Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (1:7 Weekends, 1 in 5 during the week)
- Job ref
- 337-MS-1313-TJ-7
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £83,945 - £95,275 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Grade - Stroke Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated specialist grade doctor in Stroke Medicine for this exciting new post in the LNUWH NHS trust in our award-winning stroke service.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will be expected to contribute to delivering the service including the on call rota, departmental audit, research and undergraduate and post graduate teaching. They will have the clinical lead as their clinical supervisor and will be professionally accountable to the Clinical Director.
Northwick Park is a large district teaching hospital in North West London. Transport links to the West End and the shires are excellent with local facilities and both private and public schooling among the best in the country.
Applicants should have full GMC registration, experience and evidence of specialist stroke training.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest integrated care Trusts in the country bringing together hospital and Local services across the boroughs of Brent, Harrow and Ealing. Our 9,000 staff, including 1,300 doctors and 4,000 nurses and serves a diverse population of approximately 850,000. The Trust was established in October 2014 following the merger of The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust and has an annual budget of
over £640 million.
This is a pivotal time for the Trust as we pursue a transformational programme of activity to improve the way healthcare is delivered across the acute and local settings in North West London. To evolve as an organisation, we must create an identity and culture that will support the ambitions we have for our services ‘to provide excellent clinical care in the right setting by being compassionate,
responsive and innovative.’
During this exciting period of opportunity and change, we have a clear plan to address our challenges and with the commitment of our teams we are making significant progress.
We continue to lead the way in a number of clinical services. Examples of
excellence can be seen in our stroke service which is rated the best in the country and at St. Mark’s Hospital, an internationally renowned specialist centre for colorectal diseases. We are also a leading provider in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training and education.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
THE POST
This is a 10 PA post (7.5 DCC, 2.5 SPA) for a newly created position in the Stroke Service. We are looking for someone trained in all aspects of stroke medicine as well as experience in looking after general medicine patients.
The Stroke Unit consists of a Hyperacute and Acute Stroke Unit that operates to very strict audit and quality standards. The Unit has been consistently highly rated on the SSNAP audit. We provide 24/7 thrombolysis and comprehensive rehabilitation with an early supported discharge team. Particular strengths of our service are our therapy teams and commitment to research, recruiting to studies covering all stages of stroke.
Person specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge
- Leadership and Teamworking
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups
Education & Training
Essential criteria
- Education and Training
- Research & Scholarship
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Raj Bathula
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8869 2601
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