Locum Consultant Stroke Physician

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The closing date is 03 March 2026

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant in the Stroke Department at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for the successful motivated and enthusiastic candidate to join the team based at Leighton Hospital in Crewe.

This is a fixed term post until 04.08.2026.

We are looking for a Locum Consultant Stroke Physician with a specialist interest, passion, and drive to further develop and deliver the appropriate care and diagnostic service for patients presenting with Stroke, Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) and Stroke mimics.

We are committed to supporting a healthy work life balance and will support options of flexible working, annualised job plans and less than full time working.

This role comes with the opportunity for the successful applicant (should they wish) to spend two sessions to further develop interests in other areas which may include another specialty service or alternatively medical education, clinical governance and quality improvement, clinical leadership or research.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated with a passion to improve the quality of patient care. They will have strong communication skills and be an excellent 'Team Player'. They will value training and education.

The successful candidate will be based at Leighton Hospital, Crewe in the Stroke Unit, Division of Medicine and Emergency Care.

The successful candidate will join the existing team of Consultants, providing Stroke and TIA services and developing a collaborative approach to care provided at Mid Cheshire Hospital, Foundation Trust (MCHFT) and the wider NHS. MCHFT works in partnership with University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) hospital as part of our Stronger Together Partnership, covering all areas of Stroke care including Stroke Prevention, Hyper-Acute Stroke Care, Post Stroke Care and Stroke Rehabilitation.

The successful applicant must have full registration with the GMC and continue to hold a Licence to Practise. The applicant must also be on the Specialist Register or be within six months of obtaining their Certificate of Completion of Training.

Our values, alongside professional codes of conduct, will empower staff to deliver a high quality service.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

The Trust is one of a small number of hospitals nationally confirmed to be in an early phase of the national New Hospital Build Programme. This will result in the acute hospital on the Leighton site being completely rebuilt and operational by 2031, providing fantastic opportunities for development and transformation of elective and acute surgical services at MCHFT.

Direct Clinical Care (DCC) 9 PAs per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work) and includes 1.25 PAs to cover scheduled on-call work (identified as on-call on job plan timetable).

Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) 1 PA per week (includes CPD, audit, research, and appraisal).

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via: CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
• MRCP or equivalent
• CCT in Stroke Medicine
• MD, PhD

• Sub-speciality training in Stroke medicine
• Experience in assessing patients for thrombolysis/thrombectomy in Hyper Acute Ischaemic Stroke
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion in a range of problems within specialty
• Willingness to develop an area of special interest to fit in with current establishment and service needs
• Good writing and presentation skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures Comprehensive training appropriate to this post
• Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Recognised teaching skills course/ medical education qualification
• Exposure to a variety of working environments

• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional…