Trust Doctor in Rehabilitation Medicine

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trust Doctor post at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE). This post is part of the deanery’s Foundation Programme. The OCE is an internationally famous specialist centre for rehabilitation, taking patients with the most complex levels of neurological injury and illness. There are 28 in-patients undergoing rehabilitation following brain injuries, strokes etc, and a wide variety of outpatient services including a Day Hospital, Physiotherapy, Clinical Neuropsychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Spasticity Management clinics, wheelchair and special seating clinics, the regional Prosthetic service and so on. This post provides an excellent introduction to Rehabilitation Medicine for those seeking to further clinical experience. There are opportunities to gain experience with complex patient groups including neurological disorders and major traumatic injuries. Learning is supported through regular educational activities and the post is well suited for those preparing for membership exams.  

The role of the Trust Doctor is primarily to provide medical cover for the in-patients and patients attending the outpatient service if unwell. Out of hours cover is provided by a central doctor and registrar, with the central doctor resident on site. The OCE Trust Doctor will participate on the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre’s central doctor site on-call which is linked to the Orthopaedic Directorate. This post will give the successful applicant a chance to experience the role of a Level 1 (i.e. highly specialist) and level 2 neurological rehabilitation service in supporting patients with serious disability from a wide variety of causes.

• GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Medical degree (e.g.MBBS, BMBCh)
• Completion of Foundation Training in the UK or overseas equivalent
• Evidence of the ability to lead a clinical team at the level of FY2 or above
• Evidence of effective administration and time management skills
• Evidence of a significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Good spoken and written English
• Evidence of contribution to teaching
• Evidence of involvement in clinical governance

• Higher medical degree (MD, MPhil, PhD) or Post graduate membership (MRCP, MRCS etc)
• Completion of Core or Specialist training
• Rehabilitation Medicine Experience
• Registrar level experience
• Evidence of leadership in teaching, professional bodies or service development
• Training in Clinical Management
• Evidence of ability to use computer programmes for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, Prior experience with clinical information systems
• Author on publications or reports
• Evidence of a higher level of skill in teaching and supervising other clinical staff

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.