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An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant in Stroke Medicine to join a growing, innovative stroke service delivering comprehensive hyper-acute, acute, and stroke rehabilitation care. The service provides a full stroke pathway, including 24/7 thrombolysis, thrombectomy referral pathways through regional neuroscience centres, rapid-access TIA clinics, and multidisciplinary stroke rehabilitation services. The stroke team works closely with Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Neurology, Geriatric Medicine, and Vascular Surgery to deliver coordinated, evidence-based stroke care across the patient pathway. This role forms part of an expanding stroke service and offers opportunities to contribute to service development, teaching, research and stroke pathway innovation.
Job Responsibility:
Deliver consultant-level care across hyper-acute stroke, acute stroke and rehabilitation pathways
Participate in daily multidisciplinary team ward rounds
Deliver rapid assessment and treatment of patients presenting with acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
Provide decision-making for thrombolysis and stroke pathway management
Contribute to rapid-access TIA clinics
Maintain clinical responsibility for patients under their care across inpatient and outpatient settings
Participate in the consultant on-call rota (1:6)
Work collaboratively with regional centres to facilitate mechanical thrombectomy pathways
Contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality specialist stroke services
Participate in national stroke audit programmes
Support service redesign projects
Provide supervision and teaching to junior doctors and postgraduate trainees
Participate in medical student education
Contribute to departmental teaching programmes and clinical training activities
Participate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities
Maintain ongoing professional development through CPD, appraisal and revalidation
Contribute to the implementation of best clinical practice and evidence-based care
Requirements:
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
MRCP (UK) or equivalent
Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Stroke Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Acute Medicine, General Medicine, or Neurology (or within 6 months of CCT)
BLS or ALS certification
Minimum 1 year NHS experience
Minimum 6 months of UK experience at Consultant level in Stroke Medicine
Demonstrated ability to provide independent consultant-level clinical decision-making
Experience managing acute stroke patients and stroke pathways
Experience working within a multidisciplinary clinical team
Strong clinical expertise in stroke medicine
Ability to deliver high-quality patient-centred care
Excellent communication and multidisciplinary teamwork skills
Knowledge of clinical governance and audit practices
Ability to supervise and support junior medical staff
Ability to work within a consultant on-call rota (1:6)
Ability to work full-time or less than full-time
Nice to have:
MD or equivalent higher degree
Evidence of research in the relevant speciality
Experience in developing stroke services or clinical pathways