Consultant in Stroke Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Stroke Medicine (full-time or part-time) to join our team of eight consultants delivering high-quality specialist stroke care to around 1,100 stroke admissions annually.

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of hyperacute stroke services and rapid-access ambulatory neurovascular assessment through our innovative Brainsafe pathway at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH). They will also play a key role in providing subacute stroke care, inpatient rehabilitation and neurovascular outpatient services across our sites at North Tyneside , Wansbeck and Hexham General Hospitals.

The service benefits from rapid access to comprehensive neurovascular imaging, including CT, CT angiography (CTA), CT perfusion (CTP), MRI and carotid Doppler ultrasound, enabling timely diagnosis and treatment decisions.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking, high-performing stroke service with a strong track record of innovation, service development and quality improvement.

Opportunities to develop additional clinical responsibilities will be supported and can be tailored to the successful candidate’s specialty background, expertise and professional interests.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

During HASU weeks, the post holder provides

  • 12 hour resident coverwith overnight on-call support from home.
  • senior clinical leadership for the assessment and management of patients presenting with suspected stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA).
  • oversees the care of all inpatients within the unit
  • works closely with Stroke Nurse Practitioners assessing patients presenting through the Emergency Department.

During Stroke Recovery Unit weeks the post holder provides

  • senior clinical leadership for in-patient stroke care and rehabilitation
  • multidisciplinary team leadership
  • Neurovascular outpatient care including both rapid-access assessment and longer-term follow-up for patients recovering from stroke and TIA.

The post will be flexibly time-tabled to meet the demands of the service and the timing of sessions may change as the service develops.

A typical week consists of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), including an allocation of 1.5 for Supported Professional Activities (SPAs). Additional SPAs will be available for extra managerial, teaching, research or educational supervision activities, dependent upon service need and negotiated through job planning. Weekend duties are included in the 10 PAs and result in the equivalent time off in lieu. Overnight on call from home is remunerated by the higher band (5%) intensity payment. A proposed job plan has been outlined in Appendix 2 and will be agreed on commencement of appointment.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council’s Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application
  • Extensive experience in hyperacute / acute and rehab stroke medicine
  • Full accreditation in a parent specialty (e.g. geriatrics, acute medicine, neurology, clinical pharmacology) with the appropriate Royal College
  • Full GMC Registration

Desirable

  • Dual accreditation in a parent specialty and stroke medicine
  • Higher degree

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

  • Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT).
  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
  • Experience of and commitment to medical audit
  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.

Desirable

  • Experience of audit management
  • Educational Qualification

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: 11 October 2026

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