Allied Health Professionals

Introduction to Allied Health Professionals

Allied Health Professionals play an integral role in supporting our patients from admission, throughout their hospital stay and long after discharge. The high-quality care that patients receive, not only medically but therapeutically would not be possible without the excellent multidisciplinary approach that Allied Health Professionals provide at North Bristol NHS Trust.

What AHP specialties could I work in?

Allied Health Professionals opportunities

NBT cares

Occupational Therapy

AHP team grouped together

Physiotherapy

Hand Physio with patient

Speech and Language Therapy

Speech & Language Therapy professionals

Operating Department Practitioner

Theatre Team in action

Radiographers

Radiographer with Equipment

Dietitians

Dietician with equipment

AHP Video - Interventional Radiology at North Bristol NHS Trust

Current Allied Health Professionals Vacancies

Senior Physiotherapist (Neuroscience rotation) - Band 6

Job reference
339-NBR4421
Salary
per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours will be over a 7 day working pattern plus on-call duties.)
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Staff Group
Allied Health Professionals
Town
Bristol

Description

To provide a high standard of therapy assessment and treatment to patients across the Neuroscience specialties.

To formulate accurate prognoses, expected outcome, recommend best course of intervention and develop comprehensive discharge plans. Communicating these to patients and their carers. 

To be an integral member of  the multi-disciplinary team and  to provide appropriate physiotherapy input. 

 

 

 

Integrated Discharge Case Manager

Job reference
399-NBR4224-A
Salary
per annum, pro rata for part time roles.
Salary period
Full time, Part time - 37.5 hours per week
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Staff Group
Nursing and Midwifery Registered
Town
Bristol

Description

The post requires an individual with the ability to work in the area of managing of complex discharge processes and a commitment to the further development of this essential service. 

You will be a lead in:

  • Championing the Home First ethos- ‘There’s no place like Home’
  • Facilitating timely and appropriate discharges- enhancing the patient and staff experience
  • Holding early discharge conversations and driving quality board rounds
  • Driving ‘flow’- ensuring beds are available for people that need them by delivering timely discharges
  • Bringing discharge expertise to conversations with patients, families and staff- including supporting Managing Expectations procedures

 

Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate effective communication skills with an ability to ‘think laterally’ and problem solve complex situations, focusing on how best to meet the needs of the individual.

You will be a role model for the Integrated Discharge Service and Transfer of Care Hub both within the organisation and the wider system 

Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Job reference
339-DAC4049-C
Salary
Per annum, pro rata for part time roles
Salary period
Full time, Part time - 37.5 hours per week (Rostered weekend shifts as part of contracted hours with frequency of no more than 1 in 4.)
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Staff Group
Allied Health Professionals
Town
Bristol

Description

The caseloads are varied, challenging and rewarding requiring application of a wide range of therapeutic skills to encompass functional and cognitive assessments, early interventions, social and environmental needs for discharge planning and onward referrals.

Close multi-disciplinary working and links with community partners in the wider health and care system exist to address needs at all stages of the clinical pathways, with occupational therapy playing a crucial role.   

 

Specialist Dietitian (Diabetes)

Job reference
339-SRD4200-B
Salary
per annum, pro rata for part time roles.
Salary period
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Secondments considered
Staff Group
Allied Health Professionals
Town
Bristol

Description

The post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary Diabetes Team at Southmead Hospital to provide dietary advice and guidance on diabetes management to individuals with diabetes within our secondary-care diabetes service. Our service supports individuals with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, complex type 1 and type 2 diabetes (and other types of diabetes).

The successful applicant will provide patient-centred advice concerning carbohydrate counting, healthy eating and lifestyle, carbohydrate awareness, activity management, weight management, diabetes technology, and diabetes medication adjustment, as required. The role will involve providing education on the use of diabetes technology and interpretation of its data to support diabetes management. Support of other dietetic issues and / or liaison with other specialist services may be required.  

Dietetic input will primarily be provided through one-to-one consultations via face-to-face, telephone and virtual platforms. There may also be some requirement to provide education through patient group education sessions. 

8a Pathway Lead in Stroke, Complex Care and Videofluoroscopy

Job reference
339-DAC4394
Salary
Per annum, pro rata for part time roles
Salary period
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (0.6wte)
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Staff Group
Allied Health Professionals
Town
Bristol

Description

The SLT Pathway Lead for Stroke, Complex Care and Videofluoroscopy provides professional, clinical, performance and operational leadership to SLT staff working in the stroke and complex care pathways. The post holder is also responsible for the governance of the videofluoroscopy service at NBT.  To achieve this, the post holder works in close collaboration with the Head of Speech and Language Therapy and the other band Pathway Leads.

