Clinical Fellow in Stroke Medicine - Good Hope Hospital

NHS; Sutton Coldfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital trust is seeking a Clinical Fellow in Stroke Medicine to join their team at Good Hope Hospital. The role involves managing acute stroke patients and participating in educational sessions and clinical trials. Ideal candidates will have a Medical Degree and experience in general and geriatric medicine. Support for professional development towards consultant roles is provided. This position includes responsibilities in out-of-hours care and offers a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Consultant led education and supervision

Opportunities for career development

Access to office facilities and IT support

Qualifications

• Experience at Registrar level in GIM and Geriatrics.
• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on a range of acute medical conditions.
• Experience of stroke care including hyperacute care.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment and management of acute stroke patients.
• Participate in thrombolysis registrar rota.
• Contribute to clinical trials, particularly in stroke.

Education

Medical Degree

Fully registered with the General Medical Council

Advanced Life Support

Full MRCP

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow in Stroke Medicine - Good Hope Hospital

The closing date is 25 September 2025

We are looking for dynamic and innovative individuals to join our team and help in delivery of high class stroke service in Good Hope Hospital across the whole stroke pathway. They will be responsible for the assessment and management of acute stroke patients along with post stroke medical complications and neurorehabilitation. There will be opportunities to participate in HASU work based at QEHB and participate in thrombolysis registrar rota.

The appointees will also contribute to the recruitment of patients to clinical trials including hyperacute stroke trials.

The stroke clinical fellow will also contribute to the TIA service in the hospital. Support for the out-patient follow up of patients following discharge will also form part of the role. There are weekly educational sessions and regular clinical governance and morbidity and mortality review meetings. He will also play an active part in the daily stroke MDT meetings.

Whilst the clinical fellow posts are not formally approved training posts, the post holder will have consultant led education and supervision and will be supported in their professional development. There will be opportunities to progress through CESR route towards consultant in General Medicine and Stroke Medicine. Applicants should also be competent clinicians and have experience in general and geriatric medicine. Experience in stroke is also desirable but not essential.

Main duties of the job

A formal timetable will be agreed with individuals following appointment. The post holder will be subject to review to assess progress (including the relevant professional development activities undertaken). A stroke consultant will be allocated to supervise the post holder and also have responsibility for education and career developments. Study leave will be in accordance with the terms and conditions for medical staff.

Access to office facilities, secretarial support and IT facilities will be available.

Audit is well supported by the department. The appointee will be involved in audit and quality improvement activities undertaken within the department and play an active role in the evaluation of new treatment modalities or processes.

There will be a requirement for the appointee to do out of hours either weekday or weekends. There will be an additional supplement given for the out of hours work.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

UHB admits approximately 1600 stroke patients per year through our HASU based at QEHB but a large number are repatriated to one of our ASUs at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and Good Hope Hospital within 48 -- 72 hours.

Stroke Clinical fellow post would be based in ASU in Good Hope Hospital. It is a 24 bedded purpose built acute stroke unit served by specialist Multidisciplinary team consisting of 2 stroke consultants, 2 advanced stroke nurse practitioners, 1 IMT, 2 FYs, 2 JSD and senior neurotherapies team. There is daily stroke MDT meeting in the morning to discuss action plans for individual patients.

Stroke consultants in GHH Stroke Unit:

• Dr Raj Yadava and Dr Khaled Darawil

There is also a close working relationship with our rehabilitation colleagues in the local community hospitals (Moseley Hall) who provide both general stroke and specialist regional neurorehabilitation where needed. Hyper acute stroke patients presenting within working hours are directly referred to the HASU team for IV thrombolysis / mechanical thrombectomy and / or recruitment into acute trials as indicated. The stroke service is ably supported by stroke research nurses and has recently been awarded hyper-acute Stroke Research Centre status (HSRC). Most of the stroke consultants are GCP trained and are local PIs for one or more research projects and co-recruit to each other's trials. The neuroradiology department are very supportive of the acute stroke service and offer multimodal CT / MRI / CT perfusion scanning, a regular neurovascular MDT meeting on Fridays and a full thrombectomy service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Thrombolysis out of working hours is covered by the neurology/Stroke registrar on call and supervised by a stroke specialist consultant or neurology consultant on a 1 in 7 rota. The QEH neurosurgeons provide a regional service for decompressive hemicraniectomy and posterior fossa decompression.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Medical Degree
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• Advanced Life Support
• Full MRCP

Experience

• *Experience at Registrar level in GIM and Geriatrics.
• *Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on a range of acute medical conditions
• Experience of stroke care including hyperacute care

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust