Locum Consultant Stroke Medicine

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust (NUH) is looking for a fulltime 12 month fixed term Stroke Consultant Physician to join an existing team of 10 NHS and academic consultants providing Stroke services to the people of Nottinghamshire and beyond. NUH is a Comprehensive Stroke Centre for the East Midlands and provides Endovascular, Neurosurgical services, 24/7 Thrombolysis and Hyperacute Care.

NUH hosts the Mechanical Thrombectomy Centre for the East Midlands region. The service is expanding following the successful business case for expanding Mechanical Thrombectomy 24/7.

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

The Comprehensive Stroke Centre, at NUH , consists of:

16 bedded hyper acute stroke unit at QMC campus

34 bedded acute rehabilitation stroke unit at QMC campus

18 bedded long-term rehabilitation stroke unit at City campus and 6 beds in Connect House (further rehab beds)