The post holder is a highly experienced clinician who independently manages a significant and highly specialised clinical caseload.

The post holds responsibility for providing strategic development of inpatient SLT services within this specialty and will develop partnerships and work closely with all service stakeholders both within and beyond the Trust to ensure a safe, evolving, fit for purpose and cost-efficient service is provided. The post holder will contribute to wider strategic planning to facilitate enhanced quality of patient care within the Speech and Language Therapy service.

The post holder leads a rolling programme of education, clinical evaluation, audit and research across the speciality.

The postholder is responsible for developing partnerships with key strategic leads both internally within the Trust and externally and  will work closely with the Head of SLT and other Pathway Leads to ensure strong communication links and equitable management of services and will deputise for the Head of SLT as required.

Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Job reference
339-SRD4235-A
Salary
Per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Working hours will be across three days per week, with one working day being on a Thursday)
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Maternity Cover
Staff Group
Allied Health Professionals
Town
Frenchay

Description

  • To provide a high standard of occupational therapy service to patients referred to the Head Injury Therapy Unit, assessing and treating within the unit, the patient’s own homes and the community.
  • Use specialised skills to provide a comprehensive occupational therapy service to patients, some of whom will have complex needs, including cognitive, emotional and physical needs.
  • To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is effective within resources available.
  • To provide leadership for junior and support staff through supervision.
  • To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within the Head Injury Therapy Unit team, holding responsibility for defined department projects.
  • To take an active role on the maintenance and development of the occupational therapy service within the Head Injury Therapy Unit.
  • To train and supervise occupational therapy students on practice placement.

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist AAC (Band 6)

Job reference
339-TJC4348
Salary
per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (8.30- 4.30)
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Staff Group
Allied Health Professionals
Town
Bristol

Description

As a qualified Speech and Language Therapist within AAC WEST you will
hold a mixed caseload of  adult and paediatric cases that you will be responsible for assessing and supporting  in the implemention  of AAC alongside your MDT colleagues. This will involve the following clinical  pathway:

Initial Assessment: You will plan for each initial assessment assigned to you ensuring all aspects of the patient's clinical  presentation are considered. Assessment must be well planned and show no bias towards any suppliers 

Equipment Provision session: Competently run appointments to hand over the prescribed equipment to the patient and their local support network. Such sessions will involve setting goals for the loan period and training the patient and their team on the use of the AAC device.

Review sessions: Competently run review sessions to ascertain the effectiveness of the AAC device during the loan period. This will involve observing the patient using the loaned device and drawing appropriate  conclusions,  reviewing the goals and discussing functional use of the device during the loan period with the  patient and their team.

Additional key duties will include:
- Ongoing CPD to stay up to date with AAC technology
- Delivering training sessions for AAC users and their support teams in the south west region  
- Supervising therapy assistants within the team 
- To work closely with AAC suppliers 
- To attend departmental and, if appropriate, national AAC meetings 

 

 

Chaplain

Job reference
339-RUH4117-A
Salary
Beginning of scale unless already at a higher point for band 6.
Salary period
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday, plus participation in the Bristol wide out of hours on-call Rota (shared with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHSFT) covering nights, weekends and bank holidays.)
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Staff Group
Additional Professional Scientific and Technical
Town
Bristol

Description

·         An autonomous, qualified practitioner whose role is to seek out and respond to the spiritual, pastoral, and religious needs of individuals, their carers and staff while remaining accountable to the chaplaincy team leader for all aspects of their duties and decisions.

·         Engage in the assessment, delivery, enablement, monitoring and recording of person-centred SPaRC which addresses the individual and collective needs of the hospital community.

·         Providing safe, effective, compassionate, and responsive care and interventions that addresses the identified holistic SPaRC needs of people to support healing and wholeness, within the parameters of the role and in accordance with professional codes of conduct and clinical governance. 

·         Respond to people in spiritual distress including those who may show challenging behaviours, or have complex needs by using professional and pastoral knowledge, skills, and practice.

·         Provide or enable religious rites and ceremonies as may be requested or required including children and babies, people facing complex surgery, approaching the end of life, after death, or following baby loss during pregnancy or soon after.

·         Participate in a 24-hour, 7 day per week SPaRC emergency on call service shared with UHBW and provide SPaRC support as required during any Major Incidents subject to separate or prior agreement.

·         Arrange and conduct Trust funerals.

 

ODP - Anaesthetic, Scrub, Recovery - Band 5

Job reference
339-TA-ASCR-OD-TH0324
Salary
per annum
Salary period
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Up to 37.5 hours per week)
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Substantive
Staff Group
Allied Health Professionals
Town
Bristol

Description

The main duties of the role will be dependent on the speciality you are working within. Please refer to the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications attached to this job role.