Stroke Consultant

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Our Medicine Division at North West Anglia Foundation Trust is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Stroke Medicine to join our friendly and supportive team. You will be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team of Stroke Consultants delivering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient stroke services across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.

We are a leading hub of innovations in precision stroke medicine implementing new technologies such as Clopidogrel resistance testing, multimodule point-of-care ultrasound in neurology, neurointensive care and stroke medicine, pre-hospital stroke video triage, mobile stroke unit.

We also run highly specialised services including young stroke and spasticity services and much more.

At both NWAFT and CUH, we place a strong emphasis on innovation and research. Through this role, you will have the opportunity to participate in research initiatives and service improvement projects aligned with national priorities and local commissioning needs. You will also contribute to the training and development of your colleagues doctors and the wider multidisciplinary team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative, cross organisational team committed to delivering high quality stroke care and driving future service development across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.

Main duties of the job

This post is offered as 10 PAs, including 1:5 weekend daytime work (9am-5pm), and on call working. Please see the attached job Description document for more details. Part time applicants will be considered.

This role will be workingclosely with our colleagues within the ICS; bringing innovative collaboration between North West Anglia and Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trusts, to enhance stroke care across the region by combining clinical expertise, shared learning, and best practice and contribute to service development and clinical governance.

You will play a key role in delivering emergency and acute stroke care, including thrombolysis, thrombectomy and early rehabilitation, as well as supporting outpatient services for stroke and TIA patients. You may also work with community teams such as the Early Supported Discharge service, and provide specialist advice to colleagues across other specialties.

As a Stroke Consultant, you will bring yourexpertise in managing thrombolysis, thrombectomy referrals, Emergency TIA service, ward rounds, inpatient referrals, and MDT meetings, as per an internal rota.

You must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and be a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (or possess equivalent experience). We will provide suitable office accommodation, secretarial support, and IT access.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

  • MD/PHD

Research & Audit

Essential

  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • Experience of conducting clinical audit

Desirable

  • Experience of conducting research projects
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Other

Essential

  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
  • Good inter-personal skills
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Energy and enthusiasm and an ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, other staff and agencies
  • Commitment to Continuing Medical education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit.
  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
  • Good IT skills
  • Full GMC Registration
  • Satisfactory completion of the Trust’s Occupational Health assessment

Desirable

  • Have access to car/current UK driving licence

Experience

Essential

  • CCT in General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine or Neurology as well as CCT in Stroke Medicine (or within 6 months of the CCTs at the time of interview) or on the Specialist Register in an equivalent specialty
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a wide range of problems in adult medicine including stroke (acute and rehab)
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • Stoke subspecialty training certificate or experience in delivering comprehensive stroke care including stroke thrombolysis
  • Ability to participate in the smooth running of stroke medicine services.
  • Ability to participate in and lead a multidisciplinary ream balancing specialty and generalist objectives.
  • Ability to contribute to development and implementation of services
  • Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively
  • Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets

Desirable

  • Experience in project management
  • Management skills including training in teaching skills

Teaching experience

Essential

  • Experience in supervising trainees
  • Ability to teach clinical skills to students and trainees

Desirable

  • Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
  • Experience of teaching other professional groups

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 13 July 2026

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