Stroke Consultant Physician

Overview

As a Stroke Consultant, you will deliver day-to-day stroke care within a growing Hyper Acute Stroke service and contribute to expanding the Stroke Team as Dorset moves to shared care with Somerset. You will work across in-patient, out-patient and 24/7 acute stroke duties, shaping quality and governance while mentoring others. The role offers leadership and opportunities to develop quality improvement, research and education within a collaborative, cross-site setting. This is a chance to help build a high-impact stroke program at Dorset County Hospital and its partners.

Pay / Benefits

• Warm Welcome payment (£10,000)
• relocation expenses
• flexible working / Less Than Full-Time options
• inclusive and diverse workplace
• trust values (Integrity, Respect, Teamwork, Excellence)

Responsibilities

• Provide in-patient and out-patient stroke and TIA care
• Participate in governance, audit and research activities to maintain high patient care standards
• Deliver a 24-hour acute stroke service including thrombolysis and advising on specialised treatments
• Contribute to consultant ward rounds on weekends/public holidays
• Provide clinical advice for community stroke services as required
• Provide undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and contribute to clinical quality improvement
• Support development of cross-site stroke services and integration with partners

Key requirements

• 5 years of clinical experience in stroke medicine
• Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register via CCT/ CESR/European rights
• Ability to cope with the demands of a District General Hospital-based Consultant

• Leadership and service development
• Effective communication
• Teamworking and collaboration
• Thrombolysis administration and acute stroke management
• Clinical governance, audit and research
• Strategic thinking and NHS organizational knowledge

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