Consultant Stroke Medicine Physician

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London seeks a Consultant in Stroke Medicine to join a dynamic team at The Royal London Hospital. The role involves overseeing comprehensive stroke care, engaging in research initiatives, and contributing to service development. Ideal candidates will possess relevant qualifications, a strong commitment to quality patient care, and teaching experience. Competitive support for professional development is provided.

Benefits

Supportive professional development

Mentorship scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a full licence to practice with the GMC.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Stroke Medicine specialities.
• Evidence of teaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive hyper acute and acute stroke service.
• Participate in the Consultant on call rota.
• Support service developments and improvements.

Skills

Stroke Medicine experience

Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates

Ability to practice independently

Highly developed communication skills

Self-motivated

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

CCT in Stroke Medicine

GMC registration

Job description

Barts Health NHS Trust The Royal London Hospital Consultant in Stroke Medicine(10 PAs)We are looking for an exceptional Consultant in Stroke Medicine to join our dynamic and highly skilled multidisciplinary team at The Royal London Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. Our Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (12 monitored beds) and Acute Stroke Unit (14 beds) provide cutting-edge thrombolysis, thrombectomy, and rehabilitation services to patients across east London and beyond. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality hyper acute and acute stroke care, supporting outpatient TIA and follow-up clinics, and contributing to service development, research, and teaching. This is an exciting opportunity to work in one of the busiest and most innovative stroke services in the UK, with access to state-of-the-art imaging, interventional facilities, and a strong research portfolio. We offer a supportive and collaborative environment, a commitment to your professional development, and the chance to help shape the future of stroke care at Barts Health

Main duties of the job

To share responsibility for providing evidence-based standards of care for all inpatients and outpatients

To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out in the Patients Charter and the local purchasers' contracts. To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, community services and all healthcare agencies. To encourage and foster the governance process at clinical, managerial and medical levels and to take part in regional audit in support of evidence-based medicine. The trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD)as laid down by the GMC and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

The trust also has the required arrangements in place to ensure that all surgeons have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports doctors going through the revalidation process.

The trust also offers a mentorship scheme to all new consultants to help them settle into work as easily as possible which will be available on appointment. To participate fully in the management of the Department and to liaise closely with the General Managers, Clinical Leads and Clinical Directors.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a Consultant-led comprehensive hyper acute and acute stroke service in partnership with the rest of the Consultant team. To participate in the Stroke & Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Consultant on call rota at The Royal London. To share in the provision of outpatient TIA services together with other members of the consultant team. To support the Stroke Clinical Lead and Clinical Director in advancing service developments and improvements. To aid and facilitate the rapid transfer of stroke patients from Barts Health to other Acute Stroke Units along the relevant pathway. To be actively involved in stroke research by enrolling patients in currently opened trials (national and international research studies as part of the National Stroke Research Network and the NIHR portfolio) as well as promoting new studies on site.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• CCT in Stroke Medicine
• Fully registered with the GMC with a full licence to practice
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in one of the Stroke Medicine parent specialities (i.e. Geriatrics, Neurology, Cardiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Rehabilitation Medicine), via one of the following
• a) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT - proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
• b) Certificate of eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Desirable

• Higher Degree (MSc, Md or PhD)

Experience

Essential

• Stroke Medicine experience (at equivalent level to Stroke CCT
• Ability to practice independently as a Consultant in Hyper Acute Stroke and Stroke Rehabilitation.
• Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
• Audit experience
• Thrombolysis & Thrombectomy experience

Desirable

• Experience of multidisciplinary Stroke services
• Research experience
• GCP Certificate
• Clinical Management

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date with recent advances in Stroke Care across the entire pathway
• Change management.
• Quality improvement

Desirable

• Interest in research with evidence of peer-reviewed publications

Other

Essential

• Awareness of own strengths and weaknesses.
• Highly developed communication skills
• Computer literate
• Evidence of teamworking and working across multiple disciplines
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Self-motivated
• Commitment to the provision of a quality service

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