Consultant in Stroke: Sponsorship Available

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for 2 enthusiastic Stroke Consultants who will:

  • Provide effective and compassionate care for our Stroke patients across bed base of 48 beds
  • Develop their own area of specialist interest and provide sub-specialty expertise.
  • Develop and expand the current Stroke service locally and regionally.
  • As a core member of the West Yorkshire Associate of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), collaborate closely with the Tertiary service team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
  • Work with the Clinical Director and General Manager to review current working practices and drive forward innovative changes to develop new models of care.
  • Get involved in clinical research, teaching and development.
  • Provide expert advice and support regarding complex cases to clinical colleagues in primary and secondary care.

There are 2 full-time post providing 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), but applicants wishing to work part- time are also encouraged to apply.

Main duties of the job

Post holder will be providing assessment of patients suspected to have acute stroke when holding the hot phone including suitability for thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. Post holder will be doing a TIA clinic for stroke prevention.

Postholder will be looking after patients on HASU and ASU ie daily morning ward round during 1 week in 6 weeks by rotation with the other 5 Consultants. The post holder will also be responsible for ongoing rehabilitation of stroke patients in stroke rehab ward. The post holder will be following patients from TIA clinic and discharged patients from ASU and Stroke Rehab ward in a follow-up clinic once week.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP or equivalent
  • All applicants must have Specialist registration for Stroke (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.
  • Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise

Desirable

  • Relevant higher degree

Experience and Achievements

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the Stroke specialty

Desirable

  • Also, should have significant minor Stroke procedures experience and any other post graduate qualifications that can advance the department needs would be preferable
  • Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
  • Attendance at a recognised management course
  • Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

Essential

  • Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.

Desirable

  • Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
  • Training in clinical and educational supervision
  • Attendance at a teaching course

Audit and Research

Essential

  • Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects

Desirable

  • Critical Appraisal Skills
  • Evidence of knowledge of research methodology

Disposition-Adjustment/Attitude/Commitment

Essential

  • Good communication and empathy skills with patients
  • Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
  • Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
  • Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
  • Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
  • Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
  • Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

Desirable

  • Evidence of continual learning and development
  • Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
  • Evidence of innovation
  • Ability to use a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, email and internet browser

General

Essential

  • Eligibility to work in the UK
  • Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
  • For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
  • An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

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: 2 November 2026

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