Job summary
This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Stroke post. This is a whole-time post offering Stroke Fellow post on the Whiston site of Mersey West Lancashire, an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
The successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment.
Main duties of the job
Contribute as a middle grade in the running of the Stroke unit at Whiston
Providing registrar level care for the hypreracute and stroke patient
Leading audit and QIP and active role in teaching
Active role in clinical governance
Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties
Advise FY1's, CT Trainees and ANPs about management of patients
Develop skills in managing the wards to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients.
Support the development of the service, including national bench marking and ensure clinical data entry for the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.
The SCF will also run their own TIA clinic under direct supervision of the responsible consultant.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Contribute as a middle grade in the running of the Stroke unit at Whiston
Providing registrar level care for the hypreracute and stroke patient
Leading audit and QIP and active role in teaching
Active role in clinical governance
Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties
Advise FY1s, CT Trainees and ANPs about management of patients
Develop skills in managing the wards to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients.
Support the development of the service, including national bench marking and ensure clinical data entry for the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.
The SCF will also run their own TIA clinic under direct supervision of the responsible consultant.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Contribute as a middle grade in the running of the Stroke unit at Whiston
Providing registrar level care for the hypreracute and stroke patient
Leading audit and QIP and active role in teaching
Active role in clinical governance
Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties
Advise FY1s, CT Trainees and ANPs about management of patients
Develop skills in managing the wards to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients.
Support the development of the service, including national bench marking and ensure clinical data entry for the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme.
The SCF will also run their own TIA clinic under direct supervision of the responsible consultant.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- ALS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
- Speciality Certificate in Geriatric Medicine
- Evidence of higher learning (to Masters' level or above)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a broad range of medical/surgical specialties
- Experience as a core medical trainee or has equivalent experience and competencies
- Experience of working in geriatric medicine
- Understanding of Audit
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Understanding of Research
- Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others
Desirable
- Active participation in research projects
Skills
Essential
- Experience of applying clinical knowledge and judgment and prioritise clinical need
- Experience technical competence/diagnostics skills and judgment required
- Excellent communication skills, capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively to others, able to discuss treatment options with patients and their families in a way they can understand
- Judgement to work under pressure, capacity to work effectively under pressure and remain objective in emotive/pressurised situations
- Able to perform well within a multidisciplinary team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- ALS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
- Speciality Certificate in Geriatric Medicine
- Evidence of higher learning (to Masters' level or above)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of a broad range of medical/surgical specialties
- Experience as a core medical trainee or has equivalent experience and competencies
- Experience of working in geriatric medicine
- Understanding of Audit
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Understanding of Research
- Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others
Desirable
- Active participation in research projects
Skills
Essential
- Experience of applying clinical knowledge and judgment and prioritise clinical need
- Experience technical competence/diagnostics skills and judgment required
- Excellent communication skills, capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively to others, able to discuss treatment options with patients and their families in a way they can understand
- Judgement to work under pressure, capacity to work effectively under pressure and remain objective in emotive/pressurised situations
- Able to perform well within a multidisciplinary team
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
