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Stroke medicine doctors diagnose strokes and provide acute care, management and rehabilitation of patients who have suffered a stroke.
You'll follow a set pattern of training, which usually starts with a five year first degree in medicine. You’ll then complete two years of foundation training, and two years of core training (CT1-2) or three years acute care common stem (ACCS). Following that, there will be between five and eight years of specialty training (ST3-8), which varies according to the parent specialty chosen. This period of training will include completing your royal college exams. Advanced sub-specialty training of between one and two years is also needed. Length of training can vary according to your circumstances.Doctors may work up to 48 hours a week. The working hours may sometimes extend beyond the normal working day to include early mornings, evenings and weekends. You’ll first earn a salary when you start your foundation training after medical school. The basic salary ranges from £29,384 to £34,012. Once you start your specialty training as a doctor in stroke medicine employed by the NHS, you can expect to earn a salary of at least £40,257, which can increase to between £84,559 and £114,003 as a consultant.You'll need excellent communication skills to manage a wide range of relationships with colleagues, and patients and their families. You'll be emotionally resilient, have excellent problem-solving and diagnostic skills and work well in teams and under pressure. You'll also be very organised for the benefit of patients.Stroke medicine is a small sub-specialist area of medicine. There are currently 197 stroke consultants in England in 2016. Opportunities exist for research and teaching.