Locum Consultant in Medicine for Older Adults with an Interest in Stroke Medicine

NHS Lanarkshire – University Hospital Wishaw Locum Consultant in Medicine for Older Adults with an Interest in Stroke Medicine (1 post - Part Time 6 months) This post offers the opportunity for a committed and ambitious clinician to join the NHS Lanarkshire stroke service, based at University Hospital Wishaw. The candidate can either come solely with an interest in stroke, stroke plus geriatric medicine, or stroke plus acute medicine. Acute stroke services are provided on all 3 acute Lanarkshire hospital sites. These include stroke thrombolysis, Fast Track TIA clinics, acute assessment, and rehabilitation for stroke in a dedicated ward. There are 24 integrated stroke beds within University Hospital Wishaw, including input from a stroke-specific multidisciplinary team. The regional vascular and Lanarkshire interventional radiology services are based on the Hairmyres’ site. A pan-Lanarkshire Stroke Tone Management Clinic runs weekly and involves two stroke consultants and two specialist stroke physiotherapists. NHS Lanarkshire had the shortest thrombolysis door to needle times in Scotland in the 2019 Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme Annual Report and performs well against other Stroke Standards. Our pathways are currently being redesigned as part of National Thrombectomy Service Planning. The Stroke Service has recently been awarded University Department Status and is currently recruiting for several multicenter and local research trials. There are two dedicated stroke clinical research practitioners. Informal enquiries regarding this post are welcomed by Dr. Alison Falconer, Clinical Director for Medical Specialties, Dr. Helen Morgan, Clinical Lead for Medicine for the Elderly, Wishaw General Hospital, and Professor Mark Barber, Stroke Managed Clinical Network Lead Clinician (07870 376717). For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant at

medical.dentalSAS@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk . ‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop, and succeed based on skill, knowledge, and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another. *Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’ NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points-based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK at

www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk . Please follow the link below should you wish any further information on NHS Lanarkshire: Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire Interviews are scheduled for: Date TBC

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