Consultant in Stroke Medicine
Listed on 2026-10-15
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Doctor/Physician
Medical Doctor, Internal Medicine Physician
For further details regarding this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification Professional Registration Essential criteria- Full registration with the GMC
- On the GMC Specialist Register (or expected inclusion within 6-months) for Stroke
- GIM/AIM
- CCT/CESR in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine or Geriatric medicine or Neurology
- Dedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS certificate
- CCT in stroke Medicine subspecialty training
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Committed to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care of individual patients.
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses: e.g. IMPACT Course Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
- CCT/CESR in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine or Geriatric medicine or Neurology
- Dedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
- Dedicated stroke experience including thrombolysis at a registrar level
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS certificate
- CCT in stroke Medicine subspecialty training
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD.
- Demonstrable commitment to Acute Medicine and stroke medicine
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on stroke management including thrombolysis, thrombectomy and TIAs
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Experience of delivering acute medical care in large, high throughput Assessment/ Admissions Units in the UK
- Experience in Ambulatory Care
- Ability to manage and lead medical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
- Ability to develop, present and ope rationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service.
- Demonstrate a good manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines.
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