Job summary
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust have recently come together to form the Humber Health Partnership. The Neurosciences Care Group provides Stroke Services across both organisations as part of this Partnership. We have 2 Hyper-acute Stroke Units, one in Scunthorpe General Hospital and one at Hull Royal Infirmary. Hull Royal Infirmary is a Comprehensive Stroke Centre providing mechanical thrombectomy and neurosurgery. This post is primarily based a Hull Royal Infirmary with the expectation that the new appointee will work to support stroke services across the Care Group.
Hull Royal Infirmary has the largest level 1 Hyper-acute Stroke Unit for East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire. Hull hyper-acute stroke service is an extremely dynamic unit currently supported by 5.70 wte Stroke Consultants (6 posts) and 7.00 wte full time Neurologists and a stroke sub-speciality registrar trainee. This is a combination of a replacement post with also potential expansion with the right candidates to support the hyper-acute stroke services and is part of the expansion of the current stroke consultant complement. The successful applicant will contribute to 1.00 wte to the stroke service.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic and innovative individual to join our team and help to develop the delivery of high class stroke services across the Humber Health Partnership. You will be responsible for the assessment and management of patients and will participate in the on-call rota supporting hyperacute treatments including thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy and management of intracerebral haemorrhage. The appointee will also contribute to the recruitment of patients to clinical trials including hyperacute stroke trials. There are currently 5 wte contributing to the on-call rota supported by stroke nurse coordinators (a band 7 stroke specialist nurse) 24/7. The nurses assess and admit patients with stroke symptoms up to the ward directly from ED. The Stroke Consultant in ED sees patients prior to admission with support for review of patients provided by the medical team on-call out of hours. Decisions to thrombolyse out of hours is done via either telephone, telemedicine or personal attendance. Calls are infrequent and the majority of the on-call after hours can be done from home with telemedicine provision, this will require stable internet connection to allow for reviewing hospital records, radiological images and electronic prescribing. A compensatory afternoon will be allowed off after a weekend on call.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- CCT/CESR in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine
- Dedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
- MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS certificate
Desirable
- CCT in stroke Medicine subspeciality training
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD.
Teaching, audit and research
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Committed to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care of individual patients
Desirable
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses: e.g. IMPACT Course Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
Professional Registration
Essential
- Full registration with the GMC
- On the GMC Specialist Register (or expected inclusion within 6 months) for stroke
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to Acute Medicine and stroke medicine
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on stroke management including thrombolysis and TIAs
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- Experience of delivering acute medical care in large, high throughput Assessment/ Admissions Units in the UK
- Experience in Ambulatory Care
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead medical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service.
- Demonstrate a good manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines.
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.
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Hull Royal Infirmary
Hull
HU3 2JZ