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Job overview

Applications are invited for a Specialist Doctor in  Rehabilitation Medicine to join the well-established Rehabilitation Medicine department currently based at West Park Hospital in Wolverhampton. This is a supra-district service which provides both neurological rehabilitation, Stroke rehabilitation and general rehabilitation for Older Adults. The catchment area includes patients from Wolverhampton CCG and other neighboring CCGs.

The rehabilitation services based at West Park Hospital consist of.

You will join a team of three full-time Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine and a Consultant Geriatrician who work closely with the acute stroke, Older Adult Medicine and acute Neurology services based at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton. The service is also supported by a full-time middle grade doctor and clinical fellows. West Park Hospital is a training unit approved by West Park Deanery and hence the   new Consultant will have opportunity to participate in the training of the Registrars/ST grade doctors. To be eligible for consideration, candidates must be on the GMC specialist register or be a speciality trainee within six months of their CCST date at the time of interview.

Main duties of the job

The main duty of the post holder would be to provide medical support to the inpatient service with opportunities to work in our specialist outpatient
clinics and with the community team.

• Contribution to day to day management of medical problems and
  rehabilitation of inpatients.
• The post holder will be expected to join the existing on-call rota along
  with colleagues from care of the elderly. The current on-call commitments do not extend beyond 7pm on a week day and 1pm on weekends. The middle grade doctor can seek advice and support from the acute medical on-call team based at New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton as well as from NRU Consultants.
• Responsibility for correspondence: this includes investigation results;
  admission, progress and discharge summaries of inpatients; letters of
  patients seen in clinics etc.
• Participation in supervision and support for junior medical staff attached to NRU.
• Participation in assessment of patients referred from acute and other
  hospitals and community.
• Contribution to liaison with other hospitals, trusts, districts, statutory
  services and other agencies.
• Participation in audit, training and educational programmes in
  Directorate and the Trust.
• Participate in preparation of strategic development plans for specialist rehabilitation in Wolverhampton.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.