Consultant in Stroke and Care of the Elderly

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax, Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated healthcare trust in Halifax is seeking a Consultant in Stroke and Care of the Elderly. The role involves managing acute stroke assessments, providing rehabilitation, and leading service development in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong clinical background in Stroke medicine and the MRCP qualification. Competitive salary ranging from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum based on experience.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high level of clinical experience and competence in stroke specialty.
• Experience in minor stroke procedures preferred.
• Attendance at a recognised management course.
• Ability to lead and work with others across professions.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate care for stroke patients.
• Manage acute stroke assessments including thrombolysis and thrombectomy.
• Supervise rehabilitation for stroke patients in the rehab ward.
• Collaborate with primary and secondary care clinical colleagues.

Skills

High level of clinical experience

Competence in Stroke specialty

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Teaching and training experience

Strong communication and empathy skills

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Specialist registration for Stroke

Registered with the General Medical Council

Job description

Go back Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Stroke and Care of the Elderly

The closing date is 30 September 2025

We are excited to share an opportunity to join our elderly care and stroke medicine teams at CHFT. The elderly care team consists of 10 consultants and the stroke team consists of 5 including this post.

Our stroke consultants are expected to:

• Provide effective and compassionate care for our Stroke patients across bed base of 48 beds
• Develop their own area of specialist interest and provide sub-specialty expertise.
• Develop and expand the current Stroke service locally and regionally.
• As a core member of the West Yorkshire Associate of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), collaborate closely with the Tertiary service team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
• Get involved in clinical research, teaching and development.
• Provide expert advice and support regarding complex cases to clinical colleagues in primary and secondary care.

Our Elderly Care services have recently been developed to bring the teams together and improve the care of patients in our local community. Our services are currently evolving, and by joining us at this exciting time it will give you the unique opportunity to lead the development of new services across hospital and community settings. Our future plans and transformation projects include the further development of a Virtual Ward and Frailty SDEC, as well as the reconfiguration of our hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

Post holder will be providing assessment of patients suspected to have acute stroke when holding the hot phone including suitability for thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. Post holder will be doing a TIA clinic for stroke prevention.

Postholder will be looking after patients on HASU and ASU, i.e., daily morning ward round during 1 week in 5 weeks by rotation with the other 4 Consultants. The post holder will also be responsible for ongoing rehabilitation of stroke patients in stroke rehab ward. The post holder will be following patients from TIA clinic and discharged patients from ASU and Stroke Rehab ward in a follow-up clinic once a week.

The Elderly Care medical team manages a substantive bed base of 103 acute elderly care beds. Consultants currently work in a model consisting of 2 consultants per ward which provides a consistent approach to patient care, as well as the ability to cross-cover periods of leave. In addition, there are 16 separate frailty beds on the acute medical unit at HRI. The team also covers Virtual Ward and Frailty SDEC.

About us

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is an exceptional place to work with many amazing teams of hard working and dedicated staff, delivering high standards of patient care. We have made significant changes in the way we work to meet the challenges of the changing NHS, and we were rated by the Care Quality Commission as "Good" in June 2018. With goals to attain a rating of "Outstanding" from the CQC and to have Teaching Hospital status.

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care, which means that we look after ourselves and our colleagues in the same way that we care for our patients. If you are kind, compassionate, dynamic, enthusiastic and effective we want to support you through the next stage of your career at consultant level.

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is undergoing a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity to reconfigure services across our sites. The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit Our Future Plans - CHFT (cht.nhs.uk)

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full roles and responsibilities. If you have any specific questions about this role please contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent
• All applicants must have Specialist registration for Stroke (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.
• Applicants must be Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the Stroke specialty
• Also, should have significant minor Stroke procedures experience and any other post graduate qualifications that can advance the department needs would be preferable
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum (dependant on experience)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

372-MED-MD219

Job locations

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust