Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties:

• Participate in the 1:8 weekend on-call rota, which includes an on-site ward round from 08:00-13:00 and being available for remote thrombolysis calls. 
• Provide a Stroke consultation service to medical colleagues in other specialties within the Trust, offering your expertise in Stroke management for complex cases and ensuring integrated care across departments.
• Work alongside the Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialists to provide early, effective care, including prehospital ambulance triage, prompt thrombolysis, and referral for thrombectomy when required.
• Confidently interpret CT, CTA, and CTP imaging, which are crucial in determining the type of stroke and planning the most appropriate treatment (e.g., thrombolysis or thrombectomy).
• Participate in weekly TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) and stroke follow-up clinics alongside your Stroke consultant colleagues, ensuring that patients who have experienced a Stroke or TIA are properly monitored and managed in the long term.
• Participate actively in Stroke Service and Trust clinical governance and audit, ensuring continuous improvement in patient care through regular audits and data analysis.
• Attend Stroke Mortality and Morbidity meetings to review patient outcomes, identify areas for improvement, and contribute to the enhancement of stroke services.
• Participate actively in Stroke research, which may include clinical trials, observational studies, and quality improvement projects.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff, including foundation year doctors, medical trainees, and other healthcare professionals, ensuring the next generation of clinicians is well-trained in Stroke medicine.

Specialties and Flexibility:

• Full-Time or Part-Time: The role offers flexibility in working hours, with options for full-time or part-time (including LTFT/flexible schedules).
• Joint Role: The Trust is open to candidates who wish to combine this position with another specialty (e.g., 60% stroke and 40% parent specialty) for those seeking flexible work arrangements.
• Subspecialty Training: Candidates should have subspecialty training in Stroke medicine, with a background in geriatrics, GIM, neurology, or acute medicine.

Programmed Activities

There will be the need from time to time to make changes to the job plan. It is expected that the successful candidate will be prepared to negotiate such changes for the benefit of clinical service delivery and the department. The Stroke consultants work a rolling rota of HASU cover, Thrombolysis cover and clinic cover. Occasional sessions on the rehabilitation ward are required to cover colleague annual leave.  

Mentoring

Frimley Park recognizes the value mentoring brings in helping individuals reach their goals. We have several experienced mentors in the Trust and have utilised consultants outside the Trust to help provide this valuable service. The post-holder will be encouraged to work with a mentor to help with their development.

The appointee will have access to a medical secretary, dedicated office space plus full IT facilities including EPIC EPR.

Job Plan

This is a provisional Job plan and will be mutually agreed with the Chief of Service for Medicine.

8.5 DCC, 1.5 SPA & STROKE ONCALL 1.5 DCC PA