Clinical Fellow in Stroke

This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Department of Medicine for Older People. This is a full time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated doctor to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Southport & Ormskirk hospital. Due to the short term nature of the role/service demand, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application. Candidates who are not GMC registered or do not hold existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application will not progress through the shortlisting stage.,

• The post is based at Southport District General Hospital and will join the existing multi-disciplinary team of General Physicians, Nurse Consultant, ANPs and Physicians Associate in delivering acute patient care in the Stroke department.
• This post is ideal for and experienced doctor planning a career in Stroke or Geriatric medicine to gain exposure in a fast-paced unit managing general patients on ambulatory pathways.
• Whilst this is a non-training post, post holders will have a clinical educational supervisor and will be able to attend teaching session in the Trust as well as accessing the well-equipped library with IT facilities. There is also the opportunity to have an electronic portfolio (for a fee)
• Contribute as a middle grade in the running of one of the Stroke ward 15B at Southport Hospital
• Participate in the General Medicine on call rota as a middle grade/Registrar
• Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties
• Advise FY1's, CT Trainees and ANPs about management of patients
• Develop skills in managing the wards to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients, Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
  
  Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualifications
• ALS Certification
• Completed Foundation Year Programme and/or equivalent medical qualification/experience
• Completed 2 years' experience in a medical speciality, post Foundation Programme or equivalent experience
• Completed or part completed UK MRCP examinations or equivalent post-graduate examination, Ability to demonstrate knowledge of your professional code of conduct
• Ability to demonstrate good clinical care
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent interpersonal skills and caring attitude to patients
• Willingness to seek timely assistance from senior colleagues when appropriate, Competence in history taking
• Excellent communications skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Exhibit leadership skills & be able to lead a clinical team, Computer literate
• Demonstrated administration ability or responsibility, not necessarily medical, Have experience of clinical audit, service improvement or research
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme