Job overview

Recruitment incentive : £20K

Relocation Package: Up to £8K

We are seeking to appoint an innovative and dynamic Consultant in Stroke Medicine to be involved in the delivery and development of stroke and TIA services across Herefordshire.

Stroke and TIA services in Herefordshire and Worcestershire have changed significantly over the last 10 years, with centralisation of Hyper Acute and Acute stroke services in Worcestershire at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital site in 2013 and the integration of hyper acute (6 bedded HASU), acute and rehabilitation stroke services at the Hereford Hospital site. These changes have resulted in improvements to stroke services across the Integrated Care System.  Hereford Hospital has consistently achieved a SSNAP A or B rating.

The post will be key to delivering the ICS vision for stroke and TIA services across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The individual will work with senior colleagues and executives in the development of an integrated service model for stroke and TIA across the ICS.

Wye Valley NHS Trust, on behalf of the ICS, is therefore seeking to recruit a Consultant in Stroke Medicine to contribute energy, quality and ideas to the delivery and development of this critical clinical service, working closely with the clinical, nursing and therapy teams in Hereford to deliver face to face and remote clinical and consultant expertise. 

Interview Date : TBC

Main duties of the job

To assist in the provision of the Stroke Service.

Take responsibility for own actions and decisions within the empowerment limits agreed by the consultant team lead and Clinical Director.

Contribute to the development of services and staff, participating in teaching of medical undergraduate and doctors in training.

Contribute to the departmental audit, research and patient safety and quality agenda.

Perform any other duties that considered necessary for the efficient working of the service and mutually agreed to be relevant to the post as the pattern of service evolves.

Required to cover for colleagues during normal periods of leave.

Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.

The remainder of the appointee's professional time will be deployed flexibly on other clinical duties, administration, teaching, research, clinical audit etc.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.