Consultant - Stroke Services
NNUHFT is a vibrant, aspirational organisation, working towards becoming a Neurosciences Centre of Excellence to respond to the National Stroke Plan. We are looking to add to our established Stroke Services team by appointing to a substantive, whole‑time (10PA) consultant position, to support expansion of stroke services, development of mechanical thrombectomy.
The post holder will be expected to participate in Stroke on calls which includes covering out of hours on call for NNUH, QEH and JPUH as part of Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group.
This appointment provides an exciting opportunity for the successful appointee to join:
* A flexible and friendly multidisciplinary team
* Good development potential including research, service development, and teaching.
You will be based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), contributing towards the 7 days a week stroke consultant ward rounds to all of our hyper acute stroke patients. There is an on‑call rota specifically for Stroke only, with a frequency of approximately 1 in 7, with prospective cover including Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy referral to CUH.
Teaching responsibilities are shared with the stroke consultant colleagues and specialty trainees and consist of a repeating programme of lectures, seminars and tutorials. You may also participate in the teaching programme for the University of East Anglia (UEA) medical students and other clinical professionals involved with the Stroke pathway. You will be encouraged to participate in ongoing research studies.
Job Plan
* Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy referrals
* Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) ward round
* Acute Stroke Unit (ASU) ward round
* Rehabilitation Unit ward round
* Administration time
* TIA Clinic
* CPD to develop own specialist stroke service interests.
The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals.
The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) is one of the busiest teaching trusts in England. We serve over 900,000 people across Norfolk, North Suffolk and surrounding areas for specialist services. In 2016/17 our 7,500 members of staff delivered 816,000 outpatient appointments, 90,000 day cases and 90,000 inpatient admissions from our two hospitals.
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is located on the Norwich Research Park and serves the population of Norfolk and Norfolk Suffolk and further afield for specialist services. It opened in 2001 and is a 1,200 bed teaching hospital with state‑of‑the‑art facilities. We provide a wide range of secondary and tertiary services, including Accident and Emergency. The trust commemorated 250 years of a hospital in Norwich in 2021.
Cromer and District Hospital is located in Cromer on the North Norfolk coast and serves the North Norfolk population. It was redeveloped in 2012 to replace the 1930s‑founded hospital. We provide a wide range of consultant‑led outpatient services, day case operations and a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU). The trust is commemorated 150 years of a hospital in Cromer in 2017/18.
Our vision is to ‘provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most’, Our PRIDE values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do.
Please read the attached detailed job description for this full‑time Consultant post.
The AAC panel will meet on 6th May 2026.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Mar 2026.
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