Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust

Whipps Cross Hospital

Consultant in Stroke Medicine

10 PA

Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of the Barts Health NHS Trust Group is looking for a full time Consultant Stroke Physician to be based on the Whipps Cross Hospital site.

The stroke patient pathway is an integral part of the Barts Health’s policy to deliver high quality modern stroke care is delivered on 3 sites:
Royal London Hospital (RLH), Whipps Cross University Hospital (WXUH) and Newham Hospital. At the RLH site there is a Hyperacute Stroke Unit (HASU) with 12 monitored beds for acute Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy and 14 acute stroke unit beds. The Newham ASU has 14 beds and the ASU at Whipps has 19 beds. There are specialist Stroke MDTs and TIA clinics on all three sites and early-supported discharge teams.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The successful applicant will provide medical cover for the ASU at Whipps Cross.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and be on the Specialist Register.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification
• Full GMC Registration with license to practice
• Entry on the GMC Specialist register

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
• CCST in Stroke Medicine

Experience

Essential criteria

• Stroke experience (at equivalent level to Stroke CCST)
• Experience in Thrombolysis

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Multidisciplinary Stroke services
• Ability to organize and deliver a teaching programme

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Detailed knowledge of Geriatrics - G(I)
  M and stroke of the specialist skills required for this post
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients
• Understanding of modern medical curricula and commitment to life-long learning

Desirable criteria

• Interest in research, with evidence of peer-reviewed publications Peer reviewed original research publications

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of supervising medical staff
• Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff.
• Ability to manage staff and resources effectively

Desirable criteria

• Ability to motivate busy clinicians to engage in teaching
• Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in their research