Consultant Stroke Physician

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Wirral; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Consultant Stroke Physician to join their dedicated stroke team. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the strategic development of stroke services, enhancing patient care and driving improvements in stroke management. With a focus on teamwork and excellence, the successful candidate will engage in both inpatient and outpatient care, participate in research and education, and collaborate closely with fellow physicians. If you are passionate about stroke medicine and eager to make a meaningful impact, this position is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Must have a medical degree and specialist training in stroke medicine.
• Experience in managing stroke patients and performing thrombolysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive stroke services and perform daily ward rounds.
• Participate in the on-call rota for acute stroke assessment.

Skills

Stroke Management

Consultation Skills

Thrombolysis

Patient Care

Leadership

Education

Medical Degree

Specialist Training in Stroke Medicine

Job description

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Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint ambitious, highly motivated, and dynamic substantive Consultant Stroke Physicians to join our Stroke Department at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals (NHS) Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, enthusiastic, and passion focused driven stroke team and contribute to the growth and strategic development of the stroke services as a consultant Stroke Physician at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (NHS) Foundation Trust (WUTH). Our focus is on driving improvements within stroke services and these positions offer an opportunity to share our stroke vision and contribute to enhancing high quality stroke care and reducing the variation of care across Wirral and Cheshire.

The successful candidate would support the delivery of an inpatient (1 in 6) consultant of the week model on HASU, shared responsibility for stroke rehabilitation patients and outpatient rapid access clinics. On-call rota is stroke speciality only currently 1 in 7. There would be opportunity to progress / develop speciality interest in research, education, or leadership and management.

These are full time (10 programmed activities) posts for Consultant Stroke Physicians, with potential job plans outlined within the job description, but for negotiation with the successful candidates.

• The post-holder will work closely with the other Stroke Physicians to provide a comprehensive Stroke Service.
• The post holder will be a member of the stroke team and will perform daily acute stroke ward rounds during the period of acute stroke physician of the week which will occur 1 week in 7 weeks
• The post holder will provide the senior medical component of the hyper acute stroke thrombolysis service and triage for the TIA Rapid Assessment service during the stroke week.
• The post holder will provide cover for the out of hours hyper acute stroke rota for assessment for stroke thrombolysis and remote hyperacute assessment/advice on a 1 in 7 basis. Provision will be
  
  

made for compensatory rest to be taken on the day after any significant disturbance after midnight.

• The appointee will also be responsible for the ongoing care of the following inpatients:
• Arrowe Park Hospital Step Down Stroke ward rounds twice weekly on named patients on Ward 23average 8 patients, and advice for 18 beds
• Clatterbridge Hospital Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, average 5 beds
• The appointee will have 1-2 rapid access TIA / Stroke review clinics per week with access to same day Doppler, CT and MRI imaging. The usual clinic template is 3 new / 6 follow up.
  
  

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Patrick McKeown Job title: Directorate Manager, Stroke Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0151 482 7656

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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