Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine or Neurologist

Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine or Neurologist

Main area: Rehabilitation Medicine. Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant. Contract: Permanent. Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (10 PAs per week). Job ref 213-MED-DH-.

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Site: Denmark Hill, London. Salary: £109,725 - £145,478 per annum excluding London zone allowance. Salary period: Yearly. Closing: 12/10/:59.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year, and more than 15,000 staff across five main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill and the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH).

We encourage a healthy work/life balance and offer flexible working options from the start of employment in line with service requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic rehabilitation medicine team, working with patients with complex neurological conditions requiring highly specialised holistic rehabilitation care. The role balances direct clinical practice with multidisciplinary collaboration and opportunities to provide specialist management in areas such as spasticity management, comprehensive rehabilitation assessments, and individualized rehabilitation plans. You will engage with subspecialist MDTs including Neuro-Urology and Neuropsychiatry. This position suits someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, values ongoing professional development, and aims to improve patient outcomes. You will work with experienced rehabilitation medicine consultants, allied health professionals, and specialist nurses, with scope to expand knowledge, influence service development, and shape patient-centred care in a supportive clinical setting.

Main duties of the job

• Lead consultant on the Ontario Ward, responsible for 16 level 2b patients, weekly ward rounds, and reviewing new admissions within 24 hours.
• Participate in daily handovers and contribute to meetings including waiting list and referral reviews, complex discharge planning, and multidisciplinary discussions with Neuro-Urology, Neuropsychiatry, Neurosurgery, and Neurology colleagues.
• Facilitate or delegate complex family meetings to educate patients and families about their condition.
• Contribute to hospital governance, service development, and Clinical Operations Meetings to shape service delivery and quality improvement.
• Provide strong clinical leadership and clear communication with the wider multi-professional team.
• Support service innovation and improvement with opportunities for professional development.

Working for our organisation

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a large teaching Trust serving South East London. The Trust's strategy focuses on delivering high-quality care, research, innovation, and education, with a commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion. The Trust aims to be person-centred, digitally-enabled, and sustainable, with a focus on teamwork and leadership in patient care.

King's is committed to Sustainable Healthcare and the Green Plan. We align with Greener NHS ambitions and target net zero carbon for our NHS footprint by 2040 and 2045 for the NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. All staff contribute to reducing carbon emissions, waste, and pollution.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care to patients, including all treatment and management duties for the Care Group.
• Share responsibility for 24/7 unit cover on a rota, including covering colleagues on annual leave or sickness as per contract.
• Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners with colleagues.
• Carry out teaching, examinations, accreditation duties, and contribute to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Attend outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group management.
• Contribute to the Care Group's research, audits, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance, and Learning from Deaths programs.
• Contribute to the Care Group's Business Plan and service developments with internal and external partners.
• Operate within the contracted level of service and maintaining clinical governance standards.
• Provide professional leadership for all staff in the specialty and support post-qualification education and training.
• Work with colleagues to maintain staff productivity and job satisfaction; participate in the appraisal process as appropriate.
• Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with leadership.
• Comply with infection prevention and control policies, including hand hygiene and environmental hygiene.
• Prepare for protective interventions in line with evidence-based practice and patient safety.
• Be prepared to contribute to consultant-led 7-day services as future developments arise.

The Trust is internationally recognised for work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and Emergency Department care. King's Health Partners (KHP) AHSC collaborates with King's College London and other NHS trusts to integrate research, education, and clinical care.

You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent to be eligible for interview.

This post involves contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and DBS disclosure requirements.

Person specification Qualifications & Higher Education

• Full MRCP
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
• Full GMC Registration
• GMC Specialist Register on appointment date or within six months of interview

Training and Experience

• Wide experience in rehabilitation medicine, including neuro-rehabilitation and spasticity management (e.g., botulinum toxin)

Administration

• Experience organising rehabilitation services in a busy teaching hospital
• Familiarity with information technology and NHS structure

Management and Leadership

• Leadership capability within multidisciplinary teams
• Management course or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

• Understanding of medical audit; completed audit projects; audit publications

Research and Publications

• Experience of clinical research and publishing relevant articles or case reports

Teaching

• Experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and exam preparation
• Teaching skills course/qualification

IMPORTANT

• Check your email regularly for communications
• Keep job from your accounts to ensure access to communications
• Contact the named person on this advert for application or circumstance changes
• Provide referee emails where possible
• Review recruitment documentation and the Trust's criminal records policy
• All staff have safeguarding responsibilities for children and vulnerable adults
• Closing date is a guide; vacancies may close early depending on applications

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and other corporate publications; King's Health Partners AHSC information

King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a collaboration between King's College London and partner NHS trusts.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to DBS disclosure.