Consultant in Stroke Medicine

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment and Retention premia (30%)

Job summary

We are inviting applications for a Consultant in Stroke Medicine at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, based at Lincoln County Hospital. The post is a substantive NHS Consultant role with 10 sessions per week, including 1 in 6 weekend on call.

The post offers a Recruitment and Retention premia (up to 30% of basic salary) on a fixed-term basis for two years, with opportunities for sub-specialisation and active involvement in research and teaching.

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent required for consultant stroke medicine post.
• CCT or equivalent in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric/Stroke medicine or nearing completion.
• Advanced Life Support certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient and outpatient stroke care including thrombolysis.
• Lead and participate in teaching and training of staff and trainees.
• Contribute to clinical service development and audit.

Skills

Stroke medicine expertise

Telemedicine experience

Clinical leadership

Education

MRCP or equivalent

CCT or equivalent in relevant field

Advanced Life Support certificate

Higher research qualification

Tools

Telemedicine equipment

Job description

Main area Stroke Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (1 in 6 weekend on call) Job ref 357-CLN-677-26

Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lincoln County Hospital Town Lincoln Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 18/11/2026

Consultant in Stroke Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

• Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.
• Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.
• Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours - usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours - having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns - to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there ismore.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits i ncluding Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job overview

Applications are welcomed for a Consultant Physician with an interest in Stroke Medicine post.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the existing Stroke team in Lincolnshire, who are a motivated, energetic team of Physicians who are committed to providing high quality services to a largely rural population. We have two substantive, full time Stroke Physician posts based at Lincoln County Hospital. The purpose of these posts is to ensure the highest quality of care is provided to the Lincolnshire population from prevention of hyper-acute treatment and all aspects of rehabilitation. The appointees will join a busy, enthusiastic and hardworking team.

This post is eligible for a Recruitment and Retention premia based at 30% of basic salary on a fixed term basis for two years as well as opportunities for developing sub-specialisations and every support being given to research interests.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities:

• Provide in-patient and outpatient care for patients with stroke, TIA and suspected cerebrovascular disease
• Contribute to the provision of acute stroke specialist service delivering thrombolysis and other specialist treatments. Acute stroke for the Trust are currently under review in line with the Midlands and East strategic health authority Stroke review. We have functional telemedicine equipment which is used with various aspects of stroke care. Work with the rest of the clinical and managerial team to support and deliver quality improvements on the Stroke
  Unit and in the community
• Take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care

Working for our organisation

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) is one of the largest trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

For more information on what it’s like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.

We offer the following unique only to Lincolnshire

Direct links to the new £21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University

The facility includes:-

• 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres
• Library, Science Library and Project Library
• Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite
• The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications & Certification

• MRCP or equivalent
• Certificate of completion of specialist training (CCT) or equivalent in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric medicine, Neurology or Stroke medicine (or entry expected within six months of interview date)
• Advanced Life Support certificate
• Higher research qualification

Clinical Experience

• Clinical experience in stroke medicine, including acute, TIA, rehabilitation and prevention
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Expertise in stroke thrombolysis
• Experience of telemedicine
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies

Management

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
• Evidence of developing a high quality, high performance service

Clinical Effectiveness

• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Teaching & Training

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines
• Teaching qualification

Research

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Evidence of original research

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
• Caring attitude to patients
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP’s, nurses, other staff and agencies

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

All new employees will be subject to a charge for the DBS check that is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by ULTH and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a 3 month period.

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete.

Please note, for applicants with previous NHS service: If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.