Responsibilities
Responsibilities for a senior clinician include the full range of activities routinely undertaken in assessing and managing acutely unwell medical patients.
Alongside covering our acute medical unit, we also provide acute physician cover to our emergency department and work closely alongside our physician colleagues to manage the acute medical take. Our well-established innovative 'Physician A & B' model ensures that there is an acute physician working alongside our emergency medicine colleagues at the front door 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Wolverhampton Stroke Service was established in 1995. Our Stroke service provides hyperacute and acute care for the combined populations of Wolverhampton, Walsall and South Staffordshire, which has a combined population of around 600,000 people. Our Stroke service is housed in a purpose-built 39-bedded ward with an integrated TIA clinic directly adjacent to the ward.
We have around 1,200 confirmed stroke admissions each year. We provide a 24/7 stroke thrombolysis service and have a 24/7 stroke thrombectomy pathway to UHNM Hospital in Stoke on Trent. We currently have 8.0 WTE stroke consultants in post. The advertised post is to replace a locum consultant post with a substantive post to maintain 8 WTE stroke consultants in total. All work duties for the successful candidate are within the stroke directorate. There is no general medical on‑call commitment with this post.
Main duties of the job
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About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health‑care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as Good by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards: The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Essential
* Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
* Experience of managing acutely ill patients on admission to hospital and within the first 24 hours of admission
Desirable
* Demonstrate innovation and problem‑solving abilities
* Include any practical requirements e.g. able to travel to meet the requirements of the post CV/Interview
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