Clinical Responsibilities/Key Responsibilities 

• Assessment and diagnosis: You will conduct thorough assessments of patients presenting with stroke symptoms, including neurological examinations and diagnostic tests to determine the type and severity of stroke.  

• You will gain skills in Stroke and neurology assessment and management, other general medical conditions as well as complex decision making, advanced care planning and palliative care. 

• Treatment planning: You will collaborate with senior medical staff to develop comprehensive treatment plans tailored to each patient's needs, including medication management, rehabilitation programs, and lifestyle modifications. 

• Patient management: You will monitor patients' progress throughout their hospital stay, adjusting treatment plans tailored to each patient's needs, including medication management, rehabilitation programs and lifestyle modifications. 

• Education and support: You will learn how to educate patients and their families about stroke prevention strategies, rehabilitation techniques, and community resources available for ongoing support post-discharge. 

Professional Development, Education and Training 

• The stroke unit staff contribute to weekly Stroke X-ray meetings and weekly in-house lunchtime teaching sessions including journal club, case presentations and morbidity and mortality meetings. You will have opportunities to prepare and present cases to help build your CV. 

• There is a weekly medical Grand Round in which all specialties can attend and contribute. 

• The Stroke team run Stroke Sim training, and you can access lots of other educational opportunities across the trust.  

• Links with the University of Bristol medical students and the Three Counties medical school in Worcester provide you with the opportunity to teach regular sessions to the medical students during their placements. 

Research and Development 

• We have a well-established team contributing to Research and Quality Improvement projects. You will be encouraged to contribute to these, and complete QI projects. You can join Quality Improvement training courses. 

Communications and Working Relationships 

• Multidisciplinary collaboration: You will work closely with nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care delivery and optimal patient outcomes. 

Clinical Governance 

• In the Stroke department we have monthly directorate, audit and Morbidity & Mortality meetings. Our Trust has a well-established framework for clinical governance that incorporates our clinical audit program. 

• All stroke units in the country contribute to The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) -your role helps us deliver against the targets and we regularly review our performance against the measures, which helps us drive improvements to the service.