Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant

This is a replacement post which provides an opportunity for a committed and flexible individual to join the current consultants in developing specialist rehabilitation services in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire and to evolve and adapt along with the service. The post is for a full time Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and applications for those wishing to work on a less than full time basis would also be welcome. The Lotus Rehabilitation Centre relaunched in December 2021 after NHS England approved funding for a new modular 2-storey block to be built on the Queen Alexandra Hospital Site, Portsmouth. Located adjacent to the current Rehabilitation block (which houses therapy services and the hydrotherapy pool), the ground floor provides a modern, air-conditioned 26-bed rehabilitation environment for both the Rehabilitation Medicine and Stroke Rehabilitation services (13 beds each). The centre contains 2 rehab gyms, a meeting room, patient social space as well as private access to outdoor rehabilitation and garden space. There is a bridge link to the main hospital, with easy access to other medical specialty services and imaging services.

In addition to inpatient rehabilitation, the service also provides Rehabilitation Medicine outpatient clinics, including a specialist spasticity service. The clinics are based at St Marys health care campus, Portsea Island. The service works in partnership with Steepers to provide consultant sessions at the dedicated Murrison accredited regional prosthetic services based at Portsmouth Enablement Centre, St Marys health care campus, Portsea Island. The appointee will work closely with the other 2 Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine in providing comprehensive Rehabilitation Medicine services in Portsmouth serving the regional footprint as well as improving, strengthening and developing specialist services. The post offers opportunities to include elements of acute outreach, inpatient and outpatient Neurorehabilitation, paediatric to adult transition clinics and Prosthetic Rehabilitation services subject to interests and negotiation. Opportunities also exist to contribute to Rehabilitation ongoing and future service development and governance; Educational Supervision; and Departmental and Care Group leadership roles. The service is part of the Wessex Trauma Network and there are additional opportunities to be involved with this as well as opportunities for the appointee to develop a research portfolio if desired, or to collaborate academically with the University of Portsmouth and Kings College in delivering the newly established Medical Degree Programme.