Consultant in Stroke Medicine: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Job summary

PENDING RC APPROVAL

Applications are invited for an enthusiastic Stroke Consultant to join the existing Stroke team at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

The post holder will contribute to the stroke service. You will be based on the Stroke Unit which comprises of a 12 bedded HASU and 30 acute/rehabilitation beds. We admit approximately 1400 patients a year and thrombolyse about 150 cases/year. You will participate in aspects of stroke care including hyper acute, acute and rehabilitation as well as running Follow Up clinics and Acute TIA clinics, teaching of undergraduate students and postgraduates and take an active role in audit and research within the department. The Department of Stroke lies within Neurosciences and the Clinical Group of Neurosciences and Trauma Services. There are excellent working relationships with Neurology, Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology.

The job plan can be tailored to accommodate the candidate’s parent specialty interest e.g. geriatrics, neurology, acute medicine, rehabilitation.

The post is based at University Hospital Coventry although with centralisation, the successful candidate may have responsibilities to the rehabilitation units at Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital and George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton.

Main duties of the job

  1. To act as a Consultant Physician providing, with colleagues, a safe and effective stroke service and TIA service.
  2. To work with rehabilitation services to ensure timely and safe transfer of care.
  3. To contribute to audit, the Stroke Data-base and performance review to ensure the service continues to meet the requirements of the National Stroke Strategy, Regional Stroke Specification and SSNAP.
  4. To contribute to stroke service teaching and training.
  5. To contribute to under-graduate teaching.
  6. To contribute to an out of hours service which is currently being established Management & Service Development.
  7. In conjunction with Clinical Director, Group Manager, Matron, Consultant and Senior Colleagues, to take an active role in the management of the Service.

Person Specification

Qualification/ Training

Essential

  • Meets all Essential

Desirable

  • Meets all Desirable

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

  • o Wide experience in Stroke including hyper-acute stroke care including thrombolysis and TIA clinics and stroke rehabilitation. o Experience in working in the NHS. o Competence in CT brain scan interpretation.

Desirable

  • Subspecialty training such as CCT stroke or equivalent.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • o Demonstrate effective team working skills. o Time management/ organisational ability. An example maybe they have developed and run training programmes. o Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent.

Teaching & Training

Essential

  • o Ability to design and deliver talks/lectures/workshops effectively. o Ability to organise and participate in and evidence of teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate students. o Experienced in demonstrating clinical procedures/techniques to other healthcare professionals. o Commitment to continuing medical education. o Must demonstrate an interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Desirable

  • o Appraisal and assessment training skills. o An interest in research.

Research, Audit & Clinical Governance

Essential

  • o Must demonstrate current/recent research participation. o GCP certificate. o Evidence of audit and the implantation of change following the audit.

Desirable

  • o Relevant research published in peer review journal.

Communication Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • o An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability of: – Empower others. – – – – Lead through change. Influence strategically. Collaborative working. Drive for improvement. – – Integrity. Demonstrate innovation and problem-solving abilities.

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • o Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below). o Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience.

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: 25 August 2026

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