Locum Consultant Stroke Medicine

Job overview

Are you a dedicated Stroke Physician looking to make a significant impact on patient care?

Our Broomfield Hospital site is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Locum Consultant Stroke Physician to join our fantastic consultant team on a fixed term basis. This is an exceptional opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking department who are committed to excellence in acute and rehabilitation stroke and TIA services.

• Provide expert care and management for patients presenting with stroke and TIA.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver personalized treatment plans.
• Contribute to the enhancement of stroke services, aligning with regional care quality standards.
• Support community rehabilitation initiatives, ensuring seamless care transitions from hospital to home.

Main duties of the job

The components of the service which the successful applicant will help to provide are:

• The comprehensive stroke thrombolysis service, and a best-endeavor stroke thrombectomy service
• Rapid Assessment Clinic for TIA/minor stroke patients held five days a week where 20 - 25 suspected new stroke/TIA patients are seen per week. There is also a service for high-risk TIA patients at weekends and bank holidays. The seven day a week service includes same day CT or MRI scan and Carotid Doppler. We are currently achieving our performance targets for high risk and low risk patients and looking to adapt this service in view of the latest RCP guidelines.
• Currently, 7 days/week there is 9.00 am consultant – led multidisciplinary ward round for all new suspected stroke/TIA admissions and a daily review of all other patients on Stroke Unit
• Multidisciplinary rehabilitation of stroke patients on the stroke ward including meetings with relatives
• Weekly outpatient clinics providing for new referrals and medical follow up for recently discharged stroke patients and other patients
• Strong links with diagnostic imaging, vascular surgery, cardiology and neurology.
• On-going educational programme for all disciplines within the department and lectures to GPs and other interested groups.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are ready to take your career to the next level and make a real difference in the lives of stroke patients, we would love to hear from you.

For further details please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Applicant requirements

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.