Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with Special Interest in Stroke

Livewell Southwest; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A Health and Social Care Organization in Plymouth is seeking a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with a special interest in Stroke. The role involves leading the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, providing outpatient care, and contributing to service development. Ideal candidates must have full GMC registration and relevant experience. This position includes collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and opportunities for personal development and training.

Benefits

Protected CPD time

Leadership programmes

Funding for qualifications

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise.
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register in Rehabilitation Medicine.
• Experience in managing emergency on-call situations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Clinician for the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit.
• Deliver outpatient care through clinics and domiciliary visits.
• Actively participate in clinical governance.

Skills

Collaboration in MDT

Management of complex rehabilitation needs

Competency in botulinum toxin injections

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Higher Qualification in Stroke

Qualification in Teaching and Learning

Job description

Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with Special Interest in Stroke

Livewell Southwest is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with a special interest in Stroke to join our dynamic and evolving multidisciplinary team at Mount Gould Hospital.

This is a key leadership role within our stroke rehabilitation pathway, offering a diverse and rewarding mix of inpatient and outpatient responsibilities, with opportunities to contribute to service development and innovation.

• Standard job plan: 7.5 DCC : 2.5 SPA
• Additional opportunities in medical education, spasticity management, and outpatient rehabilitation services.

What Were Looking For:

• Full GMC Registration, with a licence to practise
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register in Rehabilitation Medicine (or within 6 months of CCT)
• A collaborative, MDT-focused approach and confidence working outside of acute hospital settings
• A passion for supporting people with complex rehabilitation needs

Interviews are stoke to take place week commencing 15 December 2025.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will:

• Act as Lead Clinician for the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit
• Provide cross-cover for the PlymNeuro Rehabilitation Unit
• Deliver outpatient care through clinics and domiciliary visits
• Have the opportunity to join the baclofen pump clinic rota, interventional clinics, or support the neuro-community team
• Play an active role in clinical governance across the stroke pathway

You will be supported by a team of four Rehabilitation Medicine Consultants (two based at Mount Gould and two at University Hospitals Plymouth), with cross-cover primarily provided by colleagues at Mount Gould.

We are also exploring a rotational model across stroke, neurorehabilitation, and community services to enhance consultant leadership and exposure across settings. Applicants are welcome to express interest in this model.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided 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 families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programmes, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programmes ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro‑diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with a special interest in Stroke

Person Specification

Experience

• Training and wide experience in the field of rehab medicine.
• Secure background general medicine 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register in Stroke Medicine at the time of taking up the post (Specialist Registrars applying advance must be within six months of their CCT at the point of being interviewed).
• Higher Qualification in Stroke.
• Qualification in Teaching and Learning.

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.