Senior Clinical Fellow - Stroke & General Medicine | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Basildon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Basildon is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow to join their prestigious Stroke Unit. The role involves delivering acute stroke services and managing patient care, ensuring high standards of treatment. Candidates should have experience in stroke management and a commitment to enhancing patient outcomes through collaboration and leadership. The position offers career development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Access to training and career development

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical assessment of stroke or TIA patients.
• Ability to manage treatment and care for stroke patients.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct emergency assessments for stroke and TIA.
• Manage hyper acute stroke treatments and investigations.
• Contribute to post-discharge care and rehabilitation.

Job description

Overview

Due to extensive growth within our medical directorate we have a wonderful opportunity to join Mid and South Essex Hospitals as a Senior Clinical Fellow.

You will have the opportunity to join the highly performing Stroke Unit in Basildon University Hospital, and be responsible for delivering Acute Stroke services to population in the Basildon and Thurrock area.

Our Stroke department is recognised as a regional centre of excellence and provides a caring and comprehensive service for all aspects of stroke treatment for the population of Basildon and Essex.

Responsibilities

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.

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.
• 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.
• Manage immediate post-acute care of stroke including end-of-life care for stroke patients.
• Able to manage secondary prevention strategies following stroke or TIA.

You will contribute to post-discharge medical care, rehabilitation, and longer term social and vocational integration, recruit in multi centre trials of stroke as an independent recruiter and able to design and help existing research projects and have opportunities to contribute to the development of a Stroke service and provide leadership to such a service.

Development and Collaboration

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Culture and Opportunities

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Are you looking for an opportunity to rotate and gain experience in our General Medicine and Stroke areas, then we want to hear from you.

Please see the attached JD for details of this exciting role.

This advert closes on Friday 3 Oct 2025