Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (includes weekend and overnight trombectomy and video triage on call)
- Job ref
- 176-Med-8435280
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peterborough City Hospital
- Town
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 per annum plus £20,000 Welcome Payment
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/12/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Stroke Consultant
Consultant
Job overview
£20,000 Welcome Payment – Join a Leading Centre for Innovation in Stroke Medicine!
We are offering a £20,000 welcome payment to eligible candidates, in addition to the NHS Consultant salary and benefits package, recognising the specialist expertise and contribution you will bring to our Stroke Medicine service. The payment is subject to the Trust's eligibility criteria and terms and conditions.
Based primarily at Peterborough City Hospital, you will join a service at the forefront of precision stroke medicine, with exciting developments including clopidogrel resistance testing, multimodal point-of-care ultrasound in neurology, neuro-intensive care and stroke medicine, pre-hospital stroke video triage and mobile stroke unit development.
Our highly specialised services, including young stroke and spasticity care, provide opportunities to develop your clinical interests, contribute to pioneering research and influence the future of stroke care.
Working in partnership with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and regional colleagues, you will be part of a collaborative team driving innovation and improving patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
You will play a key role in delivering comprehensive hyperacute and acute stroke services, including:
- Emergency stroke assessment and management, including thrombolysis and thrombectomy referral pathways.
- Inpatient stroke care, rehabilitation and specialist TIA services.
- Consultant ward rounds, outpatient clinics and multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Clinical leadership, governance and quality improvement.
- Teaching, supervision and development of medical colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Research, innovation and regional stroke service development.
The post is offered on a 10 PA basis, including a 1:7 weekend daytime rota (9am–5pm) and overnight on-call commitments covering thrombectomy pathways and pre-hospital stroke video triage.
Cross-site working at Hinchingbrooke Hospital may be required in line with service needs.
Working for our organisation
At North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, you will be part of a supportive and ambitious clinical team where your expertise, ideas and professional development are valued.
We encourage our consultants to pursue specialist interests, lead service improvements and participate in research, teaching and innovation, supported by strong regional partnerships and a dedicated multidisciplinary team.
Alongside the £20,000 Welcome Payment, we offer NHS pension benefits, study leave, continuing professional development and opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership career.
Bring your expertise, develop your ambitions and help shape the future of stroke care across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and essential requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical Degree (MBChB, MBBS) MRCP or equivalent
- Within 6 months of CCT in Neurology/ General or Acute Internal Medicine/ Geriatric Medicine or Registration on the GMC specialist register in Neurology, Acute/General Internal Medicine/Geriatric Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship in stroke medicine (subspecialty recognition on GMC Specialist Register)
- Higher medical degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Stroke Medicine to specialist level or equivalent
- Broad experience of stroke and acute general medicine
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of completed and published research
Other
Essential criteria
- Full registration and licence to practise
Key Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent leadership skills
- Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant
- Sufficient organisational skills to function as a consultant
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Evidence of interdisciplinary and multi-professional working
- Evidence of flexibility and open to innovative ways of working
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Ability to support departmental research
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership in NHS, research, teaching, professional bodies, or service development
- Management qualification
- Ability to use word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs
- Prior experience with clinical information systems
- Proven ability to communicate in written form (publications, reports etc)
- Experience as clinical or educational supervisor
- Peer reviewed publications Research grants
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Radim Licenik
- Job title
- Stroke Consultant - Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07715361590
- Additional information
Divisional Operational Manager - Claudia Fernandes
01733 677618
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