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Job summary

Main area
Stroke
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
164-6720890
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queens Medical Centre
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/12/2024 23:59
Interview date
15/01/2025

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Stroke Consultant Physician

Consultant

Job overview

*** PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL***

The post is a full time (10 Programmed Activities) Consultant Stroke Physician role, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, working across all parts of the stroke service. The Stroke service provides 24/7 cover and currently has seven dedicated Stroke consultants , one clinical Academic, contribution from consultant Neurologists and an Acute Medicine consultant.

NUH is the fourth largest acute Trust within the UK, with a busy emergency department at Queens Medical Centre, which is a level 1 Trauma Centre. NUH provide s services to 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and surrounding communities, and specialist services to a further 3-4 million across the region and nationally.

The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic and committed team. The Trust is committed to further development of the Stroke service to maintain its long standing position in the forefront of stroke care provision nationally. The post holder will play a key part in developing the existing stroke pathway, providing consultant input to hyper acute stroke, acute stroke, intensive rehabilitation and continuing stroke rehabilitation.

 

Main duties of the job

*** PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL***

 

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached. 

You will be joining a dedicated, diverse and dynamic team of professionals providing outstanding stroke care and internationally recognised Stroke research within the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, a partnership between NUH and the University of Nottingham.

 

      

 

Working for our organisation

The Head of Service is Dr Senthil Raghunathan and the specialty sits within the Division of Medicine. 

-    16 bedded hyper acute stroke unit on the  QMC campus
-    28 bedded acute rehabilitation stroke unit on the QMC campus
-    18 bedded long-term rehabilitation stroke unit on the City Campus (with        4 winter pressure beds) and 6 community beds 
-    A fast track TIA clinic (7 days per week) 
-    Stroke outpatient clinics
-    24/7 thrombolysis service
-    A regional Mechanical Thrombectomy service 

The stroke service is well supported by 10.5 WTE Stroke registrars who provide stroke cover in a dedicated 24/7 rota. The pool consists of an academic fellow, Stroke clinical fellow, Neurology registrar, Geriatric registrar and Trust Grade registrars. 

SpR’s take part in the integrated GIM on call rota for when they are responsible to the duty general medical consultant.

Junior medical support is provided by 4 x F1, 2 x F2, 3 x Trust Grade F2, 9 x Trust Grade CT1, 1 x ST (1MT1), 4 x VTS-ST2. All junior staff spend four months attached to the stroke unit and rotate across the stroke wards to ensure they experience all elements of the service.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full range of Stroke emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under their care.

The following draft Job Plan reflects our best assessment of what the final plan will be, based on 10 PAs. For all new consultants to NUH, we offer 8PA’s DCC and 2 SPA’s for the first year. 

PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: 

Direct Clinical Care: 

Emergency duties - predictable

2

Emergency duties - unpredictable

1

Operating session (including pre/post op)

 

Ward rounds

1

Out-patient or other clinics

1

Clinical Diagnostic Work

1

Other patient treatment / consultation

 

Multi-disciplinary meetings

1

Patient administration

1

Travelling time between sites

 

Other

 

Sub Total

8

 

 Supporting Professional Activities

Training (Postgraduate)

 

Medical Education (Undergraduate)

0.50

CPD, Appraisal, Job Planning

1.50

Audit

 

Research

 

Clinical Management

 

Other

 

Sub Total

2

 

 

TOTAL PAs

10

  ON-CALL SUPPLEMENT: 

Rota Frequency:

1:7.5

Category:

A

On-call Supplement:

3%

 

This service provided by the Stroke Specialty is provided across both campuses, but the primary base for this post is Queens Medical Centre.

 

Person specification

Attainments

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration
  • CCT expected within 6 months of interview date OR via CESR route, must have confirmation of RCP approval to be entered onto the Specialist Register
  • Eligible to be included on the specialist registrar

Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCP
Desirable criteria
  • Higher professional degree

Teaching, Audit & Research

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
  • Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
Desirable criteria
  • Original Research Publications Higher teaching degree or qualification or training

Personal Skills/Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
  • Able to use the Trust’s IT support systems

Clinical Skills/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience in Stroke Medicine
  • Experience in hyper acute stroke care and trained and experienced in thrombolysis
  • Comprehensive knowledge of current issues in general internal medicine.
  • Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
Desirable criteria
  • Specific training in communication skills
  • Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors

Management Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
  • Able to delegate appropriately.
  • Able to work in a team.
  • Proven leadership skills, able to lead a team effectively.
Desirable criteria
  • Higher management degree or qualification or training
  • Experience of change management

Practical Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderadded for NUHArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badge

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Senthil Raghunathan
Job title
Consultant Stroke Physician and Head of Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01159691169
Additional information

Candidates are encouraged to make arrangements to visit the Trust, and should contact the following Consultants in the first instance if they wish to do so:

Dr Senthil Raghunathan        [email protected]  
Prof Nikola Sprigg                 [email protected] 

 

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