# Consultant in Stroke Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-stroke-medicine/fd112dbd-520a-4d55-b491-7a28c3407be1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-stroke-medicine/fd112dbd-520a-4d55-b491-7a28c3407be1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** London - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Stroke Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-06T08:21:01.236Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Stroke_Medicine/Stroke_Medicine-v8195014 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8195014?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This new appointment at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is designed to support both the Acute Stroke Unit and the TIA and Stroke Clinic. The postholder will contribute to the continued development of Homerton’s high-performing stroke service, which manages around 275 stroke patients and 500 TIA referrals annually. Responsibilities include direct clinical care within the 19-bed stroke unit, supporting rapid TIA and acute stroke assessments, and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to maintain excellence in acute stroke care and effective and early stroke rehabilitation. The service consistently ranks in the upper quartile of the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme, and the post-holder will contribute to delivering the highest standards in evidence-based acute stroke unit care. The postholder will also contribute actively to service development and stroke education within the wider Trust. ### Main duties of the job Specific Duties of the Post at Homerton University Hospital include: - To share in the provision of acute stroke service including inpatient rehabilitation. - To share in the provision of outpatient TIA services locally. - To provide patients with rapid access to Hyperacute stroke services at Barts Health where necessary. - To aid and facilitate the rapid transfer of stroke patients from RLH HASU to the Homerton Acute Stroke Unit along the relevant pathway. - To lead the daily medical team on the Acute Stroke Unit and provide effective supervision, support, and education for the stroke resident doctors in-post. - There will be no on-call commitment at the Homerton site. Out of hours cover will be provided by the hospital medical team. - To support the lead clinician for stroke in furthering service developments and driving positive changes including initiating a programme of liaison work with the community stroke team. - To be actively involved in stroke research by enrolling patients in currently opened trials (national and international research studies as part of the National Stroke Research Network and the NIHR portfolio) as well as promoting new studies on site. - To maintain quality and ensure continued top performance in the Stroke Sentinel National Audit Programme. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities General Duties - To share responsibility for providing evidence-based standards of care for all inpatients and outpatients. - To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out in the Patients Charter and the local purchasers’ contracts. - To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, community services and all healthcare agencies. - To encourage and foster the governance process at clinical, managerial and medical levels and to take part in regional audit in support of evidence-based medicine. - To participate fully in the management of the Stroke Departments and to liaise closely with the relevant General Manager and the Clinical Director. - Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care. - Leadership and proper functioning of the services in his/her charge in line with agreed policies at the Trust. - Development of his/her own specialty interests, including active participation in research programmes. - Corporate and singular responsibility for the management of the resident medical staff including the approval and monitoring of resident staff rotas and locum appointments. ### 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 ### Research **Essential** - Understanding of principles and application of clinical research **Desirable** - Relevant research experience Publication of peer reviewed papers ### Clinical skills **Essential** - Excellent clinical skills ### Management skills **Essential** - Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding Knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks e.g. EWTD **Desirable** - Management of team or programme or project ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management **Desirable** - Evidence of dedication to driving excellence and safety in stroke care. ### Personal attributes **Essential** - Personal attributesAn awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with an ability to deploy them effectively Professional attitude towards work, good record of attendance ### Teaching & training **Essential** - Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching **Desirable** - Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification ### Communication skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English IT skills and computer literacy **Desirable** - Computer skills course/certificate ### Interpersonal skills **Essential** - Good interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to co-operate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical and management team. A collegiate and collaborative attitude to working with colleagues. ### Patient focused skills **Essential** - Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of clients ### Leadership and professionalism **Essential** - Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need **Desirable** - Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes ### Qualifications & Higher qualifications **Essential** - Fully registered with GMC MRCP (or equivalent) On specialist register or within 6 months in one of the stroke parent specialities. Stroke experience (at equivalent level to Stroke CCT) **Desirable** - Higher Degree (MSc, MD or PhD) CCT in Stroke Medicine ### Relevant experience in speciality / sub speciality **Essential** - Ability to practice independently in Acute Medicine and Stroke and offer expert clinical opinion on a range of stroke and general medicine related problems **Desirable** - Expertise in the leadership of an acute care team or stroke care team Experience in emergency or critical care medicine ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [stroke consultant job description & person specification (pdf, 464.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10500289) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.