Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (On Call Rota)
- Job ref
- 151-FPHCON-52
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley, Frimley
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/01/2026
Employer heading
Consultant - Stroke Physician
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We are looking for a Consultant Stroke Physician to join our stroke team at Frimley Park Hospital. This full-time post (10 PAs) involves delivering care across the entire stroke pathway, including hyperacute and acute care, rehabilitation, TIA clinics and follow-up.
Main duties of the job
You will work alongside a senior team of consultants, nurse specialists, and allied health professionals, supported by a 14-bedded Acute Stroke Ward, a 14-bedded Rehabilitation Unit, and a highly regarded Early Supported Discharge (ESD) team. Additional rehabilitation services are provided across our network hospitals.
Applicants must have subspecialty training in stroke medicine, a parent specialty in geriatrics, GIM, neurology, or acute medicine, and be on the Specialist Register (or within six months at interview).
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Deliver inpatient stroke care across hyperacute, acute, and rehabilitation phases.
- Work with stroke nurse specialists on triage, thrombolysis, and thrombectomy referrals.
- Interpret CT, CTA, and CTP imaging confidently.
- Provide stroke consultations to colleagues across the Trust.
- Participate in TIA and stroke follow-up clinics, vascular and neuroradiology MDTs.
- Contribute to clinical governance, audit, mortality reviews, and regional meetings.
- Engage in stroke research and continuing medical education.
- Supervise and train junior doctors; support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Assist in stroke service management and future developments.
- On-call: 1:8 weekend rota with ward rounds and remote thrombolysis calls.
Please refer to the job description & person specification for further information.
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in management of acute stroke, thrombolysis, TIA, stroke rehabilitation and stroke follow up
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK)CCT in Geriatric Medicine and be an independent thrombolysis practitioner. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients. IT skills and computer literacy Knowledge of and training in acute frailty services
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
- Ottilia Speirs
- Job title
- Consultant Stroke Physician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 3552
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