Senior Trust Grade Stroke, Uhnd

We are looking for applicants with experience in acute and/or general internal medicine and acute stroke, who also have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional skills to work well in a multi-professional team. The post would ideally suit a post CMT level doctor who wishes to gain further experience and skills before considering their next career move, or a registrar grade clinician keen to enhance their skills within the management of the acutely unwell adult patient, in particular with an acute stroke.

Durham provide a hyper-acute stroke unit for CDDFT, supporting 24/7 emergency stroke care, including administration of thrombolysis where appropriate, TIA clinics and rehabilitation. Post holder will have a supervisor and encouraged to enrol onto a generic E-Portfolio. Based at University Hospital North Durham, the post-holder will be a key senior member of the medicine team with a clear role in ensuring comprehensive ongoing care for their inpatients.

They will be working primarily with in the Medicine care Group under the supervisions of Medical Consultants based in a speciality but with flexibility to move within the remit of general medicine.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be committed to delivering clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with the clinical teams and commissioner

• Liaise between nurses, junior doctors, patients, relatives and senior medical staff.
• Attend and participate in ward rounds as timetabled
• Attend outpatient clinics.
• Study for higher examination and maintain continued professional development.
• Attend weekly educational and multidisciplinary sessions.
• Undertake audit at various times throughout the rotations.
• To supervise and manage junior medical staff.
• To assist in the teaching and training programmes for Junior Staff and Postgraduate Medical Education.
• To support the development of clinical governance, using audit findings to improve the quality of treatment and to minimise clinical risk.
• To develop innovative working practices, and to support the growing clinical contribution of non-medical staff.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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On the 1 April 2011, County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust came together with Community Services to form a new integrated health care organisation delivering integrated acute and community health services to patients committed to providing quality care along the whole pathway; at home, in the community and in hospital.

We provide services from three main hospital sites, six community hospitals, and around 80 locations across the area plus the care delivered at home.

Our range of services includes hospital based emergency and planned care, including surgery, medical treatment for serious and life-threatening conditions, paediatrics and women services, community based services for long term conditions like diabetes or respiratory illness; and health and well-being services to improve health and prevent illness, such as smoking cessation and alcohol reduction. So now, whatever the health care needs of our community, and wherever they need them in County Durham, our commitment is to provide these to the best standard and quality.

We provide acute services, for the most seriously ill or injured patients through our Accident & Emergency departments at Darlington Memorial and University…