Senior Clinical Fellow - Stroke ImagingNHS
Job summary
The Stroke fellowship is a one year post-radiology CCT training program, providing clinical experience across the full range of adult stroke and related presentation and pathologies. We are looking for a candidayte who will commence the fellowship in September 2026. The post will be full time and be based at LUHFT, working across AUH and RLUH sites.
The successful candidate will be exposed to all aspects of stroke diagnostic imaging including CT, MRI and vascular ultrasound. The candidates are required to have good foundation in interpretation reporting of CT/MRI brain and angiography. We are a hyperacute stroke unit and receive regional referral. The stroke related interventions are performed at our neighbouring Trust - Walton Neuro Centre. While the post is largely based at LUHFT, there is provision to work collaboratively with Walton Neuro Centre and thus gain further valuable experience.
The fellow will work closely with our experienced and cohesive Stroke Imaging consultant group, participating in interpretation and reporting of stroke imaging (with adequate supervision) and attendance at these MDTs. This is purely a diagnostic post. No on-call requirement.
Main duties of the job
Diagnostic Stroke and brain imaging interpretation and reporting
Stroke hot reporting and queries
Support for specialist MDTs in conjunction with consultants
Radiology in-patient and outpatient reporting
Participate in quality improvement, audit and clinical governance
Provide support/education for resident trainees assigned to the department
Job description
Please see job description and personal specification for the post of Stroke Imaging Fellow main responsibilities.
About us
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West.
We operate from five hospital sites:Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitalprovide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.