Consultant in Stroke Medicine
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details regarding this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC
- On the GMC Specialist Register (or expected inclusion within 6-months) for Stroke
Desirable criteria
- GIM/AIM
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- CCT/CESR in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine or Geriatric medicine or Neurology
- Dedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS certificate
Desirable criteria
- CCT in stroke Medicine subspecialty training
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
Teaching, audit and research
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- CCT/CESR in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine or Geriatric medicine or Neurology
- Dedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
- Dedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS certificate
Desirable criteria
- CCT in stroke Medicine subspecialty training
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD.
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- 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, thrombectomy and TIAs
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines.
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AI must not be used to provide false or misleading information or to generate examples that do not reflect your own experience. You should be able to discuss and demonstrate the knowledge, skills and experience included within your application during the recruitment and selection process.
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