The programme covers 3 hospital trusts, but trainees may also spend time in other hospitals and Trusts as part of their training.
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
It is quite possible to commute to the posts on the rotation from an appropriately located home within the triangle of Aylesbury, Oxford and Reading.
The posts and rotation.
There are currently eight training numbers within the rotation (2024) and all trainees appointed have the same exposure; there are no trainee appointments attributed particularly to any one subspeciality. Given the small number of trainees, the irregularity of starting and ending dates, the occurrence of maternity leave and out-of-programme training it is difficult to set out a fixed rota. . Trainees will sometimes be training in two (or more) types of practice at the same time. For example musculoskeletal rehabilitation is usually integrated into time in neurological or prosthetic rehabilitation. The indicative rotations are given below:
Additional experience in other areas can be sought in all hospital trusts following discussion with the educational supervisor including- paediatric rehabilitation, pain management, stroke, psychiatry, palliative care, cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation, Long-COVID services etc.
Royal Berkshire Hospital (mainly neurological with community and other areas)- 3- 12 months
National Spinal Injury Centre-Spinal Cord injury rehabilitation including paediatric spinal cord injury- 6-12months months
Oxford Centre for Enablement- Neurological rehabilitation with assistive technology- 12-24months
Oxford Centre for Enablement- Prosthetic/Amputee rehabilitation, 3-6 months
John Radcliffe Hospital- Traumarauma rehabilitation- 3 – 6 months
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre- Musculo-skeletal rehabilitation-3-6 months