Locum Stroke Consultant

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The appointee will join the Stroke team in order to ensure all stroke patients admitted to HUH receive the highest possible level of care. This will mean providing day to day care for stroke patients and outlying medical patients on the Graham stroke unit and also providing stroke-specific clinical input to general medical wards.

The inpatient component of the service is based on the Graham Stroke Unit (Acute Stroke Unit). There are strong therapy links with the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit (RNRU) and the HTNRU for patients with complex needs who require further inpatient rehabilitation. The Stroke Unit is conforming to national clinical Standards and participating in the SSNAP (national audit for stroke and TIA). In addition to meeting the acute stroke and rehabilitation needs of the City and Hackney population, Graham Stroke Unit is also commissioned to provide further stroke rehab (in up to 6 beds) for patients with a Haringey primary care provider.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be required to:

ensure Stroke Unit and TIA Provider status is maintained

continue to develop the daily TIA service and maintain appropriate links and referral pathways with local GPs

work with nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure the stroke unit has sufficient capacity to accommodate all suitable stroke patients on admission to the hospital

work with the local Hyper Acute Stroke Centre to ensure robust protocols for the transfer of patients following hyperacute treatments and/or stabilisation

assist the management team with the development of future Consultant and junior doctor roles

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Person Specification

Qualifications & Higher qualifications

Essential

  • Fully registered with GMC
  • MRCP (or equivalent)
  • On specialist register or within 6 months in one of the stroke parent specialities.
  • Stroke experience (at equivalent level to Stroke CCST)

Desirable

  • Higher Degree (MSc, MD or PhD)
  • CCST in Stroke Medicine

Relevant experience in speciality/sub speciality

Essential

  • Ability to practice independently in Acute Medicine and Stroke and offer expert clinical opinion on a range of stroke and general medicine related problems

Desirable

  • Expertise in the leadership of an acute care team or stroke care team
  • Experience in emergency or critical care medicine

Clinical skills

Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills

Leadership and professionalism

Essential

  • Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need

Desirable

  • Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management skills

Essential

  • Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates
  • Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding
  • Knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks eg EWTD

Desirable

  • Management of team or programme or project

Teaching & training

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management

Research

Essential

  • Understanding of principles and application of clinical research

Desirable

  • Relevant research experience
  • Publication of peer reviewed papers

Communication skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English
  • IT skills and computer literacy

Desirable

  • Computer skills course/certificate

Patient focused skills

Essential

  • Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 8 July 2027

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