Stroke Medicine Consultant

2 weeks ago


Watford, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

**Doctors Direct** have a new and exciting opportunity for a number of **Consultants **to work with us at **West Hertfordshire** **Hospitals NHS Trust** in **Stroke Medicine.**

We are looking for a dedicated doctors ready to work in a Trust striving to make patient experiences better than ever.

**Main Duties/Responsibilities**
- Provide diagnosis, screening, treatment, preoperative, operative, and postoperative management of patient care.
- Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
- Coordinate treatment plans and prescribe various types of treatment.
- Provide constant monitoring and care for patients.
- Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
- Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
- Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
- Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
- Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
- Conduct research to help develop and test techniques and equipment that can improve procedures and outcomes.
- Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

**Job Plan**
- **Speciality**:Stroke Medicine
- **Location**:Watford
- **Shift patterns**:_Monday
- Friday 09:00-17:00_
- **Start date**:ASAP - on-going
- Valid GMC
- Right to work in the UK
- Clinical attachment complete and minimum of 3 months paid experience in the NHS/UK

**About the Trust**

Serving around half a million people in Hertfordshire and surrounding areas, together the sites deliver a range of acute services including emergency, inpatient, outpatient and maternity. The Trust is proud to have firm control of hospital acquired infections, one of the safest maternity services in the country, and strong partnerships with local authorities.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 20-40 per week

**Salary**: £100.00-£110.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Watford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have a valid GMC?

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: ConsWH322



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