Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (.)
- Hours
- Full time - 6 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 356-26-7772152
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Castle Hill Hospital
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 PA PR
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Rehabilitation
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
The Rehabilitation ward is a 12-bedded purpose-built modern unit on the Castle Hill Hospital site, supported by a full MDT. The service is led by a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and this post represents a replacement to maintain the Consultant medical staff numbers due to retirement. Outpatient services are provided from Castle Hill Hospital and the Artificial Limb unit.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical input on the acute hospital site (HRI) as part of the acute rehabilitation team and will be expected to be part of the clinical leadership of the team. The post holder will be involved in the delivery of specialist rehabilitation as part of the Major trauma centre pathway. Opportunities exist to be involved in research activities and the development of service in line with evidence-based practice.
Working for our organisation
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on the vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the GMC GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
- MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
- CCT (Rehabilitation Medicine)
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training/teaching
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable criteria
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Fitness To Practise
Essential criteria
- Demonstrating the skills, knowledge, character and health to practise safely and effectively.
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in Rehabilitation courses
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
Language Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently in English Language
Desirable criteria
- Good communication and empathy skills with patients
Knowledge/ Understanding
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and experience of managing rehabilitation needs of patients with long term conditions
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of problems within the specialty
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Professional attitude towards work, reliability, good attendance record and tidy personal appearance
- Broad range of IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Understanding current issues within rehabilitation medicine and the future direction of the specialty
- Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
- Use of digital dictation Software and processes.
- Experience of electronic patient records
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
Desirable criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Personal skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
- Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost-effective healthcare
- Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable criteria
- Respect Diversity - Seeks to develop an understanding of different groups and individuals and ensures equitable and appropriate treatment for all
Commitment to ongoing professional development
Essential criteria
- Participation in continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continual learning and development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Abayomi Salawu
- Job title
- Clinical Lead in Rehabilitation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 461486
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