Our Vision For Five Years From Now

• Patients will wait less time to be diagnosed and treated, and they will have the same high-quality experience and outcomes, regardless of who they are or where they live.
• We will meet rising demand by maximising the use of our available resources.
• More care will be delivered nearer to patients, in their homes or the community.
• Digital technologies will have transformed the way we work and the way we deliver care.
• Our people will feel engaged, energised and empowered by their work.
• We will be known as a place where people enjoy working, training and building a career.
• Our volume of globally renowned research and innovation will have grown significantly.
• We will contribute to system financial balance

Detailed Job Description And Main 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 criteria

• 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 criteria

• Experience in thrombectomy
• Interpreting CT scans

Qualifications And Training

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

• MRCP
• Completion of a general management course or programme

Skills And Abilities

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

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

Additional and Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

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

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.