ConsultantPermanent

Stroke Consultant- Welcome Bonus-£20K

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Ipswich

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

—

About the role

Stroke Consultant -Welcome Bonus £20K

We would invite applicants who are looking to join an innovative and dynamic small team of stroke physicians to look after the second busiest stroke service in the Anglian region.

For further information on the post please see the below link -

https://view.pagetiger.com/cdivekj/1

<div

The postholder will participate in:

This is a full time substantive post and will complete the team at the Ipswich Hospital site as part of the ESNEFT strategy for Stroke. It is specific to the Ipswich site.

7 day inpatient stroke rota ( hyperacute and acute care) – 28 inpatient beds

Stroke Consultant- *Welcome Bonus-£20K*

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Apply

Daily TIA clinics and weekly outpatient clinics reviewing new referrals and stroke follow ups

Leading and developing the educational requirement of the stroke service

There is the option to participate in additional activity including participating in the acute medicine on call rota, or as an alternative the regional telemedicine rota.

<div

There will be a rolling weekly one in four rota with four components:

Care of HASU patients and acute stroke calls

Care of ASU patients

TIA clinics Monday to Friday

Outpatients clinics

Weekend work will including HASU ward round, TIA clinic and ward reviews

Days off in lieu will follow a weekends or bank holidays on duty

The successful applicant will be expected to join a rota (one in six with prospective cover) to provide weekend and bank holiday Stroke Unit ward rounds and assessment of high risk TIA referrals. There is participation from an acute medicine and elderly care colleague in this rota.

Programmed activities This is a 10 PA contract based on the recommendations from the BMA . This is split into 8.5 PA’s direct clinical care and 1.5 supporting PA’s.

Direct clinical care 8.5PAs on average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable emergency work). Supporting professional activities 1.5 PAs on average per week (includes CPD, audit, teaching, appraisal)

<section

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching a million residents. We deliver care services from two acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, patients’ homes, surgeries and community and high street clinics. We have more than 11,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We’re investing more than £150million over five years in a capital building programme to transform services at our hospitals and make sure patients and staff have the best possible environments.

We would like you to help us provide the best care and experience for the communities we serve in east Suffolk and north Essex. You can find out more about us on our website. We are committed to being a great place to work, and great place to train and a great place to receive care. As a large organisation we offer exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

We have a simple philosophy: Time Matters. Time matters for our patients, their families and our staff. By focusing on time, we can remove unnecessary stress and frustration – giving our patients a better experience and to make sure you have more time to care and make the most of your skills.

Watch the video below about living and working in Essex & Suffolk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

<section

Person specification

Essential

Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Stroke
Wide range of experience in acute general medicine and medicine for older people
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Ability to take full independent care and responsibility of patients with movement disorders
Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to organise and prioritise complex demands
Evidence of teaching and training skills for junior doctors
Understanding of clinical governance and a readiness to accept and acknowledge the responsibilities it implies.
Effective communication skills
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
GMC Registered Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Stroke or within six months of expected date of CCT(or be eligible for entry onto these registers within 6 months of application)
MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

Knowledge of current national agendas affecting the NHS and the implications involved
Publication in peer reviewed journal
Postgraduate diploma or higher degree