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Job summary

Main area
Stroke Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (1 in 6 weekend on call)
Job ref
357-CLN-1647-24
Employer
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Lincoln County Hospital
Town
Lincoln
Salary
拢105,504 - 拢139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/01/2025 23:59
Interview date
03/02/2025

Employer heading

NHS

Consultant in Stroke Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.听 We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals 鈥 people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred 鈥撎Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety 鈥撎Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence 鈥撎Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion 鈥撎Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect 鈥撎Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We鈥檝e taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of 拢710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement 鈥 鈥淥utstanding Care Personally Delivered鈥 鈥 stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 鈥楻equires Improvement鈥 to 鈥楪ood鈥. Our rating for caring remained as 鈥楪ood鈥.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,听what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours 鈥 usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours 鈥 having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns 鈥 to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension:听A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working:听The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is听more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  • Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  • Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK鈥檚 most welcoming counties.听Whether you鈥檙e taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone.听Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that鈥檚 friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.听Visit听听to find out more.

Job overview

Applications are welcomed for a Consultant Physician with an interest in Stroke Medicine post.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the existing Stroke team in Lincolnshire, who are a motivated, energetic team of Physicians who are committed to providing high quality services to a largely rural population. We have two substantive, full time Stroke Physician posts based at Lincoln County Hospital. The purpose of these posts is to ensure the highest quality of care is provided to the Lincolnshire population from prevention of hyper-acute treatment and all aspects of rehabilitation. The appointees will join a busy, enthusiastic and hardworking team.

This post is eligible for a Recruitment and Retention premia based at 30% of basic salary on a fixed term basis for two years as well as opportunities for developing sub-specialisations and every support being given to research interests.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities:

  • Provide in-patient and outpatient care for patients with stroke, TIA and suspected cerebrovascular disease
  • Contribute to the provision of acute stroke specialist service delivering thrombolysis and other specialist treatments. Acute stroke for the Trust are currently under review in line with the Midlands and East strategic health authority Stroke review. We have functional telemedicine equipment which is used with various aspects of stroke care. Work with the rest of the clinical and managerial team to support and deliver quality improvements on the Stroke听
    Unit and in the community
  • Take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
  • 听Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care

Working for our organisation

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over 拢400m each year to provide and we invest around 拢18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

For more information on what it鈥檚 like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.

We offer the following unique only to Lincolnshire

Direct links to the new 拢21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University

The facility includes:-

      • 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres
      • Seminar space
      • Caf茅 and social learning space
      • Library, Science Library and Project Library
      • Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite
      • The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications & Certification

Essential criteria
  • Current valid GMC registration
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Certificate of completion of specialist training (CCT) or equivalent in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric medicine, Neurology or Stroke medicine (or entry expected within six months of interview date)
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced Life Support certificate
  • Higher research qualification

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical experience in stroke medicine, including acute, TIA, rehabilitation and prevention
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • Expertise in stroke thrombolysis
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of telemedicine
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies

Management

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
  • Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
Desirable criteria
  • Management training or qualification
  • Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
  • Evidence of developing a high quality, high performance service

Clinical Effectiveness

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qualification

Research

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of original research

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP鈥檚, nurses, other staff and agencies

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareNHS Rainbow badgeBronze Trailblazer by Race Equality MattersOne Workforce Lincolnshire ICS

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Abdul Elmarimi
Job title
Stroke Consultant and Lead Clinician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 582147