Consultant in Neurological Rehabilitation | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Hillingdon Hospital; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Uxbridge is seeking a Rehabilitation Medicine specialist to provide high-quality care for patients with spinal cord injuries. This role involves collaboration with a team of consultants and various medical professionals to ensure seamless patient transitions and effective rehabilitation pathways. Candidates must hold an MRCP and CCT in Rehabilitation Medicine. This opportunity offers a chance to lead and affect positive change in patient care across the network, supported by a dedicated team.

Qualifications

• Must hold full MRCP and a CCT in Rehabilitation Medicine.
• Experience with high-quality neurological rehabilitation care.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-oriented rehabilitation care for spinal cord injury patients.
• Diagnose and manage care for spinally injured patients.
• Coordinate care with medical, nursing, and therapy teams.
• Contribute expertise to spinal cord injury network and care planning.

Skills

Expertise in Rehabilitation Medicine

Patient-oriented care

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

MRCP qualification

CCT in Rehabilitation Medicine

Job description

This post consists of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), annualized as 8.5 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 1.5 Supporting Clinical Activities (SPA). It is an appointment by the Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust with a license to attend at Imperial College NHS Trust.

The post holder must hold full MRCP and a certificate of completion of training (CCT) in Rehabilitation Medicine. We welcome applications from trainees in Rehabilitation Medicine who are approximately 6 months from CCT.

The appointee will join two consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine and a team of neurologists as part of a friendly and reputable service that works across Hillingdon Hospital and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to provide seamless transition for patients from tertiary care into secondary care and community services.

Responsibilities include high‑quality neurological rehabilitation care for patients with spinal cord injury, providing consultant input to the London Spinal Cord Injury Network and the Major Trauma Network in North West London, and working across secondary and community services in partnership with NW London ICB.

Key Role Deliverables for the role

• To provide a high‑quality, patient‑oriented care for patients across all ages diagnosed with spinal cord injury, both as a result of traumatic and non‑traumatic events including those with additional needs e.g., mental health, polytrauma
• To provide diagnosis and medical management of care of the spinally injured patient including management of spasticity and pain
• To evaluate potential to gain from rehabilitation and prognosis for recovery
• To define rehabilitation needs and direct patients to appropriate rehabilitation services
• To coordinate care and collaborate with other medical, nursing and therapy teams
• To communicate with families to provide information, support them in distress and manage expectations
• To work closely with the regional spinal cord injury centres supporting referrals and contributing to collaborative clinical discussion
• To support the pan London spinal cord injury network educators, to ensure a cohesive education programme is promoted and offered to all staff looking after individuals with cord injuries with a particular interest in rehabilitation needs and interventions
• To be an active member of the multidisciplinary Spinal Cord Injury network/team
• To provide expert advice to the other members of the network offering support in relation to patient assessment, care planning, clinical outcomes, and evaluation, and to support improvement of individualised outcomes for the individual, their family and carers
• To facilitate and coordinate improved standards of care through collaborative working and expert advice
• To integrate effective monitoring of standards and outcomes in collaboration with others across the network to ensure and demonstrate better outcomes for service users and carers
• Actively involve service users and their carers in feedback groups, audits, and coproduction opportunities to improve service provision, patient/carer experience and understanding
• To contribute to the SCI education and training programme to evaluate its impact and coordinate the delivery
• To work with the NHSE and NWL ICB to develop Hillingdon Specialist Rehabilitation Service as a provider of specialist spinal rehabilitation

The post holder will provide strategic clinical insight and leadership working with specialist spinal therapy and nursing colleagues to facilitate and support the development and adoption of agreed Spinal Cord Injury patient pathways in London and ensure the delivery of agreed clinical standards.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025