Senior Clinical Fellow in Stroke

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Able to assess, resuscitate and stabilise acutely sick patients
• Good clinical judgement
• Understand Audit/governance processes
• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
• Completed pre-registration year (or equivalent outside UK).
• Minimum of 3 years' experience as an SHO in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential.
• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
• 4 months experience in geriatrics/COTE/ neurology/stroke.
• Experience in thrombolysis

Desirable

• Experience in thrombectomy
• Interpreting CT scans

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered with GMC (UK)
• Registered with GMC (UK)
• ALS (or equivalent)

Desirable

• MRCP
• Completion of a general management course or programme

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Good communication skills
• Honesty and reliability
• Ability to work effectively within an MDT environment
• Flexibility
• Critical approach to work
• Demonstrates initiative
• Ability to gain confidence of both staff and patients
• Willing to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary, including cover for colleagues on leave

Desirable

• Interest in medical management
• Willingness to undertake further research
• Ability to teach effectively.
• Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management

Additional and Aptitudes

Essential

• IT skills on all Microsoft packages
• Fluent English speaker
• Experience in audit project and written up
• Demonstrate interest in research
• Demonstrate experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues
• Proven teaching ability.
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates

Desirable

• Proven track record in research
• Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Demonstrate experience of case presentation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/