Locum Consultant Physician In Rehabilitation Medicine

This is a 10PA appointment for a Locum Consultant for a 6 month fixed term.

This post will deliver 10PAs supporting the Rehabilitation Medicine team. The post-holder will provide support for inpatient and outpatient services. The post will be based at Chapel Allerton Hospital.

The successful applicant should hold membership in the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent, and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK, or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.

Applicants should have established skills in Rehabilitation Medicine. Excellent communication and team working skills, a strong commitment to teaching and service development are essential.

Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the hospital, which can be arranged by contacting:

Prof Rory O'Connor - Lead Clinician

Karen Cox - Business Manager

Main duties of the job

Therole of consultant physician in rehabilitation medicine will be expected toprovide medical leadership to the rehabilitation team, facilitate clinicalgovernance, deliver education and research, and contribute to the management ofthe service. The clinical work focuses primarily on complex inpatientrehabilitation and musculoskeletal rehabilitation within Chapel AllertonHospital.

Itis expected that the postholder will work with NHS and University colleagues tomaintain the National Demonstration Centre as a centre of excellence forclinical services, research, and teaching in areas relevant to RehabilitationMedicine.

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, withaccess to leading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the countryas well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1 billion. Our 15,000 staff ensure that every year wesee and treat 1,500,000 people in our 2,000 beds or out-patient settings,comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000 in-patients, 200,000 A&E visits and1,050,000 out-patient appointments. Weoperate from 7 hospitals on 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophyand culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you doexperience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, pleasebear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

Job responsibilities

Rehabilitation services in Leeds are designated a National Demonstration Centre in Rehabilitation and a Level 2a supra-district rehabilitation service. The service covers the immediate catchment area of Leeds for secondary care with tertiary referrals from the WYAAT region.

At Chapel Allerton Hospital there are designated wards with 30 beds for inpatients participating in complex rehabilitation and the rehabilitation medicine outpatient department. On the Seacroft Hospital site there is the regional amputee rehabilitation centre, the Leeds Orthotic service and the Wheelchair and Special Seating Service. On the St Jamess University and Leeds General Infirmary sites there are acute liaison rehabilitation services and outpatient services.

There are close ties between the NHS department and the Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Leeds. Since 1974, the department has been involved in a broad spectrum of research activity involving local, national and international collaboration. The post holder will support research endeavours with the Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Leeds.

Person Specification Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

• Applicants must provide information regarding their status from the GMC and/or relevant Royal College at the time of application

Qualifications

• Accreditation in MRCP in the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent and have completed higher specialist training if currently in a training programme within the UK.
• It is expected that the appointing has experience of neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation in a tertiary hospital setting with higher specialist training.

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

• Evidence of research contributions to clinical research programmes
• Evidence of teaching and provision of clinical supervision of specialty trainees

Clinical Experience and Career Progression

• Competence in the medical management of complex disabling conditions taking into account any pre-existing physical or psychological condition
• Competence in the provision of functional prognoses to patients
• Experience in the evaluation of rehabilitation potential and prescription of rehabilitation interventions

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.