The post provides excellent medical experience, teaching, and opportunities for learning. The post’s scheduled hours conform to guidance on
junior doctors' hours.
The hours of work will be Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00 with no on call commitment, however there would be an opportunity for on call, and for an element of weekend working in the future, if the successful candidate would prefer to be involved.
DUTIES OF POST
1. Day to day supervision of care of the stroke unit's in-patients, under the direction of the locum/visiting consultant
2. Occasional involvement with thrombolysis for acute stroke and support of the stroke CNS team in the Emergency Department.
3. Supervision and teaching of FY1s.
4. Completing electronic discharge summaries.
5. Assistance in outpatient clinics and investigation sessions as directed by the consultant.
6. Communication with general practitioners, patients and relatives / carers
7. Assessment of patients in other wards and departments at the County Hospital and giving advice when requested.
8. Participation in the postgraduate activities of the department of medicine and in medical audit.
9. Teaching of nurses, visiting medical students.
10. No fixed research commitment is expected, but research will be encouraged and facilities for it made available whenever possible.
11. Participation in the audit programme of the department of medicine.
12. The junior doctor accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances, at the request
of his/her particular consultant, in consultation, where practicable with his/her colleagues, both senior and junior.
13. You must be aware of and put into practice The Health and Safety procedures relevant for each ward or department in which you are
required to work.
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.
THE STROKE SERVICE
There is a combined stroke unit based on Wye Ward. We have 6 HASU beds and 20 ASU and rehab beds within the same location. There are
stroke specialist nurses, a research practitioner and a full multidisciplinary team who work together with daily consultant rounds and MDT meetings.
The consultants provide a rapid access neurovascular clinic during weekdays, and there is a neuroradiology meeting. There is an early supported stroke discharge team and a community stroke rehabilitation team.
The Trust are due to launch a new workforce model which includes, Clinical Nurse Specialists, AHP Consultants, Pharmacists, Clinical Fellows
and Physicians Associates to support the Consultant workforce in partnership with Worcester Acute Trust.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
You will be facilitated in developing your career and in particular your skills in stroke management. Opportunities in acute medicine and outpatients can be made available if required. The hospital is currently developing ‘out of programme’ training posts.
The postgraduate centre, containing the medical library, lecture theatre and meeting rooms, is at the County Hospital, and accommodates a
comprehensive range of postgraduate meetings and lectures. All medical staff are expected to take an active part in postgraduate activities. The
post-holder will be expected to contribute to the teaching of junior medical staff and visiting medical students and of nurses and other paramedical staff.
The department of medicine sets aside one half-day each week for postgraduate teaching and medical audit. Activities include a weekly clinical case conference, regular radiology and audit meetings, seminars and bedside teaching for FY1s and middle grade staff, (separately or jointly according to topic). All junior staff in the department are expected to participate fully in these activities.
Regular bedside and tutorial teaching sessions are given to FY1s and CMTs preparing for MRCP.
Advice on postgraduate education and career counselling may be obtained from the postgraduate clinical tutor, and also any of the consultant staff would be pleased to offer help and advice.
The FY1 posts are approved pre-registration appointments.
Study leave is available for recognised courses in accordance with the regulations.
