# Consultant Stroke Physician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-stroke-physician/fb85d81e-dca3-48dd-b59f-d42978842689 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-stroke-physician/fb85d81e-dca3-48dd-b59f-d42978842689.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, King's Mill Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Stroke Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T09:41:00.972Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/SuttonInAshfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Stroke_Medicine/Stroke_Medicine-v8224203 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8224203?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview If successful, you will join an enthusiastic and experienced stroke multidisciplinary team as a Consultant in Stroke Medicine. Our service admits around 800 confirmed stroke patients each year. An out-of-hours thrombolysis service is provided in partnership with Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH). A high-risk TIA service operates 5 days a week with same-day carotid Doppler and MRI imaging, enabling carotid endarterectomy within 48 hours when required. Weekend cover is provided by NUH. At Kings Mill Hospital, Ward 54 provides hyper-acute, acute and stroke care. Six monitored beds form the hyper-acute bay, supported by NIHSS-certified senior stroke nurses available 24/7 to admit patients directly from A&E and assess thrombolysis candidates. A further 14 beds support acute stroke management and rehabilitation, including a therapy area. Inpatient rehabilitation is provided at Chatsworth Stroke Rehabilitation Unit on the Mansfield Community Hospital site, one mile from Kings Mill Hospital. Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and clinical psychology services are available 5 days a week. An activity coordinator provides social activities, including lunch and film clubs. The Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) delivers intensive community rehabilitation. Supported by therapy, nursing and rehabilitation staff, the service receives around 40% of patients discharged from the stroke unit. ### Main duties of the job Depending on the skills of the successful candidate an opportunity exists to take part in the acute medical on-call. We are also able to offer an attractive recruitment package to include: - Named Mentor for the first year of employment to facilitate settling in to the new working environment - Additional allocation of SPA time within the job plan for the first 2 years in order to allow time for service development (typically 7.5:2.5 split between DCC and SPA time) - Access to additional study leave funding for the first 2 years of employment Full and Specialist Registration and a license to practice with the GMC is essential. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of interview or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR). The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team is also essential. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To see the full detailed description and main responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies - Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit **Desirable** - Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels ### Research **Essential** - Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice **Desirable** - Publications in peer-reviewed journals ### Teaching **Desirable** - Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role ### Experience **Essential** - Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan - Understanding of all aspects of Stroke Medicine - Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees **Desirable** - Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme - Stroke Fellowship ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for specialist registration within six months of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) applicants must be on the Specialist Register at the point of application - Membership of Royal College of Physicians or show evidence of equivalent qualification **Desirable** - An appropriate higher degree ### Management & Administrative experience **Essential** - Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload **Desirable** - The potential to develop management and leadership skills ## Documents - [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702) - [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938) - [consultant stroke job description and person specification (docx, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10655343) ## 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.