Specialty Doctor - Rehabilitation Medicine
Closing date is 15 June 2026.
Planning a career in Specialist Medicine? Keen to gain more experience in Rehabilitation Medicine with a friendly team that is interested in your development as a doctor before deciding on your next career move?
Would you like to spend one day per week dedicated to training opportunities such as specialist clinics and Quality Improvement Projects?
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, motivated doctor to join their Trust. A busy, progressive, friendly organisation, rated "Good" by the CQC in 2019, we welcome you to consider joining our consultants and teams working with the Rehabilitation Medicine team.
You may also realise that Derbyshire and Staffordshire have excellent facilities to support your life outside Medicine, excellent transport links for visiting family and friends and the beautiful countryside and recreational opportunities of the Derbyshire Dales are only a short distance away.
The posts will commence with a fixed term Specialty Doctor contract in Rehabilitation Medicine for 12 months. Subject to satisfactory progress at the end of this first year, successful candidates will have the option to progress to the Portfolio Pathway (CESR) Programme, which we would expect to require 3-5 years for completion in most cases. The contract will be reviewed annually and extended on a mutually agreed basis, based on successful completion of required competencies at annual review.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible, as part of a team, for the day-to-day management of patients on Kings Lodge Neurological Rehabilitation Unit and in outpatient services for Rehabilitation Medicine patients.
- Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients within the Rehabilitation Medicine service.
- To share responsibility with colleagues for the day-to-day management of the patients on Kings Lodge Neurological Rehabilitation Unit and in the rehabilitation pathways supporting this unit.
- Leadership to junior staff.
- Shared role in delivery of teaching and training.
- Active participation in quality improvement, audit and research activities of these services.
- Keeping up to date and participating in continuing professional development.
- Participation in annual appraisals.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Key Facts about our Trust:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Advanced Life Support certification by time of commencement of post.
- Additional qualifications relevant to Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, or another relevant specialty. MRCP(UK), equivalent higher qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice at time of application.
- Completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training, or equivalent part-time/flexible training, including at least two years in Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, Geriatric Medicine.
- Evidence of engagement in clinical governance and patient safety.
- Experience in neurorehabilitation, spasticity, complex disability, neuromuscular disease, MND, amputee rehabilitation or major trauma rehabilitation.
- Experience of inpatient rehabilitation or neurological rehabilitation in reach services.
- Minimum 6 months NHS experience within the last 2 years.
Management and administrative experience
- Evidence of ability to organise and manage clinical workload, including inpatient reviews, referrals, outpatient activity and clinical administration.
- Commitment to continuing professional development, clinical governance and quality improvement.
- Evidence of leadership, service development or management experience.
- Evidence of relevant academic, audit or research achievements.
Teaching Expeience
- Experience in teaching clinical skills to medical students, resident doctors or multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Teaching course or qualification. Experience supervising resident doctors, medical students or allied health professionals.
Language and communication skills
- Experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of formal presentations.
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.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
