Job Description

This is a less than full time post with an 7PA allocation.



An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Bradford Teaching Hospitals as a Stroke / Neuro Rehabilitation Consultant as we shape our complex rehabilitation services to fit the needs of Bradford patients, providing complex care closer to home.



In late 2023 Bradford Teaching Hospitals opened a dedicated stroke and neurological rehabilitation unit with a skilled therapy and nursing team. This ward complements the acute service focusing on rehabilitation of patients, supporting discharges and working with a multidisciplinary team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and psychologists along with stroke-trained nurses to support the management of medium and long term impacts of stroke. To continue the development of the rehabilitation service and to deliver the recommendations in the National Stroke Plan, there is a recognised need for senior clinical and medical input to rehabilitation pathways.



The successful applicant will join a dynamic and committed multi-disciplinary clinical team consisting of a Lead Rehabilitation Stroke Consultant, Stroke Consultants, Senior Clinical Fellow and a team of resident doctors and registered nurses.



Please note interview will be face to face.



This post holder will support developments in line with the National Stroke Plan and will lead and manage the Stroke Rehabilitation pathway at Bradford Teaching Hospitals,. They will input into collaborative working with the rehabilitation service at Airedale , and provide spasticity management and complex rehabilitation advice for post-acute stroke patients.



Please see attached job description and person specification.



Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:



We value people



We are one team



We care



We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.



To provide consultant supervision and leadership to the Stroke / Neurology Rehabilitation Ward at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.



To work cooperatively with the team of staff delivering hyperacute treatments, to ensure effective joint working and highest quality care for patients throughout their stroke journey To support the IT infrastructure which underpins the stroke service and facilitate improved clinical governance and SSNAP data collection To utilise all the resources available in delivering an effective and efficient service including the Community Stroke Team, therapy services and colleagues from within the West Yorkshire Stroke Network (ISDN). To work collaboratively with the stroke multi-disciplinary team to improve patient flow and facilitate decision making for our stroke inpatients. To contribute to the education and training of staff from a variety of disciplines, particularly in the management of stroke rehabilitation To help provide a consultant-led comprehensive acute and post-acute stroke service together with consultant colleagues, incorporating rehabilitation principles at the earliest possible opportunity. * To provide outpatient clinics to enable discharged patients to be followed up and supported through their rehabilitation programme.