Consultant in Stroke Physician

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Stroke Service at The Royal London Hospital as a Consultant Stroke Physician. This substantive post offers the opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Hyper Acute Stroke Units, delivering high quality care across the stroke pathway.

The successful candidate will provide consultant led hyper acute and acute stroke care, participate in the Trust's thrombolysis and thrombectomy on call rota, and contribute to TIA and outpatient stroke services. The role includes multidisciplinary team working, teaching, audit, research and service development.

Working closely with the Clinical Lead, Clinical Director and wider multidisciplinary team, the post holder will play a key role in supporting innovation and the continued development of stroke services across Barts Health.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated clinician with expertise in stroke medicine who is committed to delivering outstanding patient care and helping shape the future of stroke services within one of the UK's largest and most innovative NHS Trusts.

Potential applicants are encouraged to consider whether they have the skills, experience and enthusiasm to undertake this exciting role within one of the UK's largest and most innovative NHS Trusts.

Main duties of the job

To provide a Consultant-led comprehensive hyper acute and acute stroke service in partnership with the rest of the Consultant team.

To participate in the Stroke & Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Consultant on call rota at The Royal London.

To share in the provision of outpatient TIA services together with other members of the consultant team.

To support the Stroke Clinical Lead and Clinical Director in advancing service developments and improvements.

To aid and facilitate the rapid transfer of stroke patients from Barts Health to other Acute Stroke Units along the relevant pathway.

To be actively involved in stroke research by enrolling patients in currently opened trials (national and international research studies as part of the National Stroke Research Network and the NIHR portfolio) as well as promoting new studies on site

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.