Stroke Consultant | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £93,666 - £126,281 Per Annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6234780/432-MI2400 |
Summary
We would invite applicants who are looking to join an innovative and dynamic small team of stroke physicians to look after the second busiest stroke service in the Anglian region.
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• The postholder will participate in:
• This is a full time substantive post and will complete the team at the Ipswich Hospital site as part of the ESNEFT strategy for Stroke. It is specific to the Ipswich site.
• 7 day inpatient stroke rota ( hyperacute and acute care) – 28 inpatient beds
• Daily TIA clinics and weekly outpatient clinics reviewing new referrals and stroke follow ups
• Leading and developing the educational requirement of the stroke service
• There is the option to participate in additional activity including participating in the acute medicine on call rota, or as an alternative the regional telemedicine rota.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching a million residents. We deliver care services from two acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, patients’ homes, surgeries and community and high street clinics. We have more than 11,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We’re investing more than £150million over five years in a capital building programme to transform services at our hospitals and make sure patients and staff have the best possible environments.
We would like you to help us provide the best care and experience for the communities we serve in east Suffolk and north Essex. You can find out more about us on our website.
We are committed to being a great place to work, and great place to train and a great place to receive care. As a large organisation we offer exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
We have a simple philosophy:Time Matters. Time matters for our patients, their families and our staff. By focusing on time, we can remove unnecessary stress and frustration – giving our patients a better experience and to make sure you have more time to care and make the most of your skills.
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There will be a rolling weekly one in four rota with four components:
• Care of HASU patients and acute stroke calls
• Care of ASU patients
• TIA clinics Monday to Friday
• Outpatients clinics
• Weekend work will including HASU ward round, TIA clinic and ward reviews
Days off in lieu will follow a weekends or bank holidays on duty
The successful applicant will be expected to join a rota (one in six with prospective cover) to provide weekend and bank holiday Stroke Unit ward rounds and assessment of high risk TIA referrals. There is participation from an acute medicine and elderly care colleague in this rota.
Programmed activities This is a 10 PA contract based on the recommendations from the BMA . This is split into 8.5 PA’s direct clinical care and 1.5 supporting PA’s.
Direct clinical care 8.5PAs on average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable emergency work). Supporting professional activities 1.5 PAs on average per week (includes CPD, audit, teaching, appraisal)
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024