This fixed-term locum consultant post, lasting 12 months, sits in the stroke medicine department at Broomfield Hospital, part of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on acute stroke and TIA care, including thrombolysis, a rapid assessment clinic and ward-based multidisciplinary rehabilitation. The role combines a seven-day consultant-led ward round with weekly outpatient clinics and close links to imaging, vascular surgery, cardiology and neurology. Applicants need specialist stroke training and GMC Specialist Register entry, or eligibility for it.
What the job involves
- Provide expert assessment and management of patients with stroke and TIA
- Contribute to the thrombolysis service and the best-endeavours thrombectomy service
- Take part in the rapid assessment clinic for TIA and minor stroke, held five days a week, with a high-risk TIA service at weekends and bank holidays
- Attend the consultant-led 9am multidisciplinary ward round for new suspected stroke and TIA admissions, seven days a week, and review all other stroke unit patients daily
- Lead multidisciplinary rehabilitation of stroke patients on the stroke ward, including meetings with relatives
- Hold weekly outpatient clinics for new referrals and follow-up of recently discharged stroke patients and others
- Build strong links with diagnostic imaging, vascular surgery, cardiology and neurology
- Deliver the ongoing educational programme for all disciplines in the department and lecture to GPs and other groups
- Support community rehabilitation and ensure smooth transitions from hospital to home
- Help enhance stroke services in line with regional care quality standards
- Work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver personalised treatment plans
What's required
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent
- Completed specialist training in stroke or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register, or eligible for entry or within six months of CCT at interview
Experience
- Thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty
- Taking full and independent responsibility for delivering the service without direct supervision
Skills & knowledge
- Comprehensive knowledge of the specialty and capacity to give expert clinical opinion on a range of problems
- Good knowledge of NHS structures and culture, and of roles and relationships across the MDT and wider multi-professional team
Nice to have
- Stroke CCT
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
