Medical
Medical Introduction - Careers
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.
What medical specialties could I work in?
What medical specialties could I work in?
×Our medical teams provided exceptional healthcare over a wide range of specialties in our five clinical divisions:
- Medicine Division – specialties include Cardiology, Respiratory, Acute Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Haematology, Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Medicine.
- Anaesthesia, Surgery, Critical Care and Renal Division – specialties include Intensive Care, Renal, Anaesthetics, Vascular Surgery, Burns and Plastics Surgery, General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Breast Radiology, Endocrinology & Transplant Surgery.
- Neurosciences and Musculoskeletal Division – Stroke, Neurosurgery, Spines, Pain, Elective Orthopaedics, Trauma, Neurology, Rheumatology, Neuropsychiatry, Neurophysiology, Bristol Centre for Enablement, Neuropathology, Rehabilitation Medicine.
- Women and Children’s Health Division – Neonatal Intensive Care, Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
- Core Clinical Services Division – Radiology, Histopathology, Microbiology, Clinical Biochemistry.
Medical opportunities
Postgraduate Doctors
Postgraduate Doctors
×We are proud to support Postgraduate Doctors during their placements with us.
We offer a wide range of educational and well-being support through our Postgraduate Medical Education team which is headed up by our Director of Medical Education and Medical Education Manager.
Our dedicated Foundation Team manage the in-house teaching programme for first and second year foundation doctors (Junior Doctors). In addition, there is the Internal Medicine Training programmes and surgical teaching.
All of our programmes are open to all doctors who are in a structured programme as well as our Clinical Fellows who work in the Trust.
At North Bristol NHS Trust, we can offer experience working in a wide range of specialties whilst providing access to comprehensive support and training.
Consultant
Consultant
×As a new Consultant within our Trust, you will receive a comprehensive induction and onboarding schedule which will include access to a mentor, and our New Consultant Programme, where we will give you the opportunity to network with other consultant who are new to the Trust, meet and develop key working relationships with members of the Office of the Medical Director as well as other Executive members. In addition, we offer all our consultants a generous study leave package comprising of up to 30 days over three years and up to £1000 per year study leave budget.
Our consultants provide compassionate leadership to their clinical teams and are responsible for the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff. Where appropriate, our consultants are also named in the educational contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
Locum
Locum
×Our Locum Doctors are fully qualified Doctors temporarily covering a position within our Trust. This could be to cover sick leave or support a temporary rise in demand on the service.
All doctors, other than a foundation year one doctor can work in a locum role. To be eligible, you must be fully registered with, and regulated by, the GMC.
We currently have opportunities for all grades of Medical Locum roles throughout NBTeXtra bank. We can offer opportunities to work across a variety of specialties, including (but not limited to):
- Emergency Medicine.
- Intensive Care.
- Neonatal Intensive Care.
- Mental Health.
- General Medicine.
If you are interested in finding out more and applying, please email your CV with a cover letter clearly identifying your specialty and work area of preference to medicalpersonnel@nbt.nhs.uk or nbtextralocums@nbt.nhs.uk
Clinical Fellow
Clinical Fellow
×Our Clinical Fellows develop and contribute to the continuing education, professional development, audit and research within our Trust and work with the consultants and other specialist registrar colleagues to integrate into the existing team.
These roles could be used to help improve doctors' chances to return to Specialty training, help complete a CESR programme within their chosen specialty or for trainees who are taking a planned year out of training.
All Clinical Fellow roles are advertised on our website with details of accreditation obtained.
Specialty Doctor & Specialist
Specialty Doctor & Specialist
×Specialty Doctors have at least four years of postgraduate experience, two of which are in the chosen specialty. Therefore, Specialty Doctors can enter these posts having varying levels of experience and seniority which allows them to gain experience and promotion within the grade itself.
The Specialist grade was introduced in April 2021, to give Doctors the opportunity for more seniority, promotion and independent practice outside of the Consultant grade. Specialists require a minimum of 12 years of medical work, 6 of which at Specialty Doctor grade.
North Bristol NHS Trust have numerous Specialty Doctors & Specialists is most departments and specialities such as Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics, Plastic Surgery & NICU.
Current Medical Vacancies
Fixed Term Consultant Obstetrician
- Job reference
- 339-MEDICAL-RDA4345
- Salary
- per annum
- Salary period
- Full time, Part time - 10 sessions per week
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Medical and Dental
- Town
- Bristol
Description
Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register and have CCT in Obstetrics or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. Full registration with the GMC is essential. The post is based at Southmead Hospital. The appointee will be required to reside not more than 30 minutes travel by road from base hospital, for on-call purposes. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential. The successful candidates will be employed under Terms & Conditions of Service for Consultants (England) 2003.
