Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This post combines both inpatient level 1 Specialist Neurorehabilitation and outpatient Specialist Rehabilitation services. The post holder will ideally have skills in managing complex level 1 inpatients with ABI/SCI and peripheral neuropathy, as well as experience in complex spasticity management within a tertiary centre (Intrathecal Baclofen, focal spasticity management – botulinum toxin/diagnostic nerve block and phenol neurolysis).

The successful candidate will provide consultant supervision for the bed based neurorehabilitation unit at Queen Mary’s Hospital, and support our portfolio of rehabilitation services. The post holder will work closely with Dr Sancho Wong (Consultant in Neurorehabilitation), Dr Catherine Dalton (Consultant Neurologist and spasticity lead); Dr Christopher Symeon (Consultant in Neuropsychiatry), Dr Penelope Talelli (Consultant Neurologist), Dr Ana Miorelli (Consultant in Neuropsychiatry), Dr Lawrence Hayes (Consultant in Neurorehabilitation) and Dr Vijay Kolli (Consultant in Amputee Rehabilitation).

This is a fantastic opportunity for a new consultant to work closely with a progressive multidisciplinary team to improve the care of patients as well as improve the foundations for the delivery of a regional rehabilitation service in a dynamic and expanding tertiary neurosciences centre.

Main duties of the job

Our service has inpatient beds both at St George’s Hospital Tooting, and Queen Mary’s Hospital Roehampton. This post will be primarily based at Queen Mary’s Hospital Roehampton. The service includes 50 inpatient beds (Neurorehabilitation, RAAR and Amputee Rehabilitation) on two sites, outpatient vocational rehabilitation following brain injury, a day case cognitive assessment programme and a comprehensive spasticity service. The latter provides nine outpatient botulinumtoxin injection clinics a week, joint Surgical MDT Pathway, community spasticity outreach service and an Intrathecal Baclofen Pump service.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Medical Degree (e.g. MB BChir)
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • CCST or equivalent or within 3 months of CCT in rehabilitation medicine
  • Full GMC registration
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register

Desirable

  • Higher Degree (MD or PHD)

Experience

Essential

  • Ability to take full and independent clinical responsibility
  • Experience in supervising junior medical staff and coordinating clinical activities
  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
  • Experience to manage as an independent practitioner in spasticity management including botulinum toxin injection/ITB/Diagnostic nerve blockade/Pneol neurolysis.
  • Experience in neurology and neurological rehabilitation
  • Evidence of recent papers presented at national and international meetings
  • Evidence of recent peer reviewed publications

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability and willingness to work in a consultant team
  • Academic: demonstrable skills in teaching
  • Research: proven track record of high quality research
  • Willingness to contribute to management including 18 weeks, service development & job planning.
  • To be computer literate
  • Completed audit cycles
  • Willingness to participate in the clinical audit programme

Knowledge

Essential

  • To be familiar with NCB intentions regarding future commissioning of specialist neurorehabilitation
  • To build a clinical practice which is evidence based and have knowledge of relevant national clinical guidelines around neurorehabilitation.

Other

Essential

  • Ability to work as a member of a team
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Evidence of good communication skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
  • Evidence of organisation and motivation
  • Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Supportive and tolerant
  • Commitment to continuing medical education
  • An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses
  • Probity
  • Enthusiasm

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 10 August 2026

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