Stroke Speciality Doctor

This post is initially a fixed term for 12 months with a view to becoming permanent if mutually agreed after annual review. These posts are designed to allow expansion of our middle grade tier to meet the increasing demand on our Stroke Ward, like many others, is facing. We hope the posts will attract Medicine doctors with the following backgrounds: 1. Established speciality doctors looking to work in a high-performing, friendly and cohesive team 2. General Medicine trainees who feel a move to being a non-trainee would provide a better work-life balance with no more moving hospitals and the possibility to put down roots Post-holders will be eligible for up to 10 days of study leave per year plus study budget. Non-clinical time is included in the weekly rota. As a member of our middle grade tier, each post holder will be expected to work an average of 10 PAs per week Monday - Friday (0900 - 1700) but flexible working patterns will be considered. Stroke medical cover at AGH is provided by two stroke consultants and a stroke specialty doctor, supported by two specialist stroke nurses and a TIA nurse. Thrombolysis is carried out in Bradford in the emergency department (ED) and Thrombectomy is performed at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI)Main duties of the job The post is based on the Stroke Ward at Airedale General Hospital. The post holder/s will be responsible to the Stroke consultants and will be expected to:

• The principle duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical stroke service to patients from the Airedale health economy.
• To, at all times, comply with the GMC requirements of Duties of a Doctor & Good Medical Practice
• To ensure that patient confidentiality and information governance is maintained at all times
• On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust's Corporate Induction.
• To participate in the Trust's mandatory training programme.
• To be responsible for the clinical management of in and out-patients under your care.
  
  Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning integrated Trust, set in a beautiful location providing genuine opportunities for a great work-life balance.
We provide high quality, personalised, acute, elective and specialist and community care for a population of over 250,000 people across West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire in an area extending from the fringes of north Bradford to parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Our main hospital site is Airedale Hospital, near Keighley and we also provide services from community hospitals - Castleberg Hospital, near Settle, Coronation Hospital in Ilkley and Skipton Hospital - as well as local health centres and General Practices (GPs). Over the past few years, we have received a number of accolades for patient safety and our quality of care and the Trust has also been named as one of the top 40 hospitals by CHKS, an independent provider of healthcare intelligence and quality improvement services, on three occasions.