Job summary
- Main area
- Ward Doctor: Bedded Rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (over 7 days)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 824-INNER-7561016
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Athlone Rehabilitation Unit
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum + London Allowance (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/11/2025
Employer heading
Ward Doctor: Bedded Rehabilitation
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
Athlone and Alexandra House are inpatient rehabilitation units providing intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation in a community setting. Patients are typically admitted as part of a step-down process following an acute hospital stay.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Ward Doctor (Specialty Doctor Grade) to join our team. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide day-to-day medical care for patients on the units, clerking admissions, reviewing patients daily, supporting discharge planning, and working closely with our GP Clinical Leads, nurses and therapists.
This is an excellent opportunity for doctors with an interest in rehabilitation, community medicine, or older adult care. While not a training post, successful candidates will receive support for continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
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Clerking and assessment: Clerk patients on admission, take full medical histories, perform examinations, review transfer documentation, and prescribe medications appropriately.
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Daily clinical care: Undertake daily reviews, order and action investigations, complete drug charts, liaise with pharmacy and external teams as needed.
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Ward rounds & MDT: Prepare for and participate in weekly ward rounds with the GP Clinical Lead and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and decision-making.
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Documentation: Complete timely and accurate clinical notes, discharge summaries, and letters in line with GMC and Trust standards.
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Acute response: Assess and manage deteriorating patients, escalate appropriately, and coordinate transfers to acute hospitals when necessary.
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Communication: Liaise effectively with patients, families, colleagues and external partners to support safe and timely care and discharge.
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Governance & CPD: Participate in audit, clinical governance, and quality improvement activities; maintain appraisal and revalidation compliance.
There may be occasions where the postholder is the only doctor on site with the GP Clinical Lead available remotely, so strong collaborative working with senior nursing and therapy colleagues is essential.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full GMC registration with Licence to Practice (or eligible for)
- Compliant with Appraisal and Revalidation requirements.
- Up to date Resuscitation and Safeguarding Training
Desirable criteria
- MRCP, DGM or equivalent
- Training in Acute, Elderly Care and/or Rehabilitation Medicine.
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least two years’ experience working as a Doctor in a rehabilitation or care of the elderly setting
- Completed Foundation Training or equivalent
- Two years post-Foundation Training experience
- Experience of working in the NHS
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of GMC ‘Duties of a Doctor’
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own workload and work independently as a doctor, whilst also recognising their limits of practice
- Ability to lead medical care of patients on Bedded Units
- Commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.
- Values diversity, operates with integrity and openness
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated
Desirable criteria
- Support and supervision for other healthcare professionals
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
- Rachel Dines
- Job title
- Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07990353179
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