Consultant in Stroke Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

Join Our Visionary Stroke Team – Consultant Opportunity

Location: Humber Health Partnership (HUTH site based)Specialty: Stroke MedicineContract: Full-time | 10 PAs (8 DCC + 2 SPA)On-call: Flexible, remote access-enabled, with compensatory time off

Shape the Future of Stroke Care

Are you a dynamic and forward-thinking clinician ready to make a real impact? The Humber Health Partnership is seeking Consultant Stroke Physicians to join our expanding, innovative stroke service. This is your chance to be part of a high-performing team delivering cutting-edge hyperacute stroke care across one of the largest NHS partnerships in the country.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Do

Lead the assessment and management of stroke patients across the care pathway

Participate in hyperacute stroke treatments including:ThrombolysisMechanical thrombectomyIntracerebral haemorrhage management

Contribute to clinical trials and research, including hyperacute stroke studies

Provide on-call support with flexible, mostly remote coverage via telemedicine

Supervise and mentor junior doctors and medical students

Academic & Leadership Opportunities

Teach within the Hull York Medical School (HYMS) curriculum

Supervise trainees from FY1 to specialty registrar level

Take on a management or educational leadership role with full training and support

Additional SPA time available for research, education, or service development

Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

  • oFull registration with the GMC
  • oOn the GMC Specialist Register (or expected inclusion within 6-months) for Stroke

Desirable

  • oGIM/AIM

Qualifications and training

Essential

  • oCCT/CESR in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine or Geriatric medicine or Neurology
  • oDedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
  • oMRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
  • oValid ALS certificate

Desirable

  • oCCT in stroke Medicine subspecialty training
  • oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD

Teaching, audit and research

Essential

  • oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
  • oCommitted to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
  • oEvidence of participation in audit
  • oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care of individual patients.

Desirable

  • oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • oExperience of teaching/training in clinical courses: e.g. IMPACT Course Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
  • oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications

Qualifications and training

Essential

  • oCCT/CESR in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine or Geriatric medicine or Neurology
  • oDedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
  • oDedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
  • oMRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
  • oValid ALS certificate

Desirable

  • oCCT in stroke Medicine subspecialty training
  • oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD.

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • oDemonstrable commitment to Acute Medicine and stroke medicine
  • oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
  • oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on stroke management including thrombolysis, thrombectomy and TIAs
  • oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

  • oExperience of delivering acute medical care in large, high throughput Assessment/ Admissions Units in the UK
  • oExperience in Ambulatory Care

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

  • oAbility to manage and lead medical teams
  • oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
  • oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

  • oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • oAble to work flexibly in a changing health service.
  • oDemonstrate a good manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears.
  • oAbility to work in a multidisciplinary team.
  • oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals
  • oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

  • oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines.

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 October 2026

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