Senior Clinical Fellow (Stroke)

NHS; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Stroke, supporting acute care and rehabilitation in a renowned unit. You will play a vital role in patient management, multidisciplinary collaboration, and advancing stroke care practices, while benefiting from professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Required strong experience in stroke.
• Must hold MBBS or equivalent and ALS.
• Evidence of effective communication with diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Clinical assessment of suspected stroke or TIA.
• Manage hyper acute treatment and rehabilitation goals.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Skills

Strong previous experience in stroke

Ability to communicate effectively

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCP part 1 and 2

Tools

ALS certificate

Job description

Go back Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow (Stroke)

The closing date is 17 June 2025

You will have opportunity to join the highly performing stroke unit in Southend University Hospital, part of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust responsible for delivering acute stroke services to the population in the Southend area.

The Stroke department at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recognised as a regional centre of excellence, it provides a caring and comprehensive service for all aspects of stroke treatment for the population of Southend and the surrounding area.

The post holder will also have the chance to work on the stroke rota with a frequency of 1:7 of early oncall shifts, late oncall shifts and weekend oncall shifts).

As a Senior Clinical Fellow for Stroke you will have the opportunity to cover inpatient work which will include treatment and care of patients in ASU through daily ward rounds and board rounds; active participation in weekly Multidisciplinary team meetings and case conferences which involves care plans; rehabilitation goals and facilitating safe discharges.

Additionally, will also be involved in outpatient work which include TIA clinics and stroke clinics under consultant supervision.

Main duties of the job

o First class opportunity to undertake clinical assessment of a suspected stroke or TIA in an adult patient referred as an emergency to hospital or in an out-patient setting.

o Supervised learning to arrange and interpret appropriate investigations, self-sufficiency in imaging like brain scan and carotid Doppler to support or exclude diagnosis of a suspected stroke or TIA and its cause.

o Learning to manage hyper acute treatment for stroke TIA and common stroke mimics with current and emerging interventional management of patients undergoing cerebral reperfusion therapies in acute ischaemic stroke.

o Learning to manage immediate post-acute care of stroke including end-of-life care for stroke patients.

o Training to able to manage secondary prevention strategies following stroke or TIA.

o Contribute to post-discharge medical care, rehabilitation, and longer term social and vocational integration.

o Initial clerking in the Acute Take, assessment, diagnosis, and management of all patients admitted.

o Ward rounds with relevant consultants and managing of all patients on the wards, and any outlying wards.

o Referral of patients to other specialties.

o Necessary emergency investigation e.g., blood samples for crossmatch, X-ray etc.

o Appropriate discharge of patients after discussion with senior team members.

About us

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached job description/ personal specification.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person Specification

Experience

• Strong previous experience in stroke
• ALS certificate

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent.
• MRCP part 1 and 2

Communication

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, patients and relatives.
• Evidence of undertaking presentations

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£41,750 to £64,288 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) - No banding