Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine

Job summary

This is a very exciting time to join specialist rehabilitation in the East Midlands. The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) will be open to patients in Summer 2025. This will be a ground-breaking 70 bed facility for NHS patients based alongside and closely connected to the Defence Medical Rehab Centre at Stanford Hall. The NRC will host a national training and education centre and a research and innovation hub. Together with our academic partners (UoN and LU), the NRC will set a new standard for rehabilitation.

We need forward-thinking, ambitious consultants whose skills and ideas will help us to deliver our plans and thus shape the future of rehab medicine. This is a unique opportunity to take rehab medicine in a new and exciting direction, establishing a new standard for clinical, research & innovation excellence. We are developing new and innovative ways of working with access to cutting edge technology and robotics.

The service is well supported by the Rehabilitation Directorate Head of Service and wider medical team who carry out the day-to-day clinical duties, allowing the post-holder to provide specialist advice and establish a wide network of relationships with other related disciplines (e.g. Neurosciences, Major Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery, Critical Care).

If you are interested and would like to find out more about the NRC, please visit our website (www.nationalrehabilitationcentre.nhs.uk) or get in touch at nuhnt.nrc@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job

1. Working with MDT colleagues to provide a comprehensive, high quality Rehab Medicine service at all stages of their rehab journey.

2. Responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients and delivery of clinical duties as agreed in the job plan.

3. Act as clinical supervisor for specialist rehabilitation Advanced Care Practitioners and resident doctors.

4. Take an active role in service development and quality improvement work.

5. Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduate medical students, resident medical, nursing and AHP colleagues.

6. Communicate with patients, relatives and carers of patients; provide advice, attend goal setting meetings and liaise with third parties as required. Provision of cover for periods of leave (there is no cross cover for clinics).

7. Liaise with consultant colleagues as required and with other health care professionals in the MDT Rehab teams.

8. Take an active role in research and innovation under the supervision of the NRC Rehabilitation Medicine Research Lead.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her Consultant colleagues, and the Trust. The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times.

About us

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save and improve lives, we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottinghamshire and the surrounding communities.

We are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham, hosting a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into a range of medical services.

As one of the NHS Trusts identified in the New Hospital Programme, NUH is proud to host the National Rehabilitation Centre which will be a new 70 bed NHS rehabilitation facility set to be built on the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate near Loughborough.

We have recently become home to the latest series of Channel 4's award-winning series 24 Hours in A&E, which takes a look inside one of the country's busiest emergency department at QMC and showcases the dedication, passion and skill of our teams. This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.