Consultant in Stroke Medicine

Overview

Closing date: 09 October 2025. This post is partially a replacement but also a new post, created in response to the increasing demand for Stroke services provision both in hospital and the community. The successful candidate will work closely with the two existing Stroke Physicians.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible to the Divisional Director of Unplanned Care at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a 10 + 1.5 PA post, 8 PA DCC, 2 SPA. SPA includes clinical and educational supervision, audit, personal CPD and mandatory training. Personal CPD must be included as part of annual appraisal which is mandatory and required for the revalidation process.

GIM on-calls are not included in this post but may be available on negotiation to facilitate participation in the medical on call (acute take) rota (approximately 1:18).

The post holder will, together with his or her consultant colleagues and other health care professionals in the Directorate, provide an effective and comprehensive service on the Stroke unit and the outpatient Stroke clinics. The post holder will work closely with colleagues to support quality improvement and service development in the department.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospital provides Acute Stroke service for the people of Hillingdon, Hayes, Harlington, Ruislip and part of Ealing. Our designated 24 bedded Acute Stroke Unit offers intense stroke rehabilitation for patients referred by our local HASUs (NWLH & CXH).

The team includes 1 x SpR from geriatric rotation, 1x CT1/2, 1x FY2 rotating every four months as well as a Trust Grade SHO. We have Neuro-physiotherapists, Neuro-occupational Therapists, SALT, Dietician and psychology input.

There is a dedicated Stroke Clinic every week and daily TIA clinics. There is a Stroke specialist nurse at Hillingdon hospital, who organises Stroke/TIA clinics.

There are weekly Neuro-radiology and Neuro-vascular MDTs with Charing Cross and Northwick Park hospitals respectively.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and responsibilities.

Person Specification

• Full GMC Registration with License to Practice
• MRCP or equivalent
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatrics or within six months of the expected date of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in both Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine OR Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following
• Recent clinical experience in Stroke and GIM
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary group
• Recent experience in Geriatric medicine
• Published works Previous experience of participation in research. Commitment to research, publication and presentations

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.

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year incl. HCA £2,162