Stroke Consultant Physician: Sponsorship Available

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Job summary

The post is a full time (10 Programmed Activities) Consultant Stroke Physician role, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, working across all parts of the stroke service. The Stroke service provides 24/7 cover and currently has seven dedicated Stroke consultants , one clinical Academic, contribution from consultant Neurologists and an Acute Medicine consultant. NUH is the fourth largest acute Trust within the UK, with a busy emergency department at Queens Medical Centre, which is a level 1 Trauma Centre. NUH provide s services to 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and surrounding communities, and specialist services to a further 3-4 million across the region and nationally. The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic and committed team. The Trust is committed to further development of the Stroke service to maintain its long standing position in the forefront of stroke care provision nationally. The post holder will play a key part in developing the existing stroke pathway, providing consultant input to hyper acute stroke, acute stroke, intensive rehabilitation and continuing stroke rehabilitation.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

You will be joining a dedicated, diverse and dynamic team of professionals providing outstanding stroke care and internationally recognised Stroke research within the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, a partnership between NUH and the University of Nottingham.

Person Specification

Attainments

Essential

  • Full GMC registration
  • CCT expected within 6 months of interview date OR via CESR route, must have confirmation of RCP approval to be entered onto the Specialist Register
  • Eligible to be included on the specialist registrar

Professional Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP

Desirable

  • Higher professional degree

Teaching, Audit & Research

Essential

  • Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
  • Able to teach and support junior staff effectively

Desirable

  • Original Research Publications Higher teaching degree or qualification or training

Personal Skills/Qualities

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
  • Able to use the Trust’s IT support systems

Clinical Skills/Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in Stroke Medicine
  • Experience in hyper acute stroke care and trained and experienced in thrombolysis
  • Comprehensive knowledge of current issues in general internal medicine.
  • Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description

Desirable

  • Specific training in communication skills
  • Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors

Management Skills

Essential

  • Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
  • Able to delegate appropriately.
  • Able to work in a team.
  • Proven leadership skills, able to lead a team effectively.

Desirable

  • Higher management degree or qualification or training
  • Experience of change management

Practical Requirements

Essential

  • Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus

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: 1 October 2026

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