Locum Consultant in Rehabilitation

Locum Consultant in Rehabilitation

The closing date is 06 March 2026

The Rehabilitation ward is a 12‑bed purpose‑built modern unit on the Castle Hill Hospital site, supported by a full MDT. The service is led by a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and this post represents a replacement to maintain the Consultant medical staff numbers due to retirement. Outpatient services are provided from Castle Hill Hospital and the Artificial Limb unit.

The post holder will provide clinical input on the acute hospital site (HRI) as part of the acute rehabilitation team and will be expected to be part of the clinical leadership of the team. The post holder will be involved in the delivery of specialist rehabilitation as part of the Major trauma centre pathway. Opportunities exist to be involved in research activities and the development of service in line with evidence‑based practice.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

For more information on the vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

• Full Registration with the GMC GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
• Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training/teaching
• Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
• Ability to develop, present and ope rationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

• Demonstrating the skills, knowledge, character and health to practise safely and effectively.

• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
• Evidence of having conducted a practice‑changing audit
• Experience of teaching/ training in Rehabilitation courses
• Original peer‑reviewed research publications

• Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently in English Language
• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Knowledge and experience of managing rehabilitation needs of patients with long term conditions
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of problems within the specialty
• Knowledge of evidence‑based practice
• Professional attitude towards work, reliability, good attendance record and tidy personal appearance
• Broad range of IT skills
• Understanding current…