This substantive consultant post sits within Livewell Southwest's Rehabilitation Medicine team and centres on leading and developing its community neuro-rehabilitation service. The work covers specialist rehabilitation for people with neurological conditions, alongside community clinics, spasticity management and intrathecal baclofen services. Successful candidates can opt into a rotational programme moving every 12 months between community, inpatient and stroke rehabilitation. Candidates need GMC Specialist Register entry in Rehabilitation Medicine, or to be within six months of CCT at interview.
What the job involves
- Lead and develop the community neuro-rehabilitation service
- Deliver specialist rehabilitation to people with neurological conditions
- Work within a multidisciplinary team across the rehabilitation pathway
- Contribute to community neuro-rehabilitation clinics
- Contribute to spasticity management and intrathecal baclofen services
- Contribute to spinal rehabilitation services
- Contribute to service development initiatives
- Rotate every 12 months across community neuro-rehab, inpatient neurological rehab and stroke rehab, if on the rotational programme
What’s required
Qualifications
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent
Registration & licences
- GMC Specialist Register in Rehabilitation Medicine, or within six months of CCT at interview
Experience
- Broad experience in rehabilitation medicine, with an interest in neurological rehabilitation
- Training and wide experience in rehabilitation medicine
- General medical background and competency to manage senior on-call emergencies, if on-call
- Working with managers to improve patient experience and service delivery
- Clinical audit
Skills & knowledge
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working, service development, education and clinical excellence
- Understanding of clinical research
- Understanding of teaching principles for undergraduate, postgraduate and interdisciplinary learners
- Proven ability to motivate, support and work within a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Basic computer and IT skills
Other
- High professional and ethical standards
- Commitment to continuing professional development
Nice to have
- Botulinum toxin injections for limb spasticity
- Advanced experience in prosthetics or major trauma
- Knowledge of the NHS
- Evidence of service development and enacting change
- Experience of leading clinical services
- Published papers in peer-reviewed journals
- Teaching experience, particularly multi-professional and undergraduate
- Higher qualifications in rehabilitation
What’s offered
- Protected CPD time
- Training pathways
- Structured induction programme
- Rotational consultant programme across three rehabilitation services
- Undergraduate teaching and research collaboration with the University of Plymouth
- Strong commitment to consultant development and service innovation
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
