Acute Medicine Consultant NHS

3 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Consultant in Stroke Medicine


The Great Western Hospital is pleased to be able to offer the opportunity to Stroke Medicine Consultants to join the existing team.


Are you looking to start your career as a Consultant in a supportive and caring Stroke Service, or are you an existing Consultant looking for a new and exciting change where you can really make a difference? Either way, we are a supportive and close knit team who are focused on giving the very best care to our patients at all times and we would love to have you on board. We would welcome applicants from Consultants who have have experience in Stroke Medicine , either from a GIM, Stroke or Neurology backgrounds.


The successful candidate will be working closely with the existing team of Consultants to contribute and improving our stroke pathways and SSNAP performance. We believe that this is essential for us to provide a first class service where the patients and their relatives come first.


The Stroke/Neurology team are well located in the Betjeman Centre, which is on the ground floor of GWH. This is home to the department's outpatient clinic rooms, day hospital, therapy Centre and office space for the Consultant team and their secretarial support. There is also a rehabilitation service for Stroke, which is provided by SWICC in a separate building, located on site at GWH.
The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.


Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support)
Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues' periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota, detailed within the job plan section
Service We will put our patients first


Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service


All staff in each Division are managerially accountable through their Lead Clinician to the Associate Medical Director, who has overall responsibility for the services within the Division. Consultants are key members of the Division and are accountable and responsible for leading changes to service that will improve the patient experience.


To support the Clinical Lead in policy and strategy development as a senior member of the Division Management Team.
To contribute to the leadership and development of Services under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director and in line with the Trusts business plans.
The post holder will ensure effective communication and involvement of staff across the Division including support to the Divisional Director to achieve their objectives.
Work within the Trusts framework for Clinical Governance and Risk, including the development of clinical policies and adherence to standing orders, standing financial instructions and financial procedures.
Undertake direct supervision of junior colleagues and participate in departmental/trust wide teaching programmes.
Undertake investigations and report writing for incidents and participate in clinical risk management
Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
Expertise in all aspects of stroke medicine
Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and multi-disciplinary teams
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Great Western Hospital

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