Consultant Stroke Physician

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a full-time Consultant in Stroke Medicine. The role is centered on stroke care and rehabilitation, within a high-performing NHS foundation trust known for its patient services and clinical excellence.

Qualifications

• Qualifications for a Consultant position in Stroke Medicine are necessary.
• Experience in acute care and stroke rehabilitation is expected.

Responsibilities

• Consultant in Stroke Medicine with responsibilities over stroke management and patient care.
• Potential shared care in stroke rehabilitation wards.

Job description

Applications are invited for a full-time Consultant in Stroke Medicine position with an option to maintain interests in a parent specialty if desired.

We are recognized as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, providing services to nearly 700,000 adult patients annually. The Trust is a regional centre for cancer, trauma, burns & plastics and has the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe.

It is among the most consistently high-performing trusts in the NHS and has received an excellent rating for both financial management and quality of clinical and non-clinical services by the Care Quality Commission.

The Trust offers traditional secondary care services to the South, Central, and East Birmingham catchment area. It also provides specialist tertiary care across the West Midlands, with some activity referred from outside the region.

The Stroke Medicine department has undergone regional reconfiguration, making UHB one of the largest units in the country with approximately 1,600 stroke admissions annually through the HASU at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The department is an active thrombolysis centre with strong research links and a thrombectomy service for acute ischemic stroke. The role may include shared care of the stroke rehabilitation ward at Moseley Hall Hospital or work in the Acute Stroke Unit at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.