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At North Bristol NHS Trust, we have internationally renowned medical teams delivering incredible outcomes for our patients. For many years we have been at the forefront of new medical techniques and innovations, including brain and spinal surgery, joint replacement and the world’s first radar breast imaging system, to name a few. 

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Current Medical Vacancies

Senior Clinical fellow Acute Med/ID

Job reference
339-MPSSK658
Salary
pro rata
Salary period
Part time - 30 hours per week (This post wiill be 0.8wte, this will be 0.6wte medical SDEC and 0.2wte Infectious dieseases)
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Possible potential to extend beyond 6 months
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
bristol

Description

Clinical duties and responsibilities: Acute Medicine

 

·         Clinical assessment and management of the whole range of patients across acute medicine

·         Perform ward rounds with junior support on AMU

·         Manage high acuity patients in ECU

·         Independently manage patients with on site consultant supervision

 

Clinical duties and responsibilities: SDEC

 

·         Clinical assessment and management of the whole range of patients presenting to SDEC

·         Support more junior trainees/PAs/ACPs

·         Make independent discharge decisions and follow up arrangements

·         Manage the majority of SDEC patients independently, with consultant support for more complex cases

 

Clinical duties and responsibilities: infectious diseases

 

·         Perform ward rounds on the infectious diseases ward

·         Assess inpatients referred to the infectious diseases team and admitted to the ward

·         Assess and manage patients on SDEC presenting with potential infectious diseases

·         Provide infectious diseases advice to other clinicians (in and out of the hospital)

·         Attend out-patient and hot clinics

Obstetric Medicine Fellow ST5+

Job reference
399-MPRDA660
Salary
per annum (dependent on prior experience)
Salary period
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

You will be expected to be a fully integrated member of the maternal medicine team, attending MDT meetings and clinics.

The post holder will have the opportunity to attend MDT meetings to plan care for these women, and clinical review of some of these women in clinic.

The post holder will have the opportunity to participate in simulation sessions managing women with medical problems in pregnancy. This is a new initiative based in the simulation centre in NBT and has received excellent feedback.

There will be 50% GIM on calls included in this post. You must be able to fulfil all the duties of the post, including the on-call commitments (general medical on call rota).

Clinical Fellow in Infection Sciences (Medical Microbiology)

Job reference
339-MPSSK661
Salary
£37,068 - £48,637
Salary period
Full time - 40 hours per week (40hr per week)
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Contract
August 2024 to July 2025
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

The post holder will provide clinical microbiology services to North Bristol NHS Trust and UHBW (University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust) depending upon the requirement of clinical services, including on-call. 

 

 

 

Consultant Geriatrician

Job reference
339-MPMKR632A
Salary
per annum
Salary period
Full time, Part time, Job share - 10 sessions per week (10 PA job plan)
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

The Medicine for Older Person’s team comprises 23 WTE consultants with support from junior medical teams, providing a range of services for older people with complex needs.

The specialty is supported by a secretarial team which comprises of 3 x band 4  and 2 x band 3 . We work in an open plan office which has adequate desk space and IT technology. The appointee will have access to office space and a computer.

The specialty currently manage patients across a number of inpatient services. These include the review of acute admissions in the Emergency Zone on Level 0 of the Brunel Building, a newly created Acute Frailty Unit on level 1 (32 beds), with post-admission short stay capacity. Two complex care wards are located on level 5 (32 beds on each) with a further short stay bed base (c.16 beds). Transitional post- acute care beds are located in the nearby Elgar House wards, which includes 70 beds.

Clinical Fellow ST1-3 Neonatal Medicine

Job reference
399-MPRDA631A
Salary
per annum
Salary period
Full time - 40 hours per week
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

The post holder will be required to work a full shift system whilst at this hospital. Full Registration with the GMC is essential. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.

 

For more information regarding the main duties of this job, please see the full job description and person specification attached.

