Job Overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Specialty Doctor in Stroke Medicine to further improve its stroke service and deliver 7‑day working.

Each post attracts 10 Programmed Activities. The stroke specialists have no GIM requirement but do participate in a 1 in 6 out of hours stroke thrombolysis rota (telephonic) as well as weekend stroke unit ward rounds and TIA clinics, thus providing a 7‑day stroke service.

There will be opportunities to participate in weekend ward rounds and out‑of‑hours stroke on‑call rota, under consultant supervision.

Main duties of the job

• To develop hyperacute stroke services with daily ward rounds in the hyperacute stroke unit alongside other colleagues, focusing on reviewing ill patients and rapid turnaround of other patients, thereby maintaining patient flow in and out of the unit.
• To participate in stroke thrombolysis on‑calls, onsite during working hours wi...