Trust Grade Registrar Stroke Medicine | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

We are looking for new Trust Grade doctors to join us at NUH within our Stroke team, at CT3+ level from February 2025. There are 2 posts available for a 12 month contracts . This post is ideal for you if you are interested in pursuing a career in Medicine, and if you have recently gained yourfullMRCP but wish to expand your skill set and CV or gain further core level experience before looking to apply for a training number. Previous UK experience is also desirable. The post will be working across all stroke areas particularly on the hyper-acute stroke admissions ward, providing support and advice to junior doctors, as well as the ED team. You would be given the same training opportunities as other medicine doctors and would be supported to develop a CV suitable for applications to registrar/consultant posts. The Stroke department is enthusiastic and committed to training, with an active teaching schedule and opportunity to participate in audit., The main duties of this role, will be to support the stroke consultant rota with new stroke admissions, TIA clinic and ward rounds and outpatient clinics. The Stroke service is across the two sites, both City hospital & QMC and consists of a hyper-acute ward, and acute ward based at QMC and rehabilitation ward at City campus, as well as a daily Fast Track TIA clinic. We had 1800 admissions to our stroke unit last year, with a further 600 patients reviewed at the TIA clinic. This is a service post so does not have educational approval, but successful applicants will be provided with training and educational opportunities, tailored to meet individual needs. Where service provision allows, successful applicants are encouraged to attend educational teaching sessions. Post holders will be expected to keep themselves up to date with current knowledge and practice, to attend clinical meetings within departments and to participate in audit and in service training of other professionals. Mutually acceptable arrangements will be put into place to ensure that the individual is able to attend meetings and training as required / appropriate. The successful candidates will be expected to maintain an educational portfolio and will have named Educational and Clinical Supervision. Post holders can expect:

• To build upon postgraduate clinical experience (or equivalent)
• To develop further expertise in the identification and management of acute stroke (e.g. thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy, assessment for decompressive hemicraniectomy) and its complications
• To gain experience and familiarity in identifying and managing a wide variety of other medical conditions (e.g. stroke mimics), including making appropriate decisions regarding the need for admission, the development of strategies which might provide an alternative to admission and identifying where early discharge would be safe and appropriate
• To further develop skills of history taking, physical examination, appropriate investigation and rational prescribing
• To increasingly work towards independent practice at Registrar level, leading ward rounds, assessing patients, making decisions etc. with Consultant support and supervision available at all times
  
  Trust Grade Registrar Stroke Medicine | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust