Job overview

Specialty Doctor in Stroke Medicine

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking to appoint a Specialty Doctor of ST3 level or above to join our Stroke Service. The post-holder will join the well-established department  and deliver excellent Stroke Care on Hazelwood and Bletchingley Stroke Unit for one year fixed term in the first instance, with the possibility to extend.

We are looking for applicants with experience in Stroke Medicine and acute and/or general internal medicine who have excellent team-working skills with the abilities/professional skills to work well in a multi-professional team.

This post would suit doctors who have a keen interest in education and there will be opportunities for simulation training, teaching and quality improvement work.

Based at East Surrey Hospital, the post-holder will be a key senior member of the Stroke medicine team with a clear role in ensuring comprehensive care for their inpatients, providing acute assessment on presentation and working as a key part of the Multidisciplinary team.

This post is based on the expanded and developing Stroke Unit, involving delivering excellent care in Hyperacute Stroke,  Acute Stroke and Early Rehabilitation,  and TIA medicine under the supervision of the Consultants.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Provisional date for interview: TBC

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a suitable number of appropriate candidates have been received. Interviews will then be arranged accordingly.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.