This consultant post in neurological rehabilitation at Hillingdon Hospital joins two rehabilitation consultants and a neurology team serving the London spinal cord injury network. The work centres on diagnosing and managing spinal cord injury patients, including spasticity and pain, and planning their rehabilitation. Ten programmed activities split between Hillingdon and Imperial College, with a licence to attend Imperial, link tertiary and community care. Full MRCP and a CCT in Rehabilitation Medicine are required, though trainees about six months from CCT are welcome to apply.
What the job involves
- Diagnose and medically manage spinal cord injury patients, including spasticity and pain
- Evaluate rehabilitation potential and prognosis, define rehabilitation needs and direct patients to services
- Coordinate care with medical, nursing and therapy teams
- Provide consultant input to the London Spinal Cord Injury Network and the North West London Major Trauma Network
- Support patients' families with information and guidance, including when in distress
- Work with regional spinal cord injury centres on referrals and collaborative clinical discussion
- Improve spinal cord injury care across North West London, including integrated working with community services and outreach
- Contribute to the network education and training programme, including its evaluation and delivery
- Involve service users and carers in feedback, audit and coproduction
- Monitor standards and outcomes across the network
- Develop Hillingdon Specialist Rehabilitation Service as a specialist spinal rehabilitation provider with NHSE and the NWL ICB
- Provide strategic clinical leadership on spinal care pathways and clinical standards across London
What’s required
Qualifications
- MRCP or equivalent
- CCT in Rehabilitation Medicine
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register for Neurorehabilitation, Neurology or General Internal Medicine, or within six months of expected CCT in Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine
Experience
- Recent clinical experience in neurorehabilitation or neurology
Nice to have
- Higher degree, for example MD or PhD
- Clinical and educational supervisor training courses
- Previous experience of participation in research
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
