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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Post holder could expect to cover the following duties:

·       Management of inpatients on the Hyper Acute Stroke unit at RBH

·       Management of inpatients on the Stroke Recovery units at both sites

·       Attend and participate in TIA and Stroke outpatient clinics

·       Participate in the Stroke ambulatory service

·       Support to early supported discharge service

·       Participate in the weekend HASU rota at 1 in 8 frequency

• Clinical administration, included in the sessional time allocation expected to be approx.1 DCC per week
• Other duties as may be identified to meet the needs of the service
• Cover for colleagues during periods of absence.
• Support in-patient care in conjunction with departmental colleagues
• Teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education programme and in the teaching of junior medical & nursing staff, General Practitioners and other clinical professions. 
• Take part in department, regional and national audits.
• Management and development of the service using Quality Improvement Methodology.
• Domiciliary visits where agreed appropriate

If desired developing a research portfolio with Bournemouth University could be facilitated.

An example time table is provided although the exact timetable would be agreed at the time of taking up the post and would reflect the skills and special interests of the successful applicant.

8 DCC, 2 SPA, Total 10 PAs

ON CALL

There will be opportunities to develop skills in thrombolysis and thrombectomy decision making and work towards participation in the on call thrombolysis rota if desired.

The weekend work consists of a hyper acute Ward Round on site and supervision of a TIA clinic (on site or remote).

TEACHING

There is an active postgraduate programme.  There are daily educational lunchtime meetings for Stroke, Medicine for Older People, Neuroradiology and all physicians take part in the Thursday or Friday Grand Round (site dependent). There is a rolling programme of education for Core Medical Trainees and Foundation doctors. Both sites host the WESTEC training programme for Specialist Registrars in Geriatric medicine in Wessex once or twice a year.

There are formal postgraduate teaching programmes for the MRCP and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an MRCP Part II examining centre.  Undergraduates from Southampton Medical School attend for their medical attachments and we also receive many elective students from within the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe.

There are close links with the departments of Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at Southampton University and there is close co-operation over matters of teaching and research.

The Trust takes the training of training and non-training grade doctors very seriously, with time set aside for all aspects of specialist training including health service management.  Doctors are provided with support and resources to pursue research, including one half day per week free of clinical work.

RESEARCH

Stroke research is highly active, supported by dedicated whole time equivalent research nurses, funded by NHS R&D funds. The department recruits to a broad range of trials, including prevention, acute care, rehabilitation and community care.

The wider department of Medicine for Older People also has an active research programme.

The appointee will be encouraged to pursue research and to act as Principle Investigator in selected NIHR trials.

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT

There is a robust and workable framework for Clinical Governance and Audit. There are Departmental Mortality and Morbidity meetings, stroke performance and quality meetings  as well as the wider Directorate and Trust governance.

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

There is a Postgraduate Centre at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Poole Hospital.  The successful candidate will be expected to provide teaching for the doctors in training in their department.  He/she will be expected to share with Consultant colleagues the role of Educational Supervisor.  This will involve the provision of supportive formal appraisals to doctors in training at regular intervals, induction at the beginning of their contracts and career advice as appropriate.  Advice on the role of Education Supervisor can be obtained from the Clinical Tutor.  There are exceptional libraries based in the Postgraduate Centres of both Bournemouth and Poole and meetings of general and specialist medical content are held regularly during the week.  There is an active Medical Audit Committee supervising Medical Audit within the Hospital.  The Dorset Research and Development Unit (RDSU) is based within Poole Hospital. 

MAIN CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Registration with the General Medical Council and license to practice or eligibility for registration is necessary for this post.

This post is covered by the Terms and Conditions of Service Specialty Doctor (England) 2021, which should be read in conjunction with the General Whitley Council Conditions of Service and as amended from time to time.

ANNUAL LEAVE

Applications for annual leave should be made at least 8 weeks in advance.

STUDY AND TRAINING

Attendance at the Induction programme, which will be arranged in protected time, is a requirement.

Each department has their own educational meetings and support to perform audit along witha medical Grand Round on Fridays. Both hospitals have an excellent reputation for training with a high success rate at passing PACES for MRCP.

The main libraries are in the Postgraduate Medical Centres at Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals.   Both are professionally staffed and provide comprehensive reference, lending and interlibrary facilities.   Computer aided literature searches are available.  The Postgraduate Medical Centre (RBH) has a very active education programme with the recent addition of a Clinical Skills teaching facility.

Other on site facilities include:

·       Day Nursery

·       Doctors’ Mess (with IT facilities)

·       IT Learning Centre

·       Auto-bank

·       Staff Car Park (subject to charge & availability)