Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Type: Locum 1 year fixed term contract.

Location: Swindon

Salary: £105k to £139k (Depending on Exp),

PA – Direct Clinical care (including predicatble/unpredicatble on-call) 8.5

Supporting Professional activities 1.5

• Study / Professional Leave (30 days over a 3-year cycle)
• Access to shared secretarial support – 37.5 hours / week.
• Shared office space
• Library
• Education facilities/ post grad centre

Our client, an NHS Trust in Swindon, is seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Stroke Consultant to join their team as a maternity locum. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of high-quality stroke services, working alongside a dedicated team passionate about exceptional patient care.

The position is a one-year locum post within the Neurology/Stroke department, providing maternity cover. You will join a supportive, well-established team of ten senior medical professionals, committed to exploring new, flexible ways of working. The Trust values professional growth and is dedicated to fostering the individual interests of all team members, promoting a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

As a senior team member, you will play a crucial role in mentoring and supervising junior colleagues, supporting their development and enhancing the quality of patient care. The Trust prioritises staff wellbeing and offers a robust support system to help you and your colleagues maintain a healthy work-life balance. In fact, their Health and Wellbeing team was nationally recognised in 2020 for their outstanding initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive team, drive forward service improvements, and make a meaningful impact on stroke care delivery in Swindon.

Duties:

Clinical Duties:

• Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular
  MDT discussions with colleagues
• Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties
  associated with patient care (with secretarial support)
• Development of sub specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the
• Trust.
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for
  contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
• Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements
  agreed within Trust policy.
• Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
• Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
• The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota, detailed within the job plan section
• Detail other responsibilities such as the patients that will be under the care of the successful candidate

Salary & Conditions of service

• The appointment is made subject to the national Terms and Conditions for Consultants.
• All participants of on call rotas are required to be able to attend the hospital within 30 minutes when on call.
• Consultants are expected to provide cover for each other during annual leave, study leave and sick leave, including supervision of the junior staff, supporting them in patient management.
• All Trust employees are expected to abide by local Trust policies
• Due to the nature of the work in these posts, they are exempt from the provision of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemption Order 1975). Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, including those, which, for other purposes are “spent”, under the provisions of the Act, and are required to disclose convictions, including those pending, to the Trust.
• The appointments are subject to standard pre-employment checks including references and a satisfactory medical examination
• The post holders will have a broad base of training in Acute and/or General Medicine and must hold full registration with the General Medical Council

Requirements:

• Fully registered with the GMC
• Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT Expertise in all aspects of stroke medicine
• Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent
• responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Sub-speciality interests will be supported
• Enhanced DBS
• Right to Work in the UK

Due to the nature of the work in these posts, they are exempt from the provision of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemption Order 1975). Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, including those, which, for other purposes are “spent”, under the provisions of the Act, and are required to disclose convictions, including those pending, to the Trust.