Allied Health Professionals

Description

• Provide a comprehensive outpatient neuropsychology service (e.g., diagnosis, formulation, recommendations to patient, carer, or other professionals, intervention and recommendations)
• Communicate with service users, carers and other health professionals regarding the neuropsychological aspects of a person’s care via individual sessions, discussion and formal reports, as appropriate.   
• Manage, plan and prioritise a clinical caseload
• Engage in individual supervision with a senior Clinical Neuropsychologist
• Engage in peer supervision via colleagues in the Neuropsychology department and obtain the required Continuous Professional Development hours
• Work with Assistant Psychologists

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.   

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.   

Description

• This is a rotation post between the Hyperacute/Acute Stroke Unit (HASU/ASU) at Southmead Hospital and the Integrated Community Stroke Team (ICSS). The  ICSS part of the rotation involves a secondment to Sirona Care and Health
• To provide specialist speech and language therapy (SLT) assessment, diagnosis and treatment to adults with communication and swallowing difficulties following stroke on inpatient wards at NBT and in patients' home as part of the ICSS hosted by Sirona.
• To work as a key member of the multi-disciplinary HASU/ASU and ICSS teams
• To manage an inpatient and/or community caseload as appropriate
• To pursue and acquire ongoing knowledge and expertise for practice with adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties.
• To pursue and develop advanced dysphagia skills through formalised training, for example post graduate advanced dysphagia courses.
• To be a member of the specialist SLT team providing assessment, advice and rehabilitation services to adults with communication and swallowing difficulties as a result of stroke, acquired neurological diseases, neurosurgical procedures, medical decline and other long-term conditions

Description

• This role requires you to have a good scanning technique, the ability to process complex information, good written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to work with colleagues from band 2 support staff to consultants
• Undertake ultrasound lists at Southmead Hospital, as well as in community sites in Cossham Hospital, Clevedon Hospital and Yate Westgate Centre
• You will be able to competently scan and independently report ultrasound scans, to the level required in the NHS, including assessment and reporting complex information. Training will be given in specific areas as required
• Vetting ultrasound requests
• Be actively involved in training trainee sonographers and registrars
• Be involved in and supporting ultrasound audits and equipment QA
• Attend clinical governance mornings for training, feedback interesting cases or audit results
• Be involved in CPD, including attending courses as needed

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. 

Description

To provide a specialist liaison service and as an autonomous, advanced practitioner, contribute to the management of a complex caseload (e.g. patients with a wide variety of medical, functional, psychological and social problems), across a number of wards and departments within the hospital.

Description

Recent stroke pathway changes in the locality have enabled the creation of step down stroke rehab units outside the acute setting, and an enhanced community stroke therapy service [integrating existing early supported discharge teams].

The acute team at Southmead hospital are an integral part of this pathway, working closely with community colleagues to ensure appropriate assessments and interventions to enable effective and timely transfer from hospital. The Occupational Therapy team currently have an ‘A’ rating on the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme latest results.

You will experience close multidisciplinary working within a very supportive team. There are many opportunities for engagement in both service and staff development.  Staff and student supervision is also part of the role.   Roster patterns include regular weekend working.

Description

The post is part of the wider occupational therapy service at North Bristol and will initially be based within acute stroke – based on the hyper acute and acute stroke wards. Some prior experience of working within a stroke or other neurosciences setting would be helpful but not essential. There is potential for the successful candidate to rotate to another clinical area for the second half of the fixed term post. This post offers close multi-disciplinary working and links with community partners, to address needs at all stages of the stroke clinical pathway from acute to community, with occupational therapy playing a crucial role.

To learn more about what it's like to work as an Occupational Therapist at NBT check out our video. 

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), and those with pre-existing or gestational diabetes during pregnancy.

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.  

The post holder will also be involved with developing the role of the Diabetes Specialist Dietitian within the Diabetes Antenatal Service and conducting audit and service evaluations.

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. 

Description

The post holder will be part of a lead  the  delivery a high quality Physiotherapy Service across Vascular and Surgery Pathways.

The role supports the experienced Physiotherapy Teams, development of Therapy Staff through supervision and CPD.

The post holder will provide highly specialist assessment and interventions for a busy and varied caseload demonstrating advanced clinical reasoning skills and with specific knowledge of elective procedures and trauma conditions. 

They will take a lead in multi-disciplinary activities and have highly developed specialist knowledge and communicate complex condition related information to patients, relative and carers.  The role will include supporting complex acute patients and assisting in facilitating timely discharges to be achieved by the service.

The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Leadership Team to support and further develop the Physiotherapy Service. 

Description

Full details within the attached job description

In brief, this post will:

• Plan care in partnership with the person with advanced MS, and their carer, actively facilitating their choice and involvement in decision making.
• Coordinates programmes of care with other health and social care professionals 
• Independently conduct neurological examinations and objective measures of patient function 
• Competently review and interpret data generated through these assessments and revises the care plan in conjunction with the person with advanced MS, their carer, and other appropriate members of the team accordingly.
• Apply high-level assessment and consultation skills 
• Ensure the needs of people with advanced MS who are admitted to hospital as an emergency are met effectively, reducing length of stay and risk of readmission 
• Establishes systems to identify people with advanced MS who may be at increased risk of admission and develops and implements personalised action/care plans to minimise this risk.
• Facilitates access to end-of-life care and support as required.
• Identifies people with advanced MS who would benefit from access to specialist equipment such as seating, profiling beds, environmental equipment etc. 
• Supports and advises colleagues who are caring for people with advanced MS to help them to deliver high quality, cost effective, specialist care, which optimises outcomes for people with advanced MS and their families.

Description

Rheumatology:

The post holder will have the experience and skills to manage patients with a long-term condition, providing therapeutic care as well as education on specific conditions. They will be able to offer self-management strategies appropriate for inflammatory conditions such as Spondyloarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis, bone diseases such as Osteoporosis, connective tissue disorders and long-term musculoskeletal problems such as hypermobility syndrome.

There will be the opportunity to assess newly diagnosed patients, run education and exercise groups, take part in Axial Spondyloarthritis yearly review clinics and manage patients within hydrotherapy.

MSK:

Working within the MSK team you would be able to assess and treat a variety of musculoskeletal conditions referred from general practice, A&E, musculoskeletal interface services as well as post-operative pathways.

You would have the opportunity to mentor members of the team in Band 5 roles and below, facilitate with student supervision and take part in delivery of IST.

Whilst your role will be predominantly based at Southmead Hospital you may be asked to work off site, for example at Cossham Hospital, which is a North Bristol Trust community site.

To find out more about working as a Physiotherapist at NBT - take a look at our video.