Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Stroke Consultant Physician
The closing date is 06 December 2026

Job summary
The post is a full time (10 Programmed Activities) Consultant Stroke Physician role, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, working across all parts of the stroke service. The Stroke service provides 24/7 cover and currently has seven dedicated Stroke consultants, one clinical Academic, contribution from consultant Neurologists and an Acute Medicine consultant. NUH is the fourth largest acute Trust within the UK, with a busy emergency department at Queens Medical Centre, which is a level 1 Trauma Centre. NUH provides services to 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and surrounding communities, and specialist services to a further 3-4 million across the region and nationally. The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic and committed team. The Trust is committed to further development of the Stroke service to maintain its long standing position in the forefront of stroke care provision nationally. The post holder will play a key part in developing the existing stroke pathway, providing consultant input to hyper acute stroke, acute stroke, intensive rehabilitation and continuing stroke rehabilitation.

Main duties of the job
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
You will be joining a dedicated, diverse and dynamic team of professionals providing outstanding stroke care and internationally recognised Stroke research within the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, a partnership between NUH and the University of Nottingham.

About us
The Head of Service is Dr Kailash Krishnan and the specialty sits within the Care Group of Medicine.

• 16 bedded hyper acute stroke unit on the QMC campus
• 28 bedded acute rehabilitation stroke unit on the QMC campus
• 18 bedded long-term rehabilitation stroke unit on the City Campus (with 4 winter pressure beds) and 6 community beds
• A fast track TIA clinic (7 days per week)
• Stroke outpatient clinics
• 24/7 thrombolysis service
• A regional Mechanical Thrombectomy service

The stroke service is well supported by 10.5 WTE Stroke registrars who provide stroke cover in a dedicated 24/7 rota. The pool consists of an academic fellow, Stroke clinical fellow, Neurology registrar, Geriatric registrar and Trust Grade registrars.
SpR's take part in the integrated GIM on call rota for when they are responsible to the duty general medical consultant.
Junior medical support is provided by 4 x F1, 2 x F2, 3 x Trust Grade F2, 9 x Trust Grade CT1, 1 x ST (1MT1), 4 x VTS-ST2. All junior staff spend four months attached to the stroke unit and rotate across the stroke wards to ensure they experience all elements of the service.

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 164-8235033-A
Job locations: Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
A full range of Stroke emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under their care. The following draft Job Plan reflects our best assessment of what the final plan will be, based on 10 PAs. For all new consultants to NUH, we offer 8PAs DCC and 2 SPAs for the first year.

Person Specification
Attainments
Essential

• Full GMC registration
• CCT expected within 6 months of interview date OR via CESR route, must have confirmation of RCP approval to be entered onto the Specialist Register
• Eligible to be included on the specialist registrar

Professional Qualifications
Essential

• MRCP

Desirable

• Higher professional degree

Teaching, Audit & Research
Essential

• Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
• Able to teach and support junior staff effectively

Desirable

• Original Research Publications
• Higher teaching degree or qualification or training

Personal Skills/Qualities
Essential

• Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Able to use the Trust's IT support systems

Clinical Skills/Experience
Essential

• Extensive experience in Stroke Medicine
• Experience in hyper acute stroke care and trained and experienced in thrombolysis
• Comprehensive knowledge of current issues in general internal medicine
• Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description

Desirable

• Specific training in communication skills
• Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors

Management Skills
Essential

• Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
• Able to delegate appropriately
• Able to work in a team
• Proven leadership skills, able to lead a team effectively

Desirable

• Higher management degree or qualification or training
• Experience of change management

Practical Requirements
Essential

• Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen's Medical Centre campus

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address: Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Consultant Stroke Physician and Head of Service Dr Kailash Krishnan, kailash.krishnan@nhs.net, 01159691169

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