Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Regional Rehabilitation Unit Consultant

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Job summary

Here at The Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC), we are inclusive and dedicated, working to provide excellent support to our entitled personnel!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Part Time Regional Rehabilitation Unit (RRU) Consultant to join the team here at Merville Barracks, Colchester.

The position offers 16 hours per week.

Does this sound of interest to you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

  • Ensure all clinical activity is documented in line with single Service guidelines and Defence Rehabilitation record keeping policy.
  • Appropriate referral of patients into the National Health Service (NHS) or the Rapid Access Imaging and Fast Track Surgery contract as per Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) policy.
  • Provision of a timely and effective rehabilitation service to all appropriately referred serving personnel.

  • Clinical decision-making on further investigation, intervention or referral of complex patients attending Multidisciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC).

About us

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Details

Date posted

02 September 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year pro-rata for part time.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-22-6624

Job locations

RRU Colchester

Merville Barracks

Colchester

Essex

CO2 7NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE:

We ask the successful post holder to deliver a consultant-led specialist Musculoskeletal (MSK) and Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) service for Defence Rehabilitation, utilising the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) where appropriate, in order to deliver a world class level of rehabilitation for service personnel.

You will be joining a dynamic MDT of clinicians supporting the Defence Rehabilitation Service, which includes Primary Care Rehabilitation Facilities (PCRFs), Regional Rehabilitation Units (RRUs) and the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall. These posts are to support the RRU’s intermediate care MSK service.

MAIN JOB OBJECTIVES:

  • The aim is to return, where possible, service personnel to active duty and where not, to ensure they are able to achieve the maximum level of independence and function as they continue their clinical pathway to secondary care at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) or on discharge from the services.
  • Clinical decision-making on further investigation, intervention or referral of complex patients attending Multidisciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC).

  • Support the Officer Commanding (OC) RRU and other clinical staff to ensure the clinical service is efficient, agile and is able to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE:

We ask the successful post holder to deliver a consultant-led specialist Musculoskeletal (MSK) and Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) service for Defence Rehabilitation, utilising the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) where appropriate, in order to deliver a world class level of rehabilitation for service personnel.

You will be joining a dynamic MDT of clinicians supporting the Defence Rehabilitation Service, which includes Primary Care Rehabilitation Facilities (PCRFs), Regional Rehabilitation Units (RRUs) and the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall. These posts are to support the RRU’s intermediate care MSK service.

MAIN JOB OBJECTIVES:

  • The aim is to return, where possible, service personnel to active duty and where not, to ensure they are able to achieve the maximum level of independence and function as they continue their clinical pathway to secondary care at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) or on discharge from the services.
  • Clinical decision-making on further investigation, intervention or referral of complex patients attending Multidisciplinary Injury Assessment Clinic (MIAC).

  • Support the Officer Commanding (OC) RRU and other clinical staff to ensure the clinical service is efficient, agile and is able to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical Degree recognised in the United Kingdom (UK)
  • Member or Fellow of Faculty Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK)
  • General Medical Council (GMC) registered as a doctor with a licence to practice.
  • On the Specialist Register of the GMC (SEM is desirable, but others considered)
  • Annual appraisal and revalidation.
  • Ultrasound guided steroid injections (USS) and injection therapy competence

Desirable

  • Experience of Musculoskeletal or Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) in the military Community.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical Degree recognised in the United Kingdom (UK)
  • Member or Fellow of Faculty Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK)
  • General Medical Council (GMC) registered as a doctor with a licence to practice.
  • On the Specialist Register of the GMC (SEM is desirable, but others considered)
  • Annual appraisal and revalidation.
  • Ultrasound guided steroid injections (USS) and injection therapy competence

Desirable

  • Experience of Musculoskeletal or Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) in the military Community.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

RRU Colchester

Merville Barracks

Colchester

Essex

CO2 7NL


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

RRU Colchester

Merville Barracks

Colchester

Essex

CO2 7NL


Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Debra Ludlam

debra.ludlam388@mod.gov.uk

03001615459

Details

Date posted

02 September 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year pro-rata for part time.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

K0003-22-6624

Job locations

RRU Colchester

Merville Barracks

Colchester

Essex

CO2 7NL


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