Consultant in Neurological Rehabilitation

Overview

In this role you will provide expert neurological rehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients across tertiary and secondary settings, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team and London networks. You will contribute to the development of integrated care pathways linking hospital and community services, aiming to improve outcomes for individuals and families. The post offers strategic leadership in spinal rehabilitation within a busy NHS environment, with opportunities to influence regional networks and education programs. You will work across sites to support high-quality, patient-centered care and service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality patient-centered care for spinal cord injury across all ages, including traumatic and non-traumatic cases
• Diagnose and manage spinal injury care, including spasticity and pain
• Evaluate rehabilitation potential and prognosis for recovery
• Define rehabilitation needs and direct referral to appropriate services
• Coordinate care and collaborate with medical, nursing, and therapy teams
• Communicate with families to provide information and manage expectations
• Support regional SCI centres and contribute to collaborative clinical discussions
• Contribute to SCI education and training programs and promote cohesive education across staff
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary SCI network/team and provide expert network guidance
• Improve standards of care through collaboration, monitoring outcomes, and coproduction with patients and carers
• Develop and promote spinal rehabilitation pathways with NHSE/NWL ICB
• Support service development and strategic leadership to deliver agreed clinical standards

Key requirements

• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
• MRCP or equivalent
• Inclusion on GMC Specialist Register for Neurorehabilitation/Neurology/General Internal Medicine or within six months of expected CCT in Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine
• Recent clinical experience in Neurorehabilitation/Neurology

• Communication with families
• Multidisciplinary teamwork
• Leadership and strategic thinking
• Spinal cord injury rehabilitation management
• Spasticity and pain management in SCI
• Care coordination across hospital and community settings

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