Consultant Stroke Physician

Overview

If successful you will be joining an enthusiastic and experienced stroke specialist multidisciplinary team as a Consultant in Stroke Medicine. Our service admits approximately 800 patients with confirmed stroke each year. An out of hours thrombolysis service is provided in partnership with Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH). A high risk TIA service runs 5 days a week with dedicated same‑day carotid Doppler and MRI imaging to provide carotid endarterectomy within 48 hours as needed.

Weekend service is provided by NUH. Inpatient services are based at King’s Mill Hospital, offering superb facilities for both stroke inpatients and outpatients services. An integrated unit on Ward 53 and 54 is for hyper‑acute, acute and rehabilitation stroke services. Four monitored beds comprise the hyper‑acute bay and senior stroke nurses covering are all NIHSS certified and available 24/7 to admit patients directly from A&E as well as assessing potential thrombolysis patients.

25 beds on the stroke ward are for on‑going acute management of our stroke patients and on‑going rehabilitation, which includes a therapy treatment area. There is a dedicated Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) who provides intensive rehabilitation within the community. This is supported by physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, clinical physiology and nurse and rehabilitation support workers. On average 40% of the patients admitted to the stroke unit are discharged to the ICSS.

Depending on the skills of the successful candidate an opportunity exists to take part in the acute medical on‑call.

• An attractive recruitment and retention premium (details to be discussed with individual applicants)
• Named Mentor for the first year of employment to facilitate settling in to the new working environment
• Additional allocation of SPA time within the job plan for the first 2 years in order to allow time for service development (typically 7.5:2.5 split between DCC and SPA time)
• Access to additional study leave funding for the first 2 years of employment

Full and Specialist Registration and a licence to practice with the GMC is essential. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of interview or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR). The ability to work effectively as part of a multi‑disciplinary team is also essential.

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.

We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation. In the past four years our staff engagement scores have been the best for Acute Trusts in the Midlands.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

After a successful interview, the post involves regulated activity and the Trust will require a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you commence employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced.

If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application.

Any genuine job offer letters will be received only after you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email: