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Job summary

Main area
Stroke
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
358-6168232-CON
Employer
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
LRI/LGH
Town
Leicester
Salary
£99,532 - £131,964 £93,666 - £126,281
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Consultant Stroke Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance

Job overview

Consultant in Stroke Medicine

This is an exciting opportunity to join our welcoming and friendly team within the department of Stroke Medicine.   As part of our strategy to improve stroke inpatient care, we are seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking individual to join our team who share in our ethos to deliver excellent patient care. 

The successful applicant will provide and support an outpatient and in-patient service within the Trust. 

The Stroke Department currently covers 2 Stroke wards at LRI which incorporates a higher-level receiving area referred to as the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit; along with a separate Acute Stroke Unit, and affiliated Stroke Rehabilitation Units.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide senior clinical decision making on a Stroke Ward designed for patients not appropriate for immediate discharge or transfer.  This will include consultant ward rounds & board rounds
  • To partake in the out of hours Stroke Consultant Rota .
  • To supervise and train junior medical staff.
  • To ensure the provision of good standards of practice and care as described in the GMC Guidance ‘Duties of a Doctor’ are followed at all times; and that suboptimal practices are reviewed, with appropriate personal and team feedback and reflections for improvement.

Working for our organisation

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals: 

  • high-quality care for all, 
  • being a great place to work, 
  • partnerships for impact, and 
  • research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

  • we are compassionate,
  • we are proud, 
  • we are inclusive, and 
  • we are one team 

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To ensure that clinical practice is both effective and efficient and that appropriate monitoring of clinical care takes place. To actively participate in audit.
  • To work with the CMG management team to ensure that services are delivered efficiently and reflect best practice with processes and governance to match - this may require new and flexible ways of working in the future
  • To provide continuing responsibility for the care of the patients in their charge and for the proper organisation and functioning of their clinical practice.
  • To work closely with other specialties, departments and outside agencies to deliver the objectives of the Clinical Management Group.
  • To take responsibility for ensuring that critical clinical incidents, as defined in the Trust’s ‘Critical Incident Policy’, are reported in a timely manner.
  • To participate in yearly appraisal and job planning.
  • To undertake Mandatory & Statutory training as determined by the Trust and Clinical Management Group.
  • To undertake the delivery of undergraduate teaching as a clinical teacher.

Person specification

Degree

Essential criteria
  • GMC
  • Medical Degree

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 1+Year experience on Stroke Unit
  • 1+ Yea experience oncall Stroke Unit

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience working in TIA/Outpatient Area
  • Experience working on call
  • Experience providing training to junior staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoCare quality commission - Goodhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kickstart-scheme-employer-resources/kickstart-scheme-brand-guidelinesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedHappy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amit Mistri
Job title
Consultant Stroke Medicine, HoS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07950883088
Additional information

For more information contact Consultant and Head Of Service Stroke Amit Mistri on [email protected] 

Or General Manager Yusra Mohamed [email protected]

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