Role Overview
We are delighted to invite applications to join our innovative, leading stroke department based in Winchester. We have two full‑time posts available, and flexible working applications will also be considered.
We are a progressive forward‑thinking department with a strong ethos of learning, collaboration and quality improvement. The Hampshire Hospitals Stroke team has been commended for the hyper‑acute pathway with some of the fastest scanning times in the country and a thrombolysis rate that has improved to above 20% following participation in the national TASC initiative – greater than regional and national averages.
Responsibilities
* Rotational cover of the hyper‑acute stroke unit, acute stroke ward and stroke rehabilitation ward
* Daily TIA clinic and daily front‑door emergency department cover including reperfusion decisions
* Outpatient stroke follow‑up clinics
* Participation in a 1 in 6 stroke on‑call rota including weekend working
* Close collaboration with the advanced clinical stroke practitioner team, SCAS paramedics and emergency department staff to enable rapid assessment and management of stroke patients
* Collaborative working with neuroradiology and neurology colleagues to facilitate shared management of complex cases
* Support to the wider rehabilitation MDT, Early Supported Discharge team and stroke research team
* Leadership role across outpatients, hyper‑acute pathways, imaging, governance, education and training, and contribution to the Wessex Integrated Stroke Delivery Network
Contact
Dr Zehra Medhi – Consultant Stroke Physician
Email: Zehra.Mehdi@hhft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01962824087
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