Nurse Consultant - Acute Stroke | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 14 Mai 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £66,582 - £77,368 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Mehefin 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Halifax, HX3 0PW |
| Cwmni: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7925065/372-MED2619 |
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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.
· 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.
· Provideanexpertclinicalconsultantservicethatpromotesprofessionalpracticewithregard to the identification and management of stroke patients that ensures clinical excellence.
· Assessthe individualneedsof patientsusinga range of differentmethodsthat managerisk and are appropriatetothe needsof the patientsacross the whole range of strokepathway, 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
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.
Please see full job description for detailed duties and responsibilities. This sets out the expectations for the postholder.
This advert closes on Friday 5 Jun 2026