Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine

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The post-holder will be Professionally accountable to Dr Mark Kinirons who is the relevant Medical Director

o provide specialist consultant in rehabilitation clinical services to adult and children with physical impairments where rehabilitation is combined with prescribed medical devices, namely orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchair & special seating and assistive communication. To be a key member of the multidisciplinary teams within RSR for medical leadership, 

 Provide High Quality Care to Patients

·         The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC full and specialist registration and hold a current licence to practise

·         To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

·         To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

·           To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views. Specialist assessment and treatment of people with physical impairments

·           Amputee’s rehabilitation management and reintegration into their community with or without prosthetic rehabilitation;

·           Clients requiring wheelchair, assistive communication and specialist seating to manage functional and postural disabilities through assessment and provision;

·           Clients requiring assessment and provision of orthotic devices;

·           Clients requiring spasticity and postural management, both as out-patients and within the community setting.

·           The post holder will be required to work flexibly in accordance with the needs of patients and the Trust, which may include working across different sites and on varying days of the week, including weekends.

 Research, Teaching and Training

·         To collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.

·         To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.

·         To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.

• Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
• To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director and the local MDTs
• To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post 

Performance Management

·         To work with medical, nursing, laboratory and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

·         Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.

·         Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.

·         Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.

·         Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.

• To work with medical, therapy, administrative and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
• Clinical efficiency e.g. meeting KPIs, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates and activity targets
• Quality of outcomes e.g. data.
• Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g., ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
• Operational efficiency e.g., waiting list activity and demand management. 

Medical Staff Management

• To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors’ hours are compliant in line with EWTD and New Deal.
• To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments
• To participate in the recruitment of junior medical staff as and when required.
• To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.
• To be responsible for the annual appraisal of all doctors in training, Trust doctors, Clinical Fellows and non-consultant grades as delegated by the Clinical Director/General Manager.

·       To participate in the recruitment of therapy clinical lead roles as requires by the head of RSR or service clinical leads

 Governance

• To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
• To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
• Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
• To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
• To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
• To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

 Strategy and Business Planning

• To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
• To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.

Leadership and Team Working

• To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
• To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
• To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
• To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
• Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.