Medical

Description

Southmead (16 Intensive/high dependency cots) is a tertiary medical Neonatal Unit and is one of three tertiary units in the South West Neonatal Network (SWNN). Approximately 5,500 babies are born each year at Southmead Hospital. The Neonatal Unit provides a full range of medical Intensive Care accepting tertiary medical referrals from the northern part of SWNN as well as providing a tertiary service in Neonatal Neurology for the SWNN. Southmead cares for approximately 100 infants <1500g each year. There is a strong emphasis on teaching, research and evidence-based medicine.

The postholder 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.

The posts are not recognised for training and do not have postgraduate deanery approval; however, the job is educationally sound.

Description

To improve clinical skills in Anaesthesia commencing at ST4 level. To engage in research, teaching or Quality Improvement Activities, under the guidance of a consultant from the department, with a view gaining the required competencies to progress to CESR. Fellows will undergo annual appraisal to ensure progress is as expected. Progression is subject to successfully achieving the expected development goals as with our specialist trainees.

Description

The post holder will hold CCT in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, including either the ATSM in Fetal Medicine or sub-specialty training in Maternal and Fetal Medicine or be within 6 months of this. They may have additional experience in other specialist areas to meet the needs of the department.

Our fetal medicine team are based in our newly refurbished dedicated Fetal Medicine Unit with a dedicated waiting area, scanning and counselling rooms and a highly competent core Fetal Medicine Midwifery and administration team. We provide a broad spectrum of fetal care, including all invasive diagnostic testing and therapeutic interventions except intra-uterine transfusions, placental laser and in-utero surgical procedures. We provide care for babies at risk of extreme pre-term birth and we diagnose and lead, as part of the MDT, care for all women across the South West with placenta accreta spectrum disorder.

Description

Southmead ICU is a 48-bed unit. We accept over 2500 admissions per year, of which 77% are emergency admissions. We are the regional adult Major Trauma Centre, and the regional centre for neurosurgery (with some superregional subspecialties), vascular surgery, urology, renal medicine and transplant surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery. We are a burns unit and the trust also provides a 24 hour interventional radiology service including the supra-regional stroke thrombectomy service. We run have an active post-ICU follow-up clinic

 The ICNARC standardised mortality ratio (SMR) for Southmead ICU is consistently less than 1 and the hospital has been the top performing Major Trauma Centre in the country for the past 10 quarters in terms of unexpected survivors per 100 major trauma patients.

 The post has previously been approved for Special Skills Year in Neurocritical Care. The department has also previously hosted Special Skills Year Trainees in Quality Improvement and Transfer Medicine, in association with the Retrieve Service.

Description

The post does not require on call or participation on the routine CoTW ward attending rota. It is expected that the post holder will contribute the GP advice and guidance service.

There is a commitment to monthly meeting with a representative of the team from GP Care to support community management of VTE and the post holder will contribute clinical advice to this service. The Trust has a regional vascular surgery and large obstetric service which, although not specifically linked to this job plan, could provide opportunities for clinical interactions.

The hospital has a large range of surgical service and is a major trauma centre for which clinical support for transfusion medicine and governance are important to maintain clinical standards of care and regulatory standards.  The Trust is a pathology hub with several co-located regional diagnostic services, including those for Haematopathology and Genetics.

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.

Description

This fixed term post presents an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic department practicing from a newly built, state of the art 800-bed hospital. You will join the existing WTE NHS Consultants providing Diabetes and Endocrinology service to our population of 500,000 in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

We are first and foremost seeking outstanding candidates to join our team. It should be noted that advanced sleep medicine and care of patients with pulmonary hypertension and cystic fibrosis is led by other hospitals in the region and are not services provided at NBT. We are principally looking for new colleagues with the ambition to help us evolve our models of care to deliver outstanding and personally delivered services to our patients.

The postholder will have commitments within the base Acute trust (NBT), Endocrine and Diabetes department  at NBT

The appointee will be contractually accountable to the North Bristol NHS Trust for the provision of services. The appointee will be managerially responsible to the Chief Executive through the Clinical Director. All consultants are required to undergo an annual appraisal carried out in accordance with the Trust policy. Consultants are also required to take an active and co-operative approach to their job planning, which will be reviewed on an annual basis by the Clinical Director. The service is led by a specialty lead (Dr Fong Chau) supported by a General Manager (Graham Bartlett) & Specialty Manager (Paul Cousins)