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Livewell Southwest

Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with special interest in Stroke

The closing date is 17 August 2025

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Job summary

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.

Job Plan & Opportunities:

  • 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 inRehabilitation 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 on 17 September 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 acrossthe 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 programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs 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.

Details

Date posted

16 July 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9832-MD-2025-349

Job locations

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY


Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 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.

Desirable

  • 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

Essential

  • 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).

Desirable

  • Higher Qualification in Stroke.
  • Qualification in Teaching and Learning.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 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.

Desirable

  • 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

Essential

  • 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).

Desirable

  • 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY


Employer's website

https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY


Employer's website

https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Medical Workforce Manager

Teresa Barrett

livewell.medical-workforce@nhs.net

07917504025

Details

Date posted

16 July 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9832-MD-2025-349

Job locations

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY


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