Specialty Doctor - Stroke Medicine
| Posting date: | 07 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £59,175.00 to £95,400.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £59175.00 - £95400.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Location: | Torquay, TQ2 7AA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9388-25-0979 |
Summary
Responsibility for patients and client care Practise in a middle grade role (equivalent to registrar grade), with supervision from consultant colleagues across hyper-acute, acute, and rehabilitation stroke services. There will be training for OP clinics including TIA clinics. Provide timely and comprehensive assessment and treatment of stroke patients and conducting an NIHSS assessment in accordance with the stroke guidelines. Practise using a patient-centred approach, championing the patients wishes and goals when negotiating investigation and treatment plans. Facilitate safe and timely patient discharges using a Home First approach whenever able. Work in a variety of settings, for example; acute and rehab stroke wards, the emergency department, TIA clinics, general outpatient clinic, community hospitals, and provide liaison support to other non-stroke wards. Practise and promote a high standard of written and verbal communication with patients, carers, and colleagues. Respect patients dignity, ensure confidentiality and work to overcome communication barriers. Practise safe prescribing and safe use of medical devices. Be aware and comply with legal framework for practice including consent framework, data protection, and equality and diversity. Responsibility for supervision, leadership and management Lead a team of junior doctors and multidisciplinary colleagues, be approachable and a role model. Engage with acute, community, and stroke specialty colleagues in a collaborative way. Demonstrate an understanding of leadership styles and use this to create effective and successful team relationships. Demonstrate the ability to appropriately challenge others, escalating concerns when necessary. Engage with annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression. Post holders will be supervised by a named stroke Consultant available to contact each day as needed. Post holders will be allocated a supervisor whilst in this clinical post to discuss development goals and guide learning. Communication and working relationships Deliver regular teaching to junior and MDT colleagues. Participate in our departmental medical students teaching programme. Clinically supervise foundation doctors and provide on the job training. Be involved in assessing and providing formal or informal feedback for colleagues in medical and non-medical roles.