Specialty Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine

3 weeks ago


Wolverhampton West Midlands, United Kingdom The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Full time

Applications are invited for a Specialist Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine to join the well-established Rehabilitation Medicine department currently based at West Park Hospital in Wolverhampton. This is a supra-district service which provides both neurological rehabilitation, Stroke rehabilitation and general rehabilitation for Older Adults. The catchment area includes patients from Wolverhampton CCG and other neighboring CCGs.

The rehabilitation services based at West Park Hospital consist of.

You will join a team of three full-time Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine and a Consultant Geriatrician who work closely with the acute stroke, Older Adult Medicine and acute Neurology services based at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton. The service is also supported by a full-time middle grade doctor and clinical fellows. West Park Hospital is a training unit approved by West Park Deanery and hence the new Consultant will have opportunity to participate in the training of the Registrars/ST grade doctors. To be eligible for consideration, candidates must be on the GMC specialist register or be a speciality trainee within six months of their CCST date at the time of interview.

Main duties of the job

The main duty of the post holder would be to provide medical support to the inpatient service with opportunities to work in our specialist outpatientclinics and with the community team.
  • Contribution to day to day management of medical problems andrehabilitation of inpatients.
  • The post holder will be expected to join the existing on-call rota alongwith colleagues from care of the elderly. The current on-call commitments do not extend beyond 7pm on a week day and 1pm on weekends. The middle grade doctor can seek advice and support from the acute medical on-call team based at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton as well as from NRU Consultants.
  • Responsibility for correspondence: this includes investigation results admission, progress and discharge summaries of inpatients letters ofpatients seen in clinics etc.
  • Participation in supervision and support for junior medical staff attached to NRU.
  • Participation in assessment of patients referred from acute and otherhospitals and community.
  • Contribution to liaison with other hospitals, trusts, districts, statutoryservices and other agencies.
  • Participation in audit, training and educational programmes inDirectorate and the Trust.
  • Participate in preparation of strategic development plans for specialist rehabilitation in Wolverhampton.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as Good by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached JD for detailed breakdown of duties. In summary the general duty of the role is:

The main duty of the post holder would be to provide medical support to the

inpatient service with opportunities to work in our specialist outpatient clinics and with the community team.
  1. Contribution to day to day management of medical problems and rehabilitation of inpatients.
  2. The post holder will be expected to join the existing on-call rota along with colleagues from older adults medicine.
  3. The middle grade doctor can seek advice and support from the acute medical on-call team based at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton as well as from NRU Consultants.
  4. Responsibility for correspondence: this includes investigation results admission, progress and discharge summaries of inpatients letters of patients seen in clinics etc.
  5. Participation in supervision and support for junior medical staff attached to NRU.
  6. Participation in assessment of patients referred from acute and other hospitals and community.
  7. Contribution to liaison with other hospitals, trusts, districts, statutory services and other agencies.
  8. Participation in audit, training and educational programmes in Directorate and the Trust.
  9. Participate in preparation of strategic development plans for specialist rehabilitation in Wolverhampton.

Person Specification
Essential
Essential

  • Qualifications - Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC MRCP (UK) or equivalent On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview
  • Experience - Wide experience in Older Adult Medicine and Rehabilitation specialty and general medical experience
  • Ability/Skills - Able to communicate effectively with the patients and their families Able to work collaboratively and respectfully with the team
  • Research & Audit - Evidence of audit and quality improvement and the implementation of change following the audit

Desirable

  • Qualification - Higher Medical Degree
  • Experience - Subspecialty training or equivalent
  • Ability/Skills - Specific training in patient safety and human factors
  • Research & Audit - Relevant research published in peer review journal

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