Stroke Consultant

Overview

The role will cover inpatient and outpatient clinics across the Aintree & Broadgreen sites, including the Stroke Emergency Assessment Centre (SEAC), Wards 32, 33 and Stroke Rehabilitation Unit (SRU) at Broadgreen.

• MB ChB (or equivalent)
• MRCP (or equivalent)

• CCT in Acute Medicine or Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine or in Neurology (or equivalent training) or within 6 months of attaining one at time of interview.
• Clinical experience in Acute Stroke

• Higher degree such as MD or PhD, Full registration with the GMC and licence to practise (or eligible for)
• Evidence of continuing medical education in relation to stroke.
• Stroke, Acute and General Medicine experience across the specialties, Evidence of training & education (PGCE)
• Evidence of delivery of education, both undergraduate and postgraduate
• Proven track record in significant audit
• Publication of audit results, Involvement in research
• Publication of research

From September 2022 Stroke services across North Mersey have been fully integrated. North Mersey Stroke services are now primarily based on 3 sites:
Aintree, Broadgreen and Southport Hospitals. A single North Mersey Hyperacute Stroke Unit co-located with thrombectomy services is located at our Aintree Site and is supported by a unique Stroke Emergency Assessment Centre, with its own dedicated CT scanner, where potential stroke patients are directly admitted and assessed. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group provides general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.

Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note:

Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications to create a shortlist.

Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months  of their 18th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from under-represented groups including black, Asian and minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, disabled, male and 16-24 age groups. The Trust policy requires the cost of submitting & processing the DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post (amounts listed).

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