Job summary
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Stroke Physician to join our expanding Stroke Service.

Applications are invited for a Fixed-Term Consultant Stroke Physician post within the Stroke Services at North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH). The service sits within the Specialist Medicine Division at NMUH, recently joined as part of the Royal Free London Group.

This exciting opportunity is initially offered as a 6-month locum appointment comprising 10 Programmed Activities (8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA), with potential for substantive appointment. The post has been created to support the continued development and delivery of high-quality and acute stroke services, including inpatient stroke care, TIA pathways, and rapid-access stroke assessment clinics.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership in stroke outpatient clinics
• Efficient completion of virtual clinics to ensure diagnostic outcomes are communicated to patients and referrers in a timely manner
• Vetting referrals and responding to Advice and Guidance requests received from General Practice
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the clinical leads, as the need arises.
• Complete inpatient reviews as part of a regular rota
• Effective clinical management of patients referred into the stroke service.
• Clear verbal and written communication with patients regarding their care and clinical outcomes
• Clear and timely responses as appropriate to patient complaints or enquiries which require clinical input
• Clinical review and/or treatment advice for inpatients referred to the stroke service
• Engender a Patient First culture across the organisation ensuring high standards of patient care
• To liaise with other healthcare professionals to assist in the continuity of care across primary and secondary sectors

About us
Our Shared Commitments

Care with Compassion, Act with integrity, champion inclusion and deliver excellence

Details
Date posted: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
+ £2162 London weighting, per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 391-NMUH-8178854
Job locations: North Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, Upper Edmonton, N18 1QX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will work closely with the multidisciplinary stroke team and contribute to the provision of timely specialist review and management of patients presenting with cerebrovascular disease. Duties will include supporting acute stroke pathways, inpatient stroke care, and ambulatory stroke services across the Trust.

Applicants should have broad experience in Stroke Medicine and General Internal Medicine, together with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality, evidence-based stroke care. Experience in thrombolysis decision-making and thrombectomy referral pathways would be desirable, depending on experience (There is potential to join Royal London Hospital HASU on call rota if candidate wishes to join)

The successful applicant will play a key role in delivering high-quality stroke care across the Trust and will contribute to the ongoing development of our stroke services.

The post-holder will provide consultant leadership for:

• A 29-bedded Acute Stroke Unit
• Daily consultant-led TIA assessment service
• Stroke outpatient follow-up clinics
• Multidisciplinary stroke care pathways
• Teaching, training and supervision of junior medical staff
• Clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities

Person Specification
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Experience of working in stroke medicine
• Evidence of leadership and management experience
• MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients Computer literate
• Higher post graduate qualification/degree

Essential

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice CCST/CCT or equivalent in stroke medicine and GIM and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview, or evidence of working towards specialist registration via CESR.

Desirable

• Higher post graduate qualification/degree

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).