Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Stroke Medicine
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Consultant in Stroke Medicine (Full-time or Part-time)
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.
About the Role
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 for Development
Opportunities to develop additional clinical responsibilities will be supported and can be tailored to the successful candidate’s specialty background, expertise, and professional interests.
Working Hours
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.
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During HASU Weeks
- 12 hour resident cover with 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
- 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.
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About Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck, and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Mark Garside
- Job title: Consultant in Stroke Medicine & Head of Service
- Email address: mark.garside@nhct.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07976739503
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