Job overview

This advert is for a Consultant Stroke Physician delivering hyperacute and acute stroke care. The post is a full-time role comprising of 11.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) including 1.5 SPA and 1.5 PA for stroke on call.  Candidates are expected to have received subspecialty training in stroke medicine and with a parent specialty of geriatrics, GIM, neurology or acute medicine. Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or be within six months of being so at the time of interview. 

The consultant will be based at Frimley Park Hospital and join a senior team of 4 substantive consultants, a stroke nurse consultant, 2 associate specialists and 2 locum consultants. We also have a team of 6 stroke nurse specialists that support the stroke admissions and thrombolysis pathway.  The consultant will be expected to provide stroke care across all areas of the pathway including Hyperacute, Acute, Rehabilitation, TIA clinic and Stroke follow up clinics. We have a 14 bedded Acute stroke ward and a 14 bedded Stroke rehabilitation unit at Frimley Park Hospital. We have an additional Stroke ward at Royal Surrey Hospital for Guildford and Waverly patients. Stroke rehabilitation is provided within the trust and at Wexham Park Hospital, Farnham Hospital and Royal Surrey Hospital. In addition, we have a highly regarded Early Supported Discharge (ESD) team.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to inpatient stroke service delivery by participation with colleagues in:

-              Hyper-acute care

-              Acute Care

-              Rehabilitation

• To work with Stroke clinical nurse specialists to provide prehospital ambulance triage, prompt thrombolysis and onward thrombectomy referral.
• To be confident in interpretation of CT, CTA, and CTP imaging 
• Provide a stroke consultation service to medical colleagues in other specialties in the Trust. 
• To participate in weekly TIA and Stroke follow up clinics shared among stroke consultant colleagues
• To participate actively in both Stroke Service and Trust clinical governance and audit.
• To participate in Stroke Mortality and Morbidity meetings
• To attend regional stroke clinical governance meetings
• To participate actively in Stroke research
• Undertake continuing medical education.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff as appropriate.
• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as appropriate.
• Participate in the management of the stroke service.
• It is expected that the post holder will participate fully in future service developments in line with national targets and locally commissioned improvements.
• On call duties: 1:8 weekend on call with onsite ward round from 0800-1300 and remote thrombolysis calls.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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