Locum Consultant in Stroke Medicine

The appointee will join the Stroke department in the delivery of clinical excellence within the Hyper-acute and acute service provided at our Acute Stroke Centre. This is a cross site post for Bedfordshire Hospitals NHSFT but is primarily based at Luton Hospital. This post, along with existing Stroke Physicians would be expected to support the 24/7 stroke thrombolysis service. They will be expected to do 1 TIA clinic and 1 Follow-Up Clinic per week, in addition to caring for inpatients. There is a dedicated thrombolysis trained stroke registrar on call rota with stroke specialist nurse who would assess stroke patients out of hours and liaise with on call stroke consultant. Tele-radiology service is provided for consultants out of hours to access scans. The out of hours thrombolysis rota is 1:8 based at Home. The weekend HASU ward rota cover is 1:8 based at the Luton site. In addition to the fixed clinical sessions necessary to provide continuous cover in the clinical area, flexible sessions that include time for teaching, administration, and management will be included in the Job plan. The department enjoys a very close working relationship and all clinical issues are openly discussed at formal and informal meetings. The appointee will be encouraged and supported in developing their own specialty interests in stroke medicine within the overall job plan. The appointee will also have the opportunity to develop into a leadership role within the stroke service.