Senior Clinical Fellow in Stroke Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work alongside the team of Consultants, other Resident doctors, Physician associates, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, the multidisciplinary team and research faculty. Examples of duties include:

Participating in the day-to-day functioning of stroke, including Consultant ward rounds, reviews of patients and clinical ward tasks

Participating in TIA clinics and Follow-up clinics.

On call component consisting of twilight and weekend working, assessing stroke patients as well as a general medical component reviewing patients accepted for admission to the relevant medical specialities.

Promoting high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development relevant to scope of practice.

Promoting high professional standards of clinical care of patients and the health and safety of the critical care environment

Benefitting from the departmental education program and opportunities as described

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and will the post holder will be expected to undertake experience across the whole pathway.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Please see Person Specification - additionally:

This post is suitable for:

Doctors in training who have completed a minimum of Foundation year 2 and are fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice in the UK.

General Training and Qualifications

See Person Specification.

Experience

See Person Specification.

Personal Attributes

The appointee will have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communications about medical topics with patients and colleagues. See Person Specification.

Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement

The appointee will be encouraged to contribute to the trust audit programme and there will be the opportunity to develop their own audit or quality improvement topics should this be of interest.

In the discharge of these responsibilities the appointee will be expected to maintain and update his/her skills and knowledge through appropriate continuing medical education.

TEACHING

The Trust as a Teaching hospital recognises the importance of links with the University of Leeds School of Medicine for the Undergraduate teaching and both the Stroke and Neurology departments host undergraduate students on rotational placements. There are opportunities available for the post holder to be involved in teaching and training both at an undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Division of Neurosciences

Dr Jonathan Billmen- Clinical Director

Mr Robert Rathbone- General Manager

Mr Robin Darby - Head of Nursing

MEDICAL STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT

Consultant staff (stroke Medicine)

Dr Sameer Limaye (Stroke, Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Care)

Dr Jon Cooper (Stroke, Postgraduate Education, Epilepsy)

Dr Marc Randall (Stroke, Neurology,)

Dr Ahamad Hassan (Stroke, Neurology, Research)

Dr Rabee Jamali (Stroke, Neurology, Education lead for Neurology)

Dr Vasileios Papavasileiou (Stroke, Research)

Dr Ana Garcia (Stroke, Neurology, Epilepsy, RCP tutor))

Dr Sally Lui (Stroke, General Medicine)

Dr Marissa Minns (Stroke, Geriatric Medicine, Lead Clinician for Stroke)

Dr Lucy Hicken (Stroke, Geriatric Medicine, Education lead)

Dr Stuart Maguire (Stroke, Geriatric Medicine, Governance Lead)

Dr Mohammed Soliman (Locum Consultant in Stroke medicine)

The consultants are supported by the Brain attack team nurses, a team of Resident doctors from both Stroke and Neurology, including Foundation Year, IMT and GPST doctors, Stroke Clinical Fellow, Physician associates, Associate Nurse Specialist, Trust doctors and a team of Neurology registrars.

Person Specification

Clinical Experience and Career Progression

Essential

• Full GMC registration or equivalent.
• 12 months NHS experience
• 6 months at minimum IMT3 level

Desirable

• Previous Clinical experience in Stroke

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Is up to date and fit to practise safely and is aware of own training needs
• Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent at time of application
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at time of application

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
• Ability to prioritise clinical need
• Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
• Recognition of, and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient
• Can perform lumbar punctures and nasogastric tube insertion independently
• Ability to provide complete details of employment history
• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
• Evidence that present achievement andperformance is commensurate with totality of their period of training
• Evidence of completion of part 1 MRCP

Desirable

• Holds full MRCP

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)