About this role
Job summary
The Acute Stroke & TIA Nurse Consultant provides highly specialised expert clinical leadership in the hyperacute and acute management of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA). The post holder will be a senior autonomous practitioner with advanced decision-making responsibility across rapid assessment, diagnosis, reperfusion treatment, and early inpatient management.
The role has a predominant acute clinical focus, spending a minimum of two-thirds of time in direct clinical care, including:
Hyperacute stroke assessment IV thrombolysis decision-making and delivery Thrombectomy pathway coordination Urgent TIA assessment and secondary prevention Acute stroke unit and HASU support The remaining time is dedicated to strategic leadership, service development, education, audit, and research, with particular focus on improving clinical outcomes, patient safety, SSNAP performance, and equity of access to urgent stroke and TIA care.
The post holder works in close partnership with stroke physicians, emergency medicine, radiology, ambulance services, and regional neuroscience networks to ensure safe, timely, and evidence-based acute stroke care.
The postholder will join the service during an exciting time of expansion. The expectation will be for the postholder to form part of a weekend rota which may change as more roles are approved and recruited to. A full overview of this in contained in the detailed job description below.
Main duties of the job
Act as an expert autonomous clinician in the assessment and management of patients presenting with suspected acute stroke or TIA.
Lead and support hyperacute stroke decision-making, including:
o Eligibility assessment for IV thrombolysis
o Advanced imaging interpretation (CT/CTA/CTP as appropriate)
o Escalation and coordination of mechanical thrombectomy pathways
Provide senior clinical leadership within the HASU, ED, and acute stroke unit, including out-of-hours and weekend working according to rota.
Undertake urgent TIA assessment clinics, ensuring rapid risk stratification, diagnosis, initiation of secondary prevention, and onward management.
Provide an expert clinical consultant service that promotes professional practice with regard to the identification and management of stroke patients that ensures clinical excellence.
Assess the individual needs of patients using a range of different methods that manage risk and are appropriate to the needs of the patients across the whole range of stroke pathway, ensuring that complex facts and situations that require analysis, interpretation, and comparison over a range of options are considered.
Lead service development initiatives relating to:
Hyperacute stroke pathways Door-to-needle and door-to-groin times Urgent TIA access and safety Weekend and extended-hours acute coverage
About us
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see full job description for detailed duties and responsibilities. This sets out the expectations for the postholder.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING Essential
Masters Level Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice Neurovascular Education and Training in Stroke Management and Acute Reperfusion Therapies - Advanced Practice First level Degree/Diploma in adult nursing studies Non-Medical Prescriber NHS Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor
Desirable
Doctorate Degree or willing to work towards
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE Essential
Must be able to work independently within area of expertise Varied senior experience within speciality Evidence of practice development and innovation Proven track record in leadership Able to utilise advanced clinical skills Direct professional development of self and others Experience of implementing major organisational change
Desirable
Involvement with local and national committees
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES) Essential
Able to work under pressure Demonstrate a clear vision of the role and service Ability to lead change and influence multidisciplinary teams Resilient Ability to initiate sustain and evaluate change. Team player Integrity Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience of change management
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).
Employer details Employer name Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address CRH
bowling mills
Halifax
HX3 0PW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)