Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke Services
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (2 additional pas to be given to cover thrombolysis on call rota, additional responsibilities discussed at annual job planning)
- Job ref
- 236-BCO-CON-STROKE-25-A
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Fairfield General Hospital - but with regular travel to other NCA sites
- Town
- Bury
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant - Stroke Services
Consultant
Job overview
Fairfield General Hospital hosts one of two Primary Stroke Centres (PSC), in Greater Manchester (Fairfield General and Stepping Hill Hospitals) operating within the top 10 percentile of SSNAP data within the UK.
All Stroke patients, with a population of 700k with an estimate admitting cohort of c.900 patients per annum will pass through the PSC. Fairfield General Hospital provides hyper acute, acute (Ward 4/5) and rehabilitation services (Ward 20 and 21) to the population.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to provide in-patient and outpatient stroke care whilst exercising considerable autonomy, while remaining responsible to the clinical lead and responsive to the varying needs of the department and its staff.
Contribute to the provision of acute stroke specialist service delivering thrombolysis and other specialist treatments.
The post holder will provide ongoing clinical support to the community stroke services within the Northern Care Alliance.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the General Medical Council
Experience
Essential criteria
- Must have experience in working within stroke services
- Must be qualified to consultant level
- Experience of teaching and training medical undergraduates, postgraduates and other health professionals
- Extensive knowledge of Stroke Medicine, including other medical specialities
- Clear evidence of organisational and Leadership skills
- Clinical Governance understanding
- Good Practice in Research training within last 2 years
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary medical qualification (eg. MBChB)
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent
- Certificate of completion of specialist training (CCT) or equivalent in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric medicine, Neurology or Stroke medicine (or entry expected within six months of interview date).
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at a Deanery Teaching the Teachers or similar training in education
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 Robert Namushi
- Job title
- Consultant in Stroke and Acting Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07949890904
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