Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (10 sessions per week)
- Job ref
- 213-MED-PRUH-7936831
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Royal University Hospital
- Town
- Orpington
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum excl. London Zone Allowance.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Stroke Medicine
Consultant
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Medicine Stroke to join the stroke team at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH). The post would be appropriate for a stroke geriatrician or physician with stroke specialty training in another allied field e.g. neurology or acute internal medicine depending on experience and interest.
The Stroke service at the PRUH is highly performing and it is staffed by an energetic and dynamic team.
The PRUH is one of London’s 8 Hyper-acute stroke units with 15 HASU beds serving Bromley and outer Southeast London. As part of King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, we are part of a 24:7 thrombectomy network in London, with close links in place with King’s College Hospital Denmark Hill site HASU as well as St George’s HASU.
The post holder will work across both the Hyper-acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and Stroke Unit (25 beds) and, together with the multi–disciplinary team, provide and further develop care for stroke and other neurovascular patients from the local and regional catchment areas.
Having recently been part of the Thrombolysis Acute Stroke Collaborative (TASC) quality improvement programme, this is a very exciting time to join the Stroke team PRUH with innovative new ways of working to improve our door to needle times for stroke thrombolysis. We have recently introduced pre-hospital video triage of stroke patients in partnership with London Ambulance Service and the London Clinical Network for Stroke.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be based on the PRUH site and work in all the major areas of Stroke Medicine that include the hyperacute management of TIA and Stroke, acute care, rehabilitation and prevention. They will work closely with colleagues in the allied specialties of neuroradiology, neurosurgery, neurorehabilitation and vascular surgery. It is envisaged that the appointee will contribute to the development and delivery of many aspects of these services depending upon their interests and experience: an interest in transforming and improving the service is welcomed.
The post will be based at the Princess Royal University Hospital. The intial job plan will be an average of 8.5 Programmed Activities of Direct Clinical Care, with the remainder being allocated for Supporting Professional Activities. An indicative job plan is attached but we would envisage tailoring the job plan to suit the right applicant whilst meeting the needs of the service, There is also potential for additional PAs that could be negotiated when in post and any discussions thereof will be with the Stroke Clinical Lead and Clinical Director for Integrated Medicine Care Group at the PRUH.
The post holder will rotate, along with the current PRUH based Stroke Physicians, across the Hyper-acute service. Each Consultant will spend time, on rotation, managing patients on the HASU, and in the TIA clinic as well as seeing outpatients in stroke and neurology.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.
Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.
We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
11. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
22. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues’ periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
33. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
44. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
55. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
66. Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
77. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
88. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
99. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
110. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
111. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
112. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
113. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
114. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
115. King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registerable medical qualification.
- Full MRCP.
Desirable criteria
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD).
Registration
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with GMC.
- Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment.
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience in all aspects of Stroke and an appropriate linked specialty such as Geriatric medicine or Neurology, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC, or equivalent.
- Specialist fellowship or other training in Stroke.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of successful working at the interface between the specialties of Stroke and other medical specialties.
Administration
Essential criteria
- Experience in day-to-day organisation of Stroke services in a busy Teaching Hospital.
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.
- Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
Management and Leadership
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams.
Desirable criteria
- Management course and/or qualification.
Audit and Quality Improvement
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit.
- Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
Desirable criteria
- Audit Publications.
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical research.
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of stroke medicine.
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills course/qualification.
Job specific criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience in management of hyperacute stroke patients including the use of reperfusion therapies, both in standard and extended treatment windows.
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
- Dr Deborah Ramsey
- Job title
- Stroke Consultant & Clinical Lead
- Telephone number
- 01689 865880
- Additional information
OR
Nick Yard, Deputy General Manager on 01689 865181
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