Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic Consultant in Stroke to join our team here at University Hospitals Dorset. This post will include the delivery of high quality care along the entire Stroke Service pathway. This will include hyper-acute care, provision of 24/7 Stroke thrombolysis, regional 7-day TIA service, stroke rehabilitation, stroke early supported discharge, stroke outpatient/follow-up clinics and stroke research.

The post holder should be an enthusiastic, effective team player with a flexible approach who can embrace new ways of working and will be expected to take an active role in the running and development of our stroke and rehabilitation services.

The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital, merged to form University Hospitals Dorset, with a plan for all emergency services to be based at the Royal Bournemouth site and all planned care at the Poole site. This provides an exciting backdrop of change and the chance to help develop innovative services and new pathways. Stroke is at the forefront of these changes and an East Dorset Hyper-acute Stroke Unit was established at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in September last year and further developments in April this year with all Stroke beds being delivered on the RBH site. It is anticipated that the post holder will deliver stroke sessions across the two hospitals.

Main duties of the job

The Post holder could expect to develop and support in stroke:

Hyper Acute Stroke unit at RBH, Acute stroke and rehabilitation Stroke care on both wards on the RBH site.

TIA service at PGH

Stroke ambulatory service at RBH and development of Same day emergency care model.

Support to early supported discharge service

The weekend HASU rota at 1 in 8 frequency

The stroke thrombolysis on call rota at 1 in 12 frequency

Clinical administration, included in the sessional time allocation expected to be approx.1 DCC per week

Other duties as may be identified to meet the needs of the service

Cover for colleagues during periods of absence.

Support in-patient care in conjunction with departmental colleagues

Teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education programme and in the teaching of junior medical & nursing staff, General Practitioners and other clinical professions.

Take part in department, regional and national audits.

Management and development of the service using Quality Improvement Methodology.

Domiciliary visits where agreed appropriate.

If desired developing a research portfolio with Bournemouth University could be facilitated.

About us

Our Stroke Service comprises of an extremely dynamic, proactive and dedicated team of Consultant Stroke Physicians, Stroke Consultant Therapist, Stroke Consultant Nurse, Stroke Specialist Nurses, TIA Specialist Nurses, Stroke Outreach Team, Stroke Services Manager and our extremely professional multi-disciplinary team. The service includes provision of a 24/7 thrombolysis service, hyper-acute care, stroke rehabilitation, rapid access regional 7-day TIA service, stroke ambulatory care, follow-up clinics and Early Supported Discharge Team. We also have an extremely busy and proactive Stroke Research Team, offering the post-holder the opportunity to act as Principal Investigator for acute stroke research trials.