The appointee will join the Stroke team in order to ensure all stroke patients admitted to HUH receive the highest possible level of care. This will mean providing day to day care for stroke patients and outlying medical patients on the Graham stroke unit and also providing stroke-specific clinical input to general medical wards.The inpatient component of the service is based on the Graham Stroke Unit (Acute Stroke Unit). There are strong therapy links with the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit (RNRU) and the HTNRU for patients with complex needs who require further inpatient rehabilitation. The Stroke Unit is conforming to national clinical Standards and participating in the SSNAP (national audit for stroke and TIA). In addition to meeting the acute stroke and rehabilitation needs of the City and Hackney population, Graham Stroke Unit is also commissioned to provide further stroke rehab (in up to 6 beds) for patients with a Haringey primary care provider.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The post-holder will be required to:ensure Stroke Unit and TIA Provider status is maintainedcontinue to develop the daily TIA service and maintain appropriate links and referral pathways with local GPswork with nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure the stroke unit has sufficient capacity to accommodate all suitable stroke patients on admission to the hospitalwork with the local Hyper Acute Stroke Centre to ensure robust protocols for the transfer of patients following hyperacute treatments and/or stabilisationassist the management team with the development of future Consultant and junior doctor roles.

ABOUT US

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (HUH) is an acute hospital located in the East London Borough of Hackney. We are a merged hospital and community service Trust. The current Chairman is Sir John Gieve,and the Chief Executive is Ms Louise Ashley.The hospital building opened in 1986, with Homerton Hospital Trust established in 1994. The hospital received university status in 2001. We provide training for medical students from Barts and The Royal London, Queen Mary College, University of London and nursing and allied health professions training for students from City University and the University of East London.Homerton became one of the first ten NHS foundation trusts in the country in April 2004. This allows the Trust to secure certain freedoms to facilitate innovation in the way services are developed and provided. As well as our Trust Board, we also have a Council of Governors comprised of governors representing the local community.Employing over 4000 people, the hospital has approximately 500 beds and also manages a 50-bed nursing home, Mary Seacole Nursing Home, in Shoreditch, East London. In 2019/20, the Trust admitted nearly 80,000 people, saw over 380,000 people in outpatient clinics and over 128,650 people were treated in the accident and emergency department.Please refer to the job description for more details.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

QUALIFICATIONS

• Fully registered with GMC

• MRCP (or equivalent)

• On specialist register or within 6 months in one of the stroke parent specialities.

• Stroke experience (at equivalent level to Stroke CCST)