Apply by 27/03/2024
Fixed Term Consultant Obstetrician:more details and how to apply
Medical Examiner
- Job reference
- 339-MPAARR634
- Salary
- Dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Part time - 1 session per week (3 posts, each of 1 session per week. BMA Band B on-call (1 in 17 approx))
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Medical and Dental
- Town
- BNSSG-wide
Description
In this role, Medical Examiners (MEs) will perform proportionate scrutiny of non-coronial deaths in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) in order to improve quality and accuracy of mortality data and will directly contribute to improving overall quality of care in BNSSG, with important links to system-wide mortality improvement programmes. MEs will highlight cases for review and ensure they are flagged to the relevant body and/or mortality review programme.
The service, spanning organisations across BNSSG, is well established within acute trusts and still in development across non-acute healthcare providers. There are opportunities for scrutiny of acute deaths in the hospital setting, and for non-acute deaths in a community setting, based on current gaps in the ME team and with some scope for flexibility on agreed working pattern.
As the service develops, successful candidates will be able to have a say in how best we can adapt to the needs of our patients and relatives. This includes development of an out of hours on-call service as the role requires. At present it is anticipated that this will be delivered from home in weekend and bank holiday daytime hours only.
Apply by 26/03/2024
Medical Examiner:more details and how to apply
Consultant Uro-Radiologist
- Job reference
- 339-MPMKR633
- Salary
- per annum
- Salary period
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (to include a commitment to General Radiology on-call)
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Medical and Dental
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The successful post holder will join an enthusiastic and cohesive uro-radiology team, becoming the 5th sub-specialist. The department is expanding the fast-track pre-biopsy MRI prostate service and offers the full range of uro-radiology diagnostic and interventional services. We offer a high-volume, high-quality service, for example 150 multiparametric and biparametric prostate MRIs per month.
The team provides uro-radiology for the regional and supraregional urology services for the South West, both uro-oncology and benign urological disease with urogynaecology sub-specialities. There are 24 Consultant Urologists delivering over 1000 urology cancer resections annually The Bristol Urology Institute operates within NBT and has a strong track record of international research In addition, North Bristol Trust is the regional Level 1 Major Trauma Centre and the appointee will join general body diagnostic colleagues to support acute radiology services.
Apply by 28/03/2024
Consultant Uro-Radiologist:more details and how to apply
Consultant Geriatrician
- Job reference
- 339-MPMKR632
- 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.
Apply by 27/03/2024
Consultant Geriatrician:more details and how to apply
Clinical Fellow ST1-3 Neonatal Medicine
- Job reference
- 399-MPRDA631
- 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.
Apply by Today at 23:59
Clinical Fellow ST1-3 Neonatal Medicine:more details and how to apply
Consultant in Acute Medicine
- Job reference
- 339-MPMKR625
- Salary
- Per annum
- Salary period
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Staff Group
- Medical and Dental
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The successful applicant will be joining a team of existing Acute Medicine physicians, along with a highly motivated multidisciplinary team at a challenging yet exciting time of transformational change in service delivery.
Opportunities are available if you wish to work as either a part time or job share member of the team. We also welcome overseas applicants. But more than anything, we are hoping to meet Consultants who aren’t afraid to do things differently and who will relish the opportunity to be part of the AMU team.
Apply by 20/03/2024
Consultant in Acute Medicine:more details and how to apply
Consultant in Rheumatology
- Job reference
- 339-MPNMS626
- Salary
- per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Part time, Flexible working - 8 sessions per week
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Medical and Dental
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The appointment is based within the Rheumatology Service at North Bristol NHS Trust. We provide a patient-centred multidisciplinary service. Our rheumatology department is diverse and ambitious with a shared vision to strive for excellence. We treat patients with all aspects of rheumatology and provide comprehensive services for inflammatory arthritis, ultrasound, transition care, metabolic bone disease | osteoporosis, GCA and CTD vasculitis. In addition, we have a successful and highly productive academic rheumatology team linked with the University of Bristol.
Apply by 03/04/2024
Consultant in Rheumatology:more details and how to apply
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
- Job reference
- 339-MPMKR620
- Salary
- per annum
- Salary period
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (To be part of the IR on-call rota (1 in 9))
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Staff Group
- Medical and Dental
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The successful applicant will join an enthusiastic team of 8 full-time IR Consultants and participate in a 1:9 IR on-call rota covering Vascular and non-Vascular interventions. The department enjoys close working relationships with Vascular Surgery, Urology and a wide range of other surgical and medical specialities. Core skill set will include nephrostomy drainage, embolization for haemorrhage control and endovascular interventions for peripheral vascular disease. Experience with EVAR is desirable. Interests in gastro-intestinal interventional radiology would be welcome with a growing demand for these procedures. Similarly North Bristol NHS Trust performs around 100 PCNLs per annum. The department has close links with neighbouring Trusts, and provides a regional on-call service delivered through NBT. There may be opportunities for some elective daytime cross-site working.
Closing Date - Monday 25th September 2023
Interview Date – Tuesday 12th December 2023
Apply by 28/03/2024
Consultant Interventional Radiologist:more details and how to apply
Clinical Fellow (CT1-2) in Intensive Care and/or Emergency Department
- Job reference
- 339