Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine: Major Trauma

Integrated Care System; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading integrated health care provider seeks a dynamic Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine for their Major Trauma Rehabilitation Service. This newly created role involves delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across acute and community settings, strengthening rehabilitation pathways for major trauma patients and leading a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Opportunities for CPD and leadership development

Supportive working environment

Access to research opportunities

Qualifications

• Broad rehabilitation medicine skills.
• Experience in clinical audit and service development.
• Ability to manage limb spasticity with botulinum toxin injections.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist rehabilitation input for complex trauma patients.
• Lead MDT meetings and collaborate with acute care teams.
• Support personalised rehabilitation plans.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Education

CCT/CESR in Rehabilitation Medicine

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Higher qualifications in rehabilitation

Job description

Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine: Major Trauma

Livewell Southwest isseeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine tolead and develop our Major Trauma Rehabilitation Service.

This is a newlydeveloped post designed to strengthen the rehabilitation pathway for patientsrecovering from major trauma. Thesuccessful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality,patient-centred care across acute and community settings, working closely withthe Major Trauma Centre and regional rehabilitation networks.

About the Role:

• Provide specialist rehabilitation input for patientswith complex trauma-related needs
• Lead multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings andcontribute to service development
• Work collaboratively with acute care teams, communityservices, and regional partners
• Support the delivery of personalised rehabilitationplans and continuity of care
• Cross covering with the amputees rehabilitationservice
• Baclofen pump refill service lead

What We Offer:

• A supportive and innovative working environment
• Opportunities to shape and expand a growing service
• A strong MDT including physiotherapists, occupationaltherapists, psychologists, and case managers
• Access to CPD, research, and leadership development

The right person for the job will have broad rehabilitation medicine skills and a CCT/CESR in rehabilitation medicine with an interest in prosthetics and major trauma.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 19 September 2025

Main duties of the job

This job spans two main teams - mostly involved with the acute hospital major trauma team and secondarily with the prosthetics service. Professional support comes from the Rehabilitation Medicine colleagues: one consultant to be mostly based at University Hospital Plymouth with cross cover on the planned activities and two consultants based at Mount Gould Community Hospital.

The consultant job plans are based on a 7.5:2.5 DCC:SPA ratio. There are additional opportunities in medical education and the rehabilitation medicine services already provided (outpatients, spasticity etc).

Your peer support will be in our community physicians and rehabilitation medicine group unified by the care of people, outside the acute hospital, limited by frailty, neurological or severe illness. We are proud to be a group of doctors with a mix of specialty backgrounds, working patterns and interests. You will, however, also be part of the networks of physicians and surgeons working with our shared client group.

Our community group has close relationships to other teams such as adult psychiatry, community therapy, crisis response and long term condition nurses. We all use one electronic record system which is also shared with many local GP surgeries. This makes joined up care a reality.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning socialenterprise delivering integrated health and social care services acrossPlymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts ofDevon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sportscentres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we areguided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility,and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability,while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their familiesand carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the rightcare at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helpspeople lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPDtime, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualificationslike the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction andpreceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encouragesapplications from all sections of the community, including those with armedforces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditionsand learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustmentsduring the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in thejob advert.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine: Major Trauma, Prosthetic & Community Neurorehabilitation

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
• CCT/CESR in Rehabilitation Medicine (or within six months).
• Higher qualifications in rehabilitation.
• Qualifications in teaching and learning.

Experience

• Training and wide experience in the field of rehabilitation medicine.
• Secure background general medical experience and competency to manage on-call emergencies at senior level (if on-call).
• Experience of working with managers to improve patient experience and service delivery.
• Experience in clinical audit.
• Understanding of clinical research.
• Understanding of teaching principles for undergraduate, postgraduate and interdisciplinary learners.
• Proven ability to motivate, support and work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• High professional and ethical standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A commitment to continuous professional development.
• Basic computer/IT skills.
• Ability to manage limb spasticity with botulinum toxin injections.
• A special interest or advanced experience in prosthetics, major trauma.
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS.
• Evidence of service development and enacting change.
• Ability to lead clinical services.
• Relevant published papers in peer-reviewed journals.
• Experience in teaching, particularly at a multi-professional level and of undergraduates.
• Proven ability to organise and prioritise workload, delegating as appropriate and supervising staff.
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels.
• Ability to balance competing pressures that come from holding more than one role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.