Consultant Stroke Physician

Overview

Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant in Stroke Medicine with a maintained interest in a parent specialty if desired. The Divisional Director and the Clinical Service Lead for Stroke Medicine, Dr Don Sims, will be pleased to discuss the post further, and the interactions with Stroke Medicine and other parent specialties if needed. Duties of the post are to the Department of Stroke Medicine at UHSB.

• Shared ward round duties of the HASU on ward 514 at QEHB (7 day working).
• Participation in the on call rota for thrombolysis / mechanical thrombectomy.
• Associated clinical administration.
• Participation in audit and clinical governance activities including monthly Departmental Meeting.
• Participation in the running of the service.
• Supervision of the band 7 Stroke nurse specialists whilst on call.

Applicants should be on the GMC specialist register or be eligible within six months, together with an MRCP or equivalent and have experience in stroke medicine and thrombolysis/thrombectomy.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, providing services to nearly 700,000 adult patients every year. The Trust is a regional centre for cancer, trauma, burns & plastics and has the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. It is one of the most consistently high performing trusts in the NHS and has been rated excellent for both financial management and for quality of clinical and non-clinical services by the Care Quality Commission.

The Trust provides traditional secondary care services to the South, Central and East Birmingham catchment area. Specialist tertiary care is provided across the West Midlands and a proportion of the Trust’s activity is provided to patients who are referred from outside the region. Stroke Medicine has reconfigured in the region and UHB is now one of the largest units in the country with approximately 1600 stroke admissions a year coming through the HASU at the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

It is an active thrombolysis centre with good research links and a thrombectomy service for acute ischaemic stroke.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.