Clinical Fellow in Stroke Medicine | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking dynamic individuals to join their stroke services team. Responsibilities include managing patient assessments, supporting rehabilitation, and engaging in clinical governance. The ideal candidate will hold an MRCP and have experience in geriatric medicine, with familiarity in stroke care preferred. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to world-class healthcare in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• MRCP completion is preferable.
• Competent clinicians with experience in general and geriatric medicine are required.
• Desirable experience in stroke care.

Responsibilities

• Work with hyperacute stroke nursing team for timely patient assessments.
• Support outpatient follow-up of discharged patients.
• Participate in educational sessions and clinical reviews.

Job description

Overview

We are looking for dynamic and innovative individuals to join our team and help to develop the delivery of high class stroke services across the Humber Health Partnership across the whole stroke pathway. They will be responsible for the assessment and management of patients and will participate in the middle grade on-call rota supporting all aspects of hyperacute stroke care including thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy and management of intracerebral haemorrhage. The appointees will also contribute to the recruitment of patients to clinical trials including hyperacute stroke trials. They will also contribute to the TIA service and support the prehospital stroke pathway with the assessment of patients using pre-hospital video triage.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the hyperacute stroke nursing team facilitating early assessment of patients in ED minimising delays to assessments and hyperacute treatments where indicated, ensuring they are delivered in a timely manner.
• Support patients during rehabilitation, preventing and managing medical complications alongside aiding patient and family decision making.
• Support the out-patient follow up of patients following discharge.
• Participate in weekly educational sessions and regular clinical governance and morbidity and mortality reviews.
• Coordinate a weekly review of thrombolysis and thrombectomy decision making and play an active part in the weekly MDT meeting.

Qualifications

• Ideally applicants should have completed MRCP.
• Applicants should be competent clinicians and have experience in general and geriatric medicine.
• Experience in stroke is also desirable but not essential.

About Humber Health Partnership

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For Further Details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Previous Applicants need not apply.

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Nov 2025