Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Job summary

Applications are invited for the new post of Consultant in Stroke Medicine, based at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.

Serving a local population of 475,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, the Stroke Department treats around 1400 suspected stroke patients per year, with 700 confirmed stroke cases, and receives approximately 1200 referrals to the TIA service. The stroke team work closely with colleagues across Acute and Emergency Medicine, Neurosciences, Interventional Neuroradiology and Medicine to deliver the stroke pathway including thrombolysis and thrombectomy.The University Hospital of Wales is a 927-bedded teaching hospital with over 200 in-patient medical beds.

Over the next 12 months, the stroke service will be implementing an updated clinical model ensuring delivery of optimal patient pathways in line with recognised clinical standards and the national clinical guidelines for stroke and TIA. University Hospital of Wales will also become operational as the South Wales Thrombectomy Centre, providing thrombectomy services on a super-regional basis to the whole of South Wales in collaboration with North Bristol NHS Trust.

Although this post is full-time, consideration will be given to applicants who require flexible working arrangements.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £106,000 per annum to £154,760 per annum.

Main duties of the job

The Stroke Service operates across the emergency unit, TIA outpatients, an 18-bedded acute stroke unit, 38 bedded stroke rehab centre and a community based early supported discharge service. This post will predominantly work within the Consultant workforce to deliver emergency stroke and urgent TIA care at UHW. There is a commitment to the emergency stroke on-call rota.

Cardiff and Vale UHB are committed to working with local Health Boards to ensure there is equity of access to stroke services across the region of South East Wales. A Regional Stroke Network Board is being established to oversee further phased development of the regional stroke services ensuring sustainable services and improved patient outcomes. This will include the development of regional workforce plan. It is to be expected that new appointments to the established team of stroke physicians will be part of this regional working.

Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is"Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together" and ourvision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiffand the Vale offers the best of both worlds.