Locum Consultant Physician In Rehabilitation Medicine

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Locum Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation Medicine for a 6-month fixed term role. The successful candidate will support the Rehabilitation Medicine team, focusing on inpatient and outpatient services, and contribute to the management of a National Demonstration Centre in Rehabilitation. Candidates should have MRCP accreditation and experience in rehabilitation medicine.

Qualifications

• Membership in the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent.
• Experience in neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
• Evidence of teaching and clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership to the rehabilitation team.
• Facilitate clinical governance and deliver education.
• Contribute to management of rehabilitation services.

Skills

Communication

Team Working

Teaching

Service Development

Education

MRCP

Higher Specialist Training

Job description

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

LOCUM CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN IN REHABILITATION MEDICINE

This is a 10PA appointment for a Locum Consultant for a 6 month fixed term.

This post will deliver 10PAs supporting the Rehabilitation Medicine team. The post-holder will provide support for inpatient and outpatient services. The post will be based at Chapel Allerton Hospital.

The successful applicant should hold membership in the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent, and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK, or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.

Applicants should have established skills in Rehabilitation Medicine. Excellent communication and team working skills, a strong commitment to teaching and service development are essential.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the hospital, which can be arranged by contacting:

Prof Rory O'Connor - Lead Clinician

Karen Cox - Business Manager

Main duties of the job

The role of consultant physician in rehabilitation medicine will be expected to provide medical leadership to the rehabilitation team, facilitate clinical governance, deliver education and research, and contribute to the management of the service. The clinical work focuses primarily on complex inpatient rehabilitation and musculoskeletal rehabilitation within Chapel Allerton Hospital.

It is expected that the postholder will work with NHS and University colleagues to maintain the National Demonstration Centre as a centre of excellence for clinical services, research, and teaching in areas relevant to Rehabilitation Medicine.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the country as well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A& E visits and 1,050,000 out-patient appointments. We operate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Rehabilitation services in Leeds are designated a National Demonstration Centre in Rehabilitation and a Level 2a supra-district rehabilitation service. The service covers the immediate catchment area of Leeds for secondary care with tertiary referrals from the WYAAT region.

At Chapel Allerton Hospital there are designated wards with 30 beds for inpatients participating in complex rehabilitation and the rehabilitation medicine outpatient department. On the Seacroft Hospital site there is the regional amputee rehabilitation centre, the Leeds Orthotic service and the Wheelchair and Special Seating Service. On the St James's University and Leeds General Infirmary sites there are acute liaison rehabilitation services and outpatient services.

There are close ties between the NHS department and the Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Leeds. Since 1974, the department has been involved in a broad spectrum of research activity involving local, national and international collaboration. The post holder will support research endeavours with the Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Leeds.

Person Specification

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Applicants must provide information regarding their status from the GMC and/or relevant Royal College at the time of application

Qualifications

Essential

• Accreditation in MRCP in the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent and have completed higher specialist training if currently in a training programme within the UK.
• It is expected that the appointing has experience of neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation in a tertiary hospital setting with higher specialist training.

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Evidence of research contributions to clinical research programmes
• Evidence of teaching and provision of clinical supervision of specialty trainees

Clinical Experience and Career Progression

Essential

• Competence in the medical management of complex disabling conditions taking into account any pre-existing physical or psychological condition
• Competence in the provision of functional prognoses to patients
• Experience in the evaluation of rehabilitation potential and prescription of rehabilitation interventions

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