The post holder will join a team of 7 stroke consultants. They will take part in a) Front door responsibility- they would be working for 4 days, with an off day in between, when they would be seeing stroke referrals from ED & AMU. They would be supported by 2 stroke CNS and an allocated stroke SHO. b) HASU Ward rounds: we have a 14-bedded HASU with centralised physiological monitoring, experienced stroke nurses and 7 day access to physiotherapy and OT assessments.They will be working on the HASU for a week supported by a registrar grade doctor and several trainee grade & locally employed resident doctors.
The HASU consultant would reviewing all new patients and acute stroke patients for first 72 hours. There is full team handover at the start of each day (Board Round) and dedicated consultant handover to the nurse in charge & therapists at the end of each HASU ward round. c) ASU Ward rounds: ASU is co-located with the HASU on a ward with 26 beds. There is a daily ASU ward rounds (2 consultants) with a full team handover at the start of each day and dedicated consultant handover to the nurse in charge at the end of each ward round

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