Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Consultant in Stroke Medicine

The closing date is 15 June 2026

The Great Western Hospital is pleased to offer the opportunity for Stroke Medicine Consultants to join the existing team.

Location: The Stroke/Neurology team is housed in the Betjeman Centre on the ground floor, comprising outpatient clinic rooms, a day hospital, therapy centre, and office space for the consultant team and secretarial support. A separate rehabilitation service for Stroke, provided by SWICC, is located on site at GWH.

Main duties of the job

The duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

Clinical Duties:

• Multidisciplinary team working is a key component of the work within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues.
• Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support).
• Development of subspecialty interests that align with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
• Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post graduate and continuing medical education activity.
• Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues' periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
• Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
• Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
• The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota, detailed within the job plan section.
• Detail other responsibilities such as the patients that will be under the care of the successful candidate.

Job Responsibilities

All staff in each Division are managerially accountable through their Lead Clinician to the Associate Medical Director, who has overall responsibility for the services within the Division. Consultants are key members of the Division and are accountable and responsible for leading changes to service that will improve the patient experience.

• To support the Clinical Lead in policy and strategy development as a senior member of the Division Management Team.
• To contribute to the leadership and development of Services under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director and in line with the Trust's business plans.
• The post holder will ensure effective communication and involvement of staff across the Division including support to the Divisional Director to achieve their objectives.
• Work in partnership with colleagues in other Divisions within the Trust.
• Assist in the cost-effective utilisation of resources, including pay and non pay items such as equipment and drugs, within budgets.
• Work within the Trust's framework for Clinical Governance and Risk, including the development of clinical policies and adherence to standing orders, standing financial instructions and financial procedures.
• Undertake direct supervision of junior colleagues and participate in departmental/trust-wide teaching programmes.
• Undertake investigations and report writing for incidents and participate in clinical risk management.
• Appointed candidates will embody the STAR values and use the principles of the NHS Constitution for England to guide decisions.

Further details can be found on the attached JD

Qualifications

• Fully Registered with the GMC.

Experience

• Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT.
• Expertise in all aspects of stroke medicine.

Teaching & Research

• Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrable multi-disciplinary team leadership skills.
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust