Specialty Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine

specialty doctor in rehabilitation medicine

southern generalhospital

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reF: 25538D

Closing Date: 15th june 2012

SUMMARY INFORMATION

Post: specialty doctor in rehabilitation medicine

Base: southern generalhospital

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of four consultants providing a needs-led comprehensive Rehabilitation Medicine service based in the Southern General Hospital.

The post is offered on a full-time basis with no on-call attachment.

All applicants must possess Full GMC Registration, a licence to practice and at least 4 Years full time Post Graduate Training, two of which must have been in relevant acute specialties or you will demonstrate and evidence equivalent experience and competencies. Consideration will be given to applicants who are unable for personal reasons to work full time.

ACUTE SERVICES DIVISION

Rehabilitation and Assessment Directorate

Southern GeneralHospital

Information Pack

For the Post of

Specialty Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine

1. GLASGOW – A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE ANDWORK

Greater Glasgow and ClydeValley are one of the world’s most thrilling and beautiful destinations. There is a wealth of attractions to discover, the UK’s finest Victorian architecture to astound, internationally acclaimed museums and galleries to inspire, as well as Glasgow’s own unique atmosphere to soak up.

Be entertained in one of Europe’s top cultural capitals by its year-long calendar of festivals and special events and enjoy outstanding shopping, superb bars and restaurants – all located within a stone’s throw of some of the country’s finest parks and gardens.

The area also stands at the gateway to some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery, with Loch Lomond and the Trossachs only 40 minutes away.

What’s more, we are easily accessible by air, rail and road so getting here could not be easier.

1. ACUTE SERVICES DIVISION, NHS GREATER GLASGOWANDCLYDE

The Acute Division of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the largest group of adult acute hospitals in Scotland – offering many opportunities to ensure job satisfaction and career development.

We provide a wide range of services from community-based care through to the full range of general hospital services.

We enjoy close links with Glasgow’s three universities and make a significant contribution to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Research also has a high profile within the organisation. We provide excellent facilities for students and their tutors in the brand new, £15 million, state of the art, WolfsonMedicalSchool, based at GlasgowUniversity.

We serve a core catchment population of 560,000 with patients not only coming from Greater Glasgow and Clyde but also, in some instances, from the whole of the West of Scotland and for our national services, from the whole of Scotland.

We have eight hospitals north of the River Clyde, all with teaching responsibilities: Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Western Infirmary, StobhillHospital, Gartnavel GeneralHospital, GlasgowDentalHospital and School, DrumchapelHospital, BlawarthillHospital and LightburnHospital. South of the river situates the Southern General Victoria Infirmary. The RoyalAlexandraHospital in Paisley, InverclydeRoyalHospital in Greenock and the Vale of Leven District General Hospital situated in Alexandria make up the three acute sites within Clyde.

With an annual budget of over one billion pounds this is a particularly exciting time to be joining NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Over the next decade there is planned investment of more than £750 million, this is the largest single investment programme in the history of NHS Scotland – giving NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde hospital accommodation for 21st Century health care.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde plans to develop a new pattern of Accident & Emergency Services for Glasgow that will see:

• Specialist Accident & Emergency and Orthopaedic teams sited 24 hours a day at two centres of excellence – Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Southern General Hospital;
• New rapid access for GP emergency referrals; and
• Five Minor Injury Units staffed by nurse practitioners under the guidance of Accident & Emergency Consultants at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Gartnavel General Hospital, Southern General Hospital and at the Ambulatory Care Hospitals to be built at Stobhill Hospital and the Victoria Infirmary.

The Acute Division brings together all acute services across the city and Clyde under a single management structure led by the Chief Operating Officer. The Division is made up of six Directorates of clinical services each managed by a Director and clinical management team along with a Facilities Directorate.

These are:

• Rehabilitation and Assessment
• Emergency Care and Medical Services
• Surgery and Anaesthetics
• Regional Services
• Diagnostics
• Women and Children’s Services
• Facilities

Rehabilitation and Assessment Directorate

The Rehabilitation and Assessment Directorate brings together the management of services that have strong inter-relationships to related CHCPs.

The Directorate manages the following services:

• Stroke
• Frail Elderly
• Palliative Care
• Inpatient Physically Disabled
• West of Scotland Mobility and Rehabilitation Centre (Westmarc)
• Physiotherapy
• Dietetics
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Rehabilitation

In addition, the Directorate manages a range of community services including palliative care, a number of specialist community disability services, pain services, continence, services to care homes and falls prevention.

Emergency Care and Medical Services

The specialties included in this Directorate are:

• Accident and Emergency services
• Acute Medicine
• Cardiology
• Respiratory Medicine
• Renal Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Diabetes
• Infectious Diseases
• Rheumatology
• Dermatology

This Directorate also includes management of the Out-of-Hours GP Service

Surgery and Anaesthetics

This Directorate includes:

• General Surgery – including vascular and breast surgery
• Orthopaedics / trauma
• Anaesthetics – including critical care (with the exception of Coronary Care)
• Ophthalmology
• Optometry
• ENT Surgery
• Audiology
• Endoscopy
• Urology

Regional Services

This Directorate includes:

• Neuro-sciences (including all sub-specialties except neuro - Radiology and neuropathology)
• Specialist Oncology services (including haemato-oncology)
• Plastic Surgery and Burns
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Renal Transplantation
• Oral and Maxilofacial surgery
• Homeopathy

Diagnostic Services

This Directorate includes:

• All Laboratory Medicine including Paediatrics
• Diagnostic imaging (including Beatson radiological services and Paediatric Radiology)
• Vascular and Interventional Radiology
• Breast Screening services

Women and Children’s Services

This Directorate brings together maternity, gynaecology and children’s services.

The Directorate includes:

• Obstetrics
• Gynaecology
• Neonatology
• Paediatric Medicine
• Paediatric Surgery
• Paediatric Accident and Emergency
• Paediatric Anaesthetics

Facilities Directorate

This Directorate includes:

• Site maintenance for both acute and CHCP facilities
• Hotel Services
• Laundry
• TSSU
• Supplies
• Transport
• Catering
• Telecommunications
• Waste Management

1. SOUTHERN GENERALHOSPITAL

The Southern General Hospital is a large teaching hospital with an acute operational bed complement of approximately 900 beds. The Hospital is sited in the south-west of Glasgow and provides a comprehensive range of acute and related clinical services.

DistrictGeneralHospital services are provided for the south-west of the city, with some services provided for the whole city. Services include Accident and Emergency, Dermatology, ENT, General Medicine (including sub-specialties), General Surgery (including sub-specialties), Medicine for the Elderly (including Assessment, Rehabilitation and Day Services), Gynaecology, Neonatal Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, Physically Disabled Rehabilitation and Continuing Care. The Obstetrics, Urology, Ophthalmology and Dermatology Departments provide the single in-patient location for the whole population of South Glasgow.

The Maxillofacial Department for the whole city was centralised at the hospital in the autumn of 2002 providing trauma and elective surgery and specialist provision for head and neck cancer. South and West Glasgow’s in-patient Gynaecology service was centralised at the Southern General Hospital in late 2003/early 2004, bringing together on one site a range of services from across the city. The Assessment and Rehabilitation service for the Physically Disabled is also provided for the whole city from the Southern General Hospital.

There is also a wide range of therapeutic services including Audiology, Clinical Psychology, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, ECG, Physiotherapy, Radiology (including MRI and CT provision for the general hospital service) and Speech Therapy.

The Institute of Neurological Sciences

The Institute of Neurological Sciences is based on the Southern General campus and provides Neurosurgical, Neurological, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuroradiological and Neuropathology facilities for the West of Scotland. The Institute is equipped with 2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Suites, SPECT Scanner, 2 Computerised Axial Tomography Scanners, and angiography facilities. The Institute has recently undergone a major upgrade to incorporate ENT and Oral & Maxillofacial Services and is now equipped with additional facilities including the development of a new ward, four additional theatres, ICU, HDU and a new out-patient department.

Westmarc

The Westmarc Unit houses the clinical services for prosthetics and orthotics, including the Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre, within a purpose-built facility. The centre is staffed jointly by hospital and university personnel from the National Centre for Training in Prosthetics and Orthotics of Strathclyde University.

Podiatry

The Department of Podiatry has a purpose-built 24-chair clinic and a minor procedure theatre.

Spinal Injuries Unit

The Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Unit for Scotland provides a spinal injuries service to the whole of Scotland. This is housed in a purpose-built facility attached to the Institute of Neurological Sciences.

Education

There is a long tradition of training medical students and the Southern General is one of the principal teaching hospitals in Glasgow. There are fully equipped conference facilities at the Walton Conference Centre on site and a range of other tutorial rooms throughout the hospital. There is also a Library with a Learn Direct E-Learning Centre.

University Links

The Southern General Hospital has built a sound academic and research base over the years, and have an excellent teaching reputation with libraries and lecture suites with comprehensive audio/visual facilities. There are close links with the University of Glasgow's Faculty of Medicine including Professors within Neurosciences.

VALUING OUR STAFF

The Division is committed to extending training and development opportunities to all staff and is actively developing multi-disciplinary training, extending the role of on-line learning, and recognises the importance of developments in technology for both staff and patients.

We offer:

1. Policies to help balance commitments at work and home and flexible family friendly

working arrangements / Access to Day Nursery

1. Excellent training and development opportunities / Excellent student support / On-site library services / Commitment to staff education and life-long learning/development opportunities
2. Free and confidential staff counselling services
3. A central Glasgow location, with close access to motorway, rail and airport links
4. On-site staff gym at the Southern General Hospital / Active health promotion activities
5. Subsidised staff restaurant facilities on each site
6. Access to NHS staff benefits/staff discounts
7. Easy access to city centre shopping facilities, with SGH close to Braehead Shopping Centre
8. Good Public Transport links / Bike User Group / Access to discounted First Bus Travel
9. Access to NHS Pension scheme

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1. WORK OF DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE

The PDRU provides a consultant led multidisciplinary rehabilitation service for adults with physical disability referred from both hospital and community settings. Referrals are received from the inpatient neurological and neurosurgical units at the Institute of Neurological Sciences, as well as medical and surgical units in Glasgow and surrounding areas. Patients are also admitted from outpatient and domiciliary assessments having been referred by GPs, other specialists or community services.

Inpatients receive a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme directed by patient centred goals. Weekly consultant led multidisciplinary team meetings and ward rounds are held to monitor patient progress and manage relevant clinical issues. Each patient will also have regular individual goal planning meetings with staff specifically working with them to set goals in detail.

Each consultant has regular outpatient and also day assessment or day case clinics. A specialist spasticity clinic is held on a regular basis, and there are also gait assessment clinics. There are good links with the West of Scotland Mobility and Rehabilitation Centre (Westmarc) and community services. Domiciliary and environmental control assessments are carried out regularly.

The Larkfield Unit also provides a consultant led multidisciplinary rehabilitation service for adults with physical disability referred from both hospital and community settings for patients mainly residing in within the Inverclyde area of NHSGGC. This service is provided across outpatient and community settings and within an 8 bedded inpatient ward based at the InverclydeRoyalHospital.

Ward 53 provides continuing care for younger adults with severe physical disability, and there is facility for medical respite.

There is regular teaching of medical undergraduates, and there is one FY2 and one GPST2 post rotating through the PDRU. Multidisciplinary audit, clinical governance and journal club meetings are held regularly.

Bed Numbers

Southern GeneralHospital

Physically Disabled Rehabilitation Unit26

Ward 53 Continuing Care22

InverclydeRoyalHospital

Larkfield Unit 8

1. THE POST

(a)Title:

Specialty Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine

(b)Relationships

(i)Rehabilitation and Assessment Directorate

Stroke and Disability Services

Director:Ms A Harkness

Associate Medical Director:Dr M Roberts

General Manager Ms M Farrell

(ii)Names of Consultant members of the Department

Dr A Weir

Dr B Panesar

Dr J BenjaminLead Consultant

(iii)Other members of medical staff in the Department

Dr S JoseStaff Grade

Specialist Registrar2 Posts

GPST 21 Post

FY21 Post

(c)Duties of The Post

(i)The postholder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of the service. Subject to the provisions of the terms and conditions of Service, the postholder is expected to observe NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of the Health Board.

(ii)The postholder will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of patients to be able to make contact with the postholder when necessary.

(iii)The postholder is required to comply with GG&C Health and Safety Policies.

(iv)Direct Clinical Care:

• Referral assessments
• Out-patient and day case clinics including procedures
• Administration associated with task e.g. letters, liaison with GPs and families
• Cross-cover for absent colleagues

Supporting Professional Activities:

• Hospital meetings
• Audit
• Involvement in Clinical Governance e.g. complaints, investigation of clinical incidents
• Participation in Annual Appraisal and Job Planning

There are no on-call or out of hours duties required with this post.

Whilst this is not a training post we would be happy to support a suitable candidate who wished to consider specialist accreditation via the CESR route.

6.Proposed Weekly Programme

The proposed indicative weekly programme is below. The job plan will be reviewed with the successful candidate within 3 months of appointment and immediately after appointment if the appointee wishes to work a reduced number of sessions.

Name:

Specialty: Rehabilitation Medicine

Grade: Specialty Doctor
Effective Date of Job Plan:

Next Expected Review Date:

Contract:

Weekly PAs: 10

Principal Place of Work: Southern GeneralHospital

Other Regular Workplaces: Inverclyde ward if cover required

On-Call Availability Supplement: NilNone / (delete as appropriate)

Out of Hours Work: Nil

Managerially Accountable to:

Clinically Responsible to: PDRUConsultants

a)Timetable of activities which have a specific location and time

DAY / HOSPITAL/
LOCATION / DESCRIPTION OF WORK / CATEGORY / PA TYPE
Southern GeneralHospital or other Glasgow hospitals for liaison work / DC / SOA / AR / - / PA / APA
Monday
From / To
9am – 5pm / PDRU
Neuro outpatients / Day case clinic
Outpatient clinic / √
√ / √
√
Tuesday
From / To
9am – 5pm / Referring units
Referring units/PDRU / Referral assessments
Referral assessments/admin / √
√ / √
√
Wednesday
From / To
9am – 5pm / Neuro outpatients
Referring units / Spasticity clinic/General rehabilitation outpatient clinic
Referral assessments / √ / √
√
Thursday
From / To
9am – 5pm / Neuro outpatients/PDRU
PDRU / Spasticity clinic/procedures
SPA / √ / √ / √
√
Friday
From / To
9am – 5pm / PDRU
Neuro outpatients/PDRU / Day case clinic
General rehabilitation clinic / admin / √
√ / √
√

7.No Smoking Policy

In recognizing the danger to health of smoking and the right of non-smokers to enjoy smoke free air, Greater Glasgow and Clyde has implemented a smoking ban throughout all premises.

8.Crown Indemnity

The postholder will be eligible for Crown Indemnity. However it is recommended that the individual contacts his/her Medical Defence organisation for advice on any personal cover needed for his/her own situation.

9. Details of arrangements for applicants to visit hospital:

In the first instance contact:

Head of Department Dr Alastair Weir0141 201 1690

Lead Consultant

Disability Services, RAD

Short-listed candidates are invited automatically by the Director of Human Resources to visit the hospitals concerned. If candidates on their own initiative have visited the hospital prior to short-listing, they will only be allowed expenses for that prior visit if they are subsequently short-listed. When it is thought that there will be difficulty in filling the post, the Director of Human Resources has the authority to approve a second visit.

NHS GREATER GLASGOWANDCLYDE