Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of stroke consultant at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. We are very proud of the stroke services we provide to our patients. The service has an excellent reputation with scoring consistently highly within the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP).

We provide a 24/7 thrombolysis service, stroke research, pre-hospital video-triage, seven day stroke ward rounds and TIA service, stroke follow up clinics and refer patients to Addenbrookes Hospital for mechanical thrombectomy. We have excellent working relationships with colleagues in the emergency department and radiology departments. We are regular contributors to regional stroke networks and events and are often asked to present on current topics.

This is an opportunity for the right candidate, with an inspirational and visible leadership style to be able to help us drive and continue to deliver excellent stroke care at West Suffolk.

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Interviews to be held on Friday, 11th September 2026

Main duties of the job

• To be part of the Stroke team in the assessment and management of all possible stroke and TIA patients.
• To contribute to stroke service delivery by participation with colleagues in: – Hyper-acute stroke care, including thrombolysis and referring for thrombectomy – TIA Clinics – Inpatient care – Outpatient care
• To provide clinical leadership with other stroke consultants to ensure the continuous development of stroke services.
• Contribute to the implementation of national and regional initiatives to improve stroke care.
• Teaching and training of: – multi-disciplinary professionals – stroke team – medical students
• To participate actively in both stroke service and Trust clinical governance, audit and research.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME), appraisal and revalidation.
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients with stroke.

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Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Special Training

Essential

• MRCP or equivalent
• Full GMC registration
• Entry on the GMC specialist register in entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) at time of interview in suitable specialty
• MBBS or Equivalent

Desirable

• MD or PhD

Experience/ clinical expertise

Essential

• Have at least 12 months experience in stroke medicine including hyperacute stoke care, TIA and thrombolysis.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in medicine for the elderly, stroke, general medicine or neurology and stroke.

Desirable

• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in adult medicine.

Knowledge/ Communication

Essential

• Ability to facilitate the smooth running of emergency stroke medicine services with the stroke team.
• Applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English. ? PLAB1 ? PLAB2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence.

Teaching & Training

Essential

• Experience supervising junior 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
• Training Qualification – to support above

Management / Administrative

Essential

• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the stoke service.

Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery e.g. out-patient priorities.
• Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery.
• Experience of audit management
• Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.

Personal Skills & Qualities

Essential

• Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpos
• The ability to work as a team member.
• Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance

Special Aptitudes

Essential

• Capacity to accept full responsibility to lead a clinical team.
• To teach and train all human resources from a wide spectrum of skills, background, abilities and experience.

Research & Publications

Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• Experience of conducting clinical audit
• Active interest in supporting clinical stroke research
• Experience of recruitment to Stroke Research Network clinical trials

Desirable

• Experience of conducting research projects
• GCP current
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• MD or PhD in relevant subject

Clinical Governance

Essential

• To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance

Closing Date: 5 August 2026