Consultant in Neurological Rehabilitation

NHS Jobs; Uxbridge (MA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust seeks a Consultant in Neurological Rehabilitation to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care for spinal cord injury patients across ages and settings. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care and engaging with families to support recovery and prognosis.

The role emphasizes collaboration with spinal cord injury networks and regional centres, education of staff, and contribution to standards of care and patient pathways

Qualifications

• No formal listed prerequisites in the provided text.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, patient-oriented care for spinal cord injury patients across ages.
• Diagnose and manage care including spasticity and pain.
• Evaluate rehabilitation potential and prognosis for recovery.
• Define rehabilitation needs and direct to appropriate services.
• Coordinate care with medical, nursing and therapy teams.
• Communicate with families to provide information and support.
• Collaborate with regional spinal cord injury centres and educators.
• Lead and participate in multidisciplinary spinal cord injury networks.
• Support improvement of outcomes through audit and coproduction with service users.

Job description

Consultant in Neurological Rehabilitation

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 program is promoted and offered to all staff looking after individuals with spinal 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. 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. 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 program 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.

£55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of HCAS

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust