The role features a rolling weekly rota with a one in four workload, which includes caring for patients in the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU), Acute Stroke Unit (ASU), and outpatient settings. The successful candidate will also be part of a one in six weekend and bank holiday rota for ward rounds and high-risk TIA assessments. The contract comprises 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), with 8.5 PAs dedicated to direct clinical care and 1.5 PAs for supporting professional activities, such as continuing professional development, auditing, and teaching.
We would invite applicants who are looking to join an innovative and dynamic small team of stroke physicians to look after the second busiest stroke service in the Anglian region.
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The postholder will participate in:
- This is a full time substantive post and will complete the team at the Ipswich Hospital site as part of the ESNEFT strategy for Stroke. It is specific to the Ipswich site.
- 7 day inpatient stroke rota ( hyperacute and acute care) - 28 inpatient beds
- Daily TIA clinics and weekly outpatient clinics reviewing new referrals and stroke follow ups
- Leading and developing the educational requirement of the stroke service
- There is the option to participate in additional activity including participating in the acute medicine on call rota, or as an alternative the regional telemedicine rota.
About us
There will be a rolling weekly one in four rota with four components:
- Care of HASU patients and acute stroke calls
- Care of ASU patients
- TIA clinics Monday to Friday
- Outpatients clinics
- Weekend work will including HASU ward round, TIA clinic and ward reviews
Days off in lieu will follow a weekends or bank holidays on duty
The successful applicant will be expected to join a rota (one in six with prospective cover) to provide weekend and bank holiday Stroke Unit ward rounds and assessment of high risk TIA referrals. There is participation from an acute medicine and elderly care colleague in this rota.
Programmed activities This is a 10 PA contract based on the recommendations from the BMA . This is split into 8.5 PAs direct clinical care and 1.5 supporting PAs.
Direct clinical care 8.5PAs on average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable emergency work). Supporting professional activities 1.5 PAs on average per week (includes CPD, audit, teaching, appraisal)
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