Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Outpatient clinic (3.5 PAs)

MS rehab clinics
2.0
Head injury clinics (NHIS)
1.5; these are based in Morpeth

Please note, clinics have 3 hours of face-to-face time and an hour of clinical admin time.

Outreach visits/clinics (2 PA)

Home visits/MS outreach (monthly) in Alnwick or Berwick (alternatively

Inpatient session (2 PA)

Ward rounds for 810 patients
MDT/Team review for patients
Clinical admin

Clinical admin

Additional 0.5P

SPA/CPD/ Revalidation activity (2 PAs)

2 programmed activities are allocated to supporting professional activities, including continuing professional development research, audit, teaching and service development and attend weekly consultant meetings which also doubles for peer support

Out of hours off-site on-call duties for Walkergate Park wards 3 and 4 as second on call, to either FY2, clinical fellows, rehab trainees or psychiatry trainees.

This currently operates in a 1 in 7 rota; Band B, 2%.

The rehabilitation service works closely with the services provided from Neuropsychiatry and the Neurobehavioural service and together they form the Neurological Services within the Specialist Services Directorate.

The successful applicant will be based at Walkergate Park which is designated as a Level 1 Rehabilitation centre by NHS England.

They will join an established team of Consultants and Associate Specialists, and MDT. They will work across community, outpatients, inpatients and liaison services.

The work is reflected in the job timetable and outlined in this document but it is expected to cover OP MS rehabilitation, outreach and community head injury rehabilitation work.

The Neurorehabilitation service provides highly specialised and integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation for 35 inpatients with acquired neurological disability. It works jointly with neuropsychiatrists to provide neurobehavioural rehabilitation for 14 inpatients.

Specialist nursing and medical expertise is applied to allow patients to benefit from highly structured and flexible rehabilitation programmes delivered by experienced and dedicated teams of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, neuro-psychologists, social and recreational therapists and related disciplines.

The patients' rehabilitation programmes are categorised to allow access to the most appropriate programme to meet their chosen goals and to address physical, cognitive and emotional problems according to priority of need.

Why us?

Up to £8k relocation package
30 days study leave (every 3 years) with a generous study leave allowance
Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
Remote working available as suits service needs
Dedicated and protected SPA time
Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career well being
Teaching and research opportunities available
Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching
Teaching opportunities in our brandnew state of the art Medical Education Centre
Employee Excellence awards
Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more

As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links.

The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England's finest areas of natural beauty

Please refer to attached job description for further details and main duties and responsibilities.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name:
Dr. Revin Thomas, Consultant in Neuro-rehabilitation, Assistant-Associate Medical Director (line/clinical manager for this post)

Tel:
via PA Ms Michelle Mobberley;