Locum Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Locum Consultant in Stroke Medicine London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking to appoint into a substantive post in the Department of Stroke Medicine at London North West based at Northwick Park Hospital. An exciting opportunity has arisen in the LNWH NHS trust for a new consultant to work in our expanding stroke service. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic colleague to join our well-established stroke service for the continuing delivery of high-quality patient care and to work towards ongoing service improvement.

To provide in-patient and out-patient care for patients referred with suspected stroke or TIA To contribute to the provision of a 24 hour acute stroke specialist service delivering thrombolysis and other specialist treatments. Currently this involves being on call from home with CTs available by telemedicine and occasional out of hours visits to the hospital, including the thrombolysis rota. To contribute a full share to the consultant ward rounds every weekend day and public holiday. This currently works out as 1:7 weekends. To work with the rest of the clinical and managerial team to support and deliver quality improvements on the Stroke Unit and in the community. To provide clinical input into the early supported discharge service, specialist stroke community initiatives and stroke follow up. To take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training To participate in clinical and other service activities such as medical and service audit with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care To contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development To contribute to the development of clinical quality and effectiveness in other clinical areas where these overlap with developments in stroke To advance the Unit's research programme