Clinical Fellow in Geriatric Trauma (ST3-7 level)

Job reference
339-MPSSK656
Salary
pa
Salary period
Full time - 40 hours per week
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

  • Support a shared model of trauma care for older patients admitted with femoral, pelvic, long bone, spinal, thoracic, abdominal or head trauma.
  • Provide proactive comprehensive geriatric assessment of older people sustaining trauma, and/or undergoing surgery.
  • Provide urgent clinical assessment and management in sick, high-risk patients.
  • Communicate closely with trauma, surgical and anaesthetic colleagues
  • Support multidisciplinary working in trauma and surgical MDMs, clinics and wards
  • Train health care professionals in trauma and surgery services with emphasis on comorbidity management
  • Develop patient pathways and develop trauma and surgical liaison services
  • Evaluate service development work (may include patient consent, data handling)
  • Take part in research and quality improvement programmes
  • Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
  • Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training across disciplines and specialties

Fixed Term Consultant in Infectious Disease

Job reference
339-MPSSK657
Salary
per annum
Salary period
Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PA's (see job plan))
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Until April 2026
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

The successful applicant will be based in the ID department at Southmead Hospital but work across ID and microbiology in the region’s different healthcare organisations (including the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital- both run by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS FT). Southmead is the regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. Microbiology services are delivered by Severn Infection Sciences, a collaboration between the trust and UKHSA. The laboratory is based at Southmead and provides diagnostics services for North Bristol, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust and the Royal United Hospital Trust, Bath.

Consultant Histopathologist (Cervical Histology and Cytology)

Job reference
339-MPMKR642A
Salary
per annum
Salary period
Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 hours per week)
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

The post-holder will join the team of specialist Histopathologists within the department who collectively support the clinical services in Bristol and Weston. The service is delivered from a purpose-built Pathology centre built on the Southmead Hospital site. The department continues to provide an Essential Services Laboratory at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

 

 

Post CCT Diagnostic Neuroradiology Fellow

Job reference
339-MPSSK655
Salary
plus unsocial hours uplift
Salary period
Full time - 40 hours per week (Contribute to DNR on-call on a 1:6 basis with consultant supervision)
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
Contract
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register for Clinical Radiology, have CCT in Clinical Radiology or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. Full Registration with the GMC is essential.

The candidate will need to have experience in all forms of general diagnostic neuroimaging. Duties will include taking a shared responsibility for the day to day running of the neuroradiology department and supporting the radiographers and radiology trainees.  The candidate will receive training in all aspects of adult and paediatric tertiary neuroimaging, including - but not limited to, neuro-oncology, skull base, paediatric, spine, neuroinflammatory and epilepsy with local and regional MDTs in all these areas.

The candidate will contribute to general work of department including the acute / trauma service and thus being proficient in general emergency and trauma neuroimaging for daytime and on call is a requirement. Consultant support will be provided for the tertiary/specialist elements of the on call service.

The current fellowship aims to provide the successful candidate with an excellent educational environment to develop their neuroimaging skills and allow them to take a consultant post in a tertiary neuroscience centre

Microvascular Surgery Clinical Fellow in Lower Limb Reconstruction

Job reference
339-MPAARR654
Salary
per annum
Salary period
Full time - 40 hours per week
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST6-8)
Contract
on call
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol

Description

Expectations of the position - The successful candidate will be in year 7 / 8 of plastic surgery training (or equivalent), have passed FRCS (Plast) or equivalent and will have special interest in microsurgery reflected in the application form.

The successful candidate will be expected to be involved in teaching and to undertake clinical audit projects. The successful candidate will be expected to attend specialist clinics in ortho – plastic surgery.

This post is recognised for training by the Specialist Advisory Committee in Plastic Surgery and has Royal College Approval.

Candidates must have GMC registration that allows them to work in posts that are not recognised for training. It is essential that candidates have experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent.

General Consultant Urologist

Job reference
339-MPLBJ651
Salary
per annum
Salary period
Part time - 6 sessions per week
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Staff Group
Medical and Dental
Town
Bristol/ Weston Super Mare

Description

 The post-holder will be responsible for the clinical management of patients under their care, and, in liaison with consultant colleagues, continuity of care when the post-holder is absent.
- As part of the division’s target to expand theatre usage and improve theatre utilisation, the post-holder, with other consultants, will provide flexible theatre cover as part of their weekly programmed activities in addition to a rotational Saturday list aimed at providing extra capacity to meet cancer and RTT targets.
- The post-holder with contribute to the on call consultant and consultant of the week rota.
- The post-holder will be expected to deliver regular clinical sessions in neighbouring trusts as part of outreach specialist clinics.