Consultant in Stroke Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This new appointment at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is designed to support both the Acute Stroke Unit and the TIA and Stroke Clinic.

The postholder will contribute to the continued development of Homerton’s high-performing stroke service, which manages around 275 stroke patients and 500 TIA referrals annually. Responsibilities include direct clinical care within the 19-bed stroke unit, supporting rapid TIA and acute stroke assessments, and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to maintain excellence in acute stroke care and effective and early stroke rehabilitation. The service consistently ranks in the upper quartile of the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, and the post-holder will contribute to delivering the highest standards in evidence-based acute stroke unit care. The postholder will also contribute actively to service development and stroke education within the wider Trust.

Main duties of the job

Specific Duties of the Post at Homerton University Hospital include:

  • To share in the provision of acute stroke service including inpatient rehabilitation.
  • To share in the provision of outpatient TIA services locally.
  • To provide patients with rapid access to Hyperacute stroke services at Barts Health where necessary.
  • To aid and facilitate the rapid transfer of stroke patients from RLH HASU to the Homerton Acute Stroke Unit along the relevant pathway.
  • To lead the daily medical team on the Acute Stroke Unit and provide effective supervision, support, and education for the stroke resident doctors in-post.
  • There will be no on-call commitment at the Homerton site. Out of hours cover will be provided by the hospital medical team.
  • To support the lead clinician for stroke in furthering service developments and driving positive changes including initiating a programme of liaison work with the community stroke team.
  • To be actively involved in stroke research by enrolling patients in currently opened trials (national and international research studies as part of the National Stroke Research Network and the NIHR portfolio) as well as promoting new studies on site.
  • To maintain quality and ensure continued top performance in the Stroke Sentinel National Audit Programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Higher qualifications

Essential

  • Fully registered with GMC MRCP (or equivalent) On specialist register or within 6 months in one of the stroke parent specialities. Stroke experience (at equivalent level to Stroke CCT)

Desirable

  • Higher Degree (MSc, MD or PhD) CCT in Stroke Medicine

Relevant experience in speciality / sub speciality

Essential

  • Ability to practice independently in Acute Medicine and Stroke and offer expert clinical opinion on a range of stroke and general medicine related problems

Desirable

  • Expertise in the leadership of an acute care team or stroke care team Experience in emergency or critical care medicine

Clinical skills

Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills

Leadership and professionalism

Essential

  • Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need

Desirable

  • Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management skills

Essential

  • Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding Knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks e.g. EWTD

Desirable

  • Management of team or programme or project

Teaching & training

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management

Desirable

  • Evidence of dedication to driving excellence and safety in stroke care.

Research

Essential

  • Understanding of principles and application of clinical research

Desirable

  • Relevant research experience Publication of peer reviewed papers

Communication skills

Essential

  • Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English IT skills and computer literacy

Desirable

  • Computer skills course/certificate

Patient focused skills

Essential

  • Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of clients

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Personal attributesAn awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with an ability to deploy them effectively Professional attitude towards work, good record of attendance

Interpersonal skills

Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to co-operate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical and management team. A collegiate and collaborative attitude to working with colleagues.

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: 27 August 2026

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