aiding patient and family decision making. Support for the outpatient follow up of patients following discharge will also form part of the role. There are weekly educational sessions and also regular clinical governance and morbidity and mortality reviews. The stroke clinical fellows will be responsible for coordinating a weekly review of thrombolysis and thrombectomy decision making. They will also play an active part in the weekly MDT meeting.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients and participate in the middle grade on-call rota supporting all aspects of hyperacute stroke care including thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy and management of intracerebral haemorrhage.
• Contribute to the recruitment of patients to clinical trials including hyperacute stroke trials.
• Contribute to the TIA service and support the prehospital stroke pathway with the assessment of patients using pre-hospital video triage.
• Work with the hyperacute stroke nursing team to facilitate early assessment of patients in ED, minimise delays to assessments and deliver timely hyperacute treatments where indicated.
• Support patients during rehabilitation, prevent and manage medical complications and aid patient and family decision making.
• Support outpatient follow up of patients following discharge.
• Participate in weekly educational sessions and regular clinical governance and morbidity and mortality reviews.
• Coordinate a weekly review of thrombolysis and thrombectomy decision making and participate in the weekly MDT.

Qualifications

• Ideally MRCP.
• Competent clinicians with experience in general and geriatric medicine.
• Experience in stroke is desirable but not essential.

About Humber Health Partnership

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.