Stroke Specialist Doctor

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cranleigh; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated stroke team as a Specialist Stroke Doctor, providing high-quality, patient-centered care. This role offers the chance to work alongside experienced professionals, delivering clinical care and participating in multi-disciplinary team meetings. You will be involved in the assessment and management of stroke patients, contributing to the department's educational efforts, and ensuring high-quality care. This position not only enhances your clinical skills but also provides opportunities for professional development and research. If you are passionate about stroke medicine and eager to make a difference, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Completion of at least four years full-time postgraduate training.
• Experience in UK General Medicine including Stroke.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct clinical care and assist in clinical decision-making.
• Participate in clinical audit activities and enhance stroke patient management.

Skills

Stroke Medicine

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Governance Management

Collaboration with MDT

Education

MRCP, FRCP or equivalent medical qualification

Higher degree (PhD; MD) or Mphil

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About

Established in 1998 from the merger of Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals, the Trust has been on a long journey of development and improvement to its current position as the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents. It became a Foundation Trust in December 2010.

Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. The Trust employs around 4,400 individual members of staff. Our turnover was £425 million in 2021/22.

The Trust provides a whole range of services across its hospital sites. The majority of planned care, like day case and orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation services, is provided at Ashford Hospital, with more complex medical and surgical care and emergency services at St. Peter’s Hospital.

Key details

Location

Site: St Peters Hospital
Address: Guildford Rd
Town: Chertsey
Postcode: KT16 0PZ
Major / Minor Region: Surrey

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Salary

Salary: £96,990 - £107,155 plus £149 HCAS per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade)

Specialty

Main area: Stoke Medicine
Interview date: 29/05/2025

Job overview

Join the dedicated stroke team at Ashford & St Peter’s as a Specialist Stroke Doctor, providing high-quality, patient-centered care under the supervision and mentorship of experienced doctors, consultants, and a multidisciplinary team. This role involves delivering direct clinical care, assisting in clinical decision-making, and sharing equally in the department's workload to ensure comprehensive senior clinical cover.

Key responsibilities include the assessment and management of patients, covering ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings, and stroke and TIA clinics. The specialist doctor will aid consultants in reviewing potential admissions, developing rapid assessment triage strategies, and ensuring timely investigations and patient disposition. This will serve as part of training and development towards providing thrombolysis.

A keen interest in stroke, stroke mimics, and TIA is essential. The role offers opportunities for professional development, including dedicated time for developing special interests and undertaking research within clinical and laboratory service limits. Continuing medical education is supported with appropriate study leave funding.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsibilities extend to administrative duties associated with patient care, collaborating with A&E consultants to enhance stroke patient management, and achieving clinical quality targets such as the 4-hour waiting time target. A clear understanding of stroke service commissioning, contracting, and regional strategy is required.

The specialist doctor will also cover colleagues during leave periods, participate in clinical audit activities, and ensure proper patient handover. Active engagement in clinical leadership, improving patient experience, and delivering high-quality care alongside medical, nursing, and management teams is expected.

Additionally, the role involves contributing to the education and professional development of the department's staff, including supervision of junior medical staff and involvement in recruitment, appraisal, and mentoring activities. Teaching certification verification is required for training responsibilities.

This position requires a strong general internal medicine knowledge and the role will provide the opportunity to spend one day a week on the general internal medicine rota in A&E, the clinical assessment unit or the short stay unit.

Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCP, FRCP or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable criteria

• Additional postgraduate qualifications
• Higher degree (PhD; MD) or Mphil
• GM related post graduate qualifications
• Desire to work and/or working towards CESR/CCT

Experience

Essential criteria

• Completion of at least four years full time postgraduate training
• Eligible for full GMC registration at time of appointment
• Experience in UK General Medicine including Stroke
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice

Skills

Essential criteria

• Relevant speciality knowledge and demonstrable experience in Stroke Medicine including Hyper Acute patient management, acute patient management, stroke call assessment and management, collaboration with MDT members, and general internal medicine application.

Desirable criteria

• Up to date provider in ALS or equivalent courses.

Clinical Governance

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience of clinical governance management including mortality and morbidity, rapid reviews, auditing.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Tom Tabalina-Alderson
Job title: Service Manager for Stroke
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01932876422