Stroke Specialist Doctor

We are currently seeking a flexible and dynamic Specialist Doctor in Stroke Medicine to support our existing team of Consultants within the Clinical Service Centre of Medicine for Older People, Rehabilitation and Stroke. The Stroke Service provides a comprehensive range of services to adult stroke patients (all ages) and is one of the largest units in the country. The service encompasses hyper acute stroke, acute stroke, rehabilitation and TIA clinic services. Early supported discharge and on-going stroke rehabilitation is also delivered by our nationally recognised Community Stroke Rehab Team.

This post will be based at Queen Alexandra Hospital and is available on a full time basis, initially for a one year fixed term contract, between the hours of 9am and 5pm (actual hours are negotiable.) Whilst initially supporting the hyper acute and thrombolysis pathway, depending on experience and personal interests, there will also be the opportunity to contribute to stroke service developments, such as pathway improvements and developing new pathways for the future.

Medicine for Older People, Rehabilitation and Stroke provides a very comprehensive range of specialist services including acute geriatrics, stroke care, specialist rehabilitation and palliative care. Our clinicians are encouraged to develop their special interests, striving for high quality care and innovative development of services, in line with local and national agendas and targets., We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Specialist Grade Doctor in Stroke Medicine to work alongside 6 other Consultants (some locum) in a well-motivated team. There is ample opportunity and encouragement to pursue research, improvement projects, teaching, and supervision.

The post holder will be doing a 1 in 7 on call rota alongside working with the MDT daily in the Stroke Unit to provide high quality care for our broad patient demographic. The post holder will be expected to contribute to education and supervision of our medical team. The Post holder will need to triage and review patients in the TIA clinic through the week alongside the ward-based responsibilities. Whilst on call, the post holder will need to review and support our Stroke Nurse Specialists in the Emergency Department, and then remotely out of hours. While the current plan is for this post to be done solely in Portsmouth there will be scope, if desired, to spend time at our partner site in the Isle of Wight.

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital.

We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do.

The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward.

The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU.