Specialist Doctor in Stroke Medicine

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	23 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog:	£100,870.00 i £111,441.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£100870.00 - £111441.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	06 Awst 2025
Lleoliad:	Wakefield, WF14DG
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9377-CARP4604MED

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This post is offered on a full time (10 PA) basis although less than full time applications will be considered. Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites. The main duties of the post will include: To provide high quality care to all patients admitted to the stroke service at MYTT Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition and involve them in the decision making of their treatment Urgent and Emergency Care duties including out-of-hours on-call; schedules will take due account of the provisions of working time regulations and safe working On-call duties are currently shared with 7 other colleagues on a 1:8 basis both weekdays and weekends. Out of hours on call is provided through telemedicine connecting directly to the Supervising trainees working within the department Administrative duties, for which appropriate Consultant office space and secretarial support and IT facilities are provided Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the Trust Framework, with at least a minimum of 1 SPA included in the core 10PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service. o Examples may include formal teaching responsibilities or departmental leadership roles The Stroke Service MYTT is an Acute Stroke Centre providing HASU care for an area including Wakefield district, north Kirklees, large parts of Barnsley and parts of south Leeds. We provide acute and rehabilitation stroke care for all those patients except those from Barnsley - these patients are repatriated to local care at the end of their HASU stay unless discharged home. All acute services are at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield; the stroke rehabilitation unit is at nearby Dewsbury and District Hospital (DDH). There are currently 7 consultant posts supporting the service with registrar support at Pinderfields and a team of rotating junior doctors. Depending on working patterns other arrangements for time off in lieu may be agreed. Stroke Assessment Hub (the Hub): We admit over 1200 confirmed stroke patients a year plus an additional 400-600 stroke mimics. We operate a direct from ambulance admission pathway, taking all patient straight to CT then to the Hub for treatment or further assessment. That service is support by 2 Band 6 or higher Stroke Assessment Nurses 24 hours per day to support thrombolysis, emergency BP control, and consideration for mechanical thrombectomy at the Comprehensive Stroke Centre at LTHT. Mechanical thrombectomy service is not currently available 24/7. The site provides CTA and CTP within current thrombectomy provisions and has the capability of round the clock CTA when pathways require it. Patients are assessed by consultants in the Hub during working hours for consideration of thrombolysis/thrombectomy and out of hours by the juniors from acute team with support by telemedicine from the stroke physician on call. Strokes are admitted to the adjacent HASU and mimics to the adjacent ASU to be diagnosed and managed by the stroke team in conjunction with other inpatient services. HASU: we have a 12-bedded HASU with centralised physiological monitoring, experienced stroke nurses and 7 day access to physiotherapy and OT assessments. We have access to all necessary investigations, though there are limitations on out of hours MRI (This is limited to 8 AM 8 PM, 7 days of the week) and weekend carotid US. ASU: this is co-located with the HASU on a 39-bedded ward. We provide daily ward rounds (2 consultants) in line with 5 days review for stable patients with a full team handover at the start of each day and dedicated consultant handover to the nurse coordinator at the end of each ward round. Stroke Rehabilitation Unit: this 16-bedded unit is co-located with the Neurological Rehabilitation Centre at DDH and we provide 2 consultant session each week to support this TIA service: due to pandemic restrictions this is mostly non-face-to-face with the option to bring patients to the Hub for examination where necessary; we have access to MRI and carotid US, usually same day. The service is currently consultant-led with admin support. There is plan to bring it back face to face as before the pandemic.