Specialty Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has been created at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre (a purpose-built centre with 39 NHSE funded beds for the rehabilitation of patients with Spinal Cord Injury) for a motivated doctor to utilise their medical skills in a stimulating and rewarding area of practice.

The Centre aims to provide total care of the spinal cord injured patients, from advising referrers in major trauma centres on the acute management, through rehabilitation to long term follow up. More than 100 new patients are typically admitted as inpatients each year, and around 1800+ patients are followed up through the outpatient clinics.

Experience in rehabilitation settings would be an advantage, but training in the specialty will be provided for the successful applicant and a wide range of medical experience is very relevant to this patient group, which is trending towards increased age and co-morbidities.

This is a physical medicine role, with no surgical responsibilities or opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be part of a small team of consultants/SAS doctors, and expected to undertake the general management of the spinal cord injured patients including on call.

This will include:

1. The outreach advice, plan of care and support of patients with SCI prior to their admission to Spinal Centre.
2. The admission and treatment of adults with traumatic spinal cord injuries and non-progressive spinal diseases causing paraplegia and tetraplegia according to the national SCI standards of care.
3. Intensive MDT rehabilitation programmes to facilitate the patient's return to his/her own community as soon as recovery is consistent with an optimal level of activity.
4. Providing the ventilatory support of patients with spinal cord injuries where appropriate in the acute setting and if this proves to be required permanently, as part of a domiciliary package.
5. Planning the discharge process that is overseen by a discharge coordinator and deputy.
6. Providing a life-long care programme for patients throughout their lives utilising the national framework for follow-up consultations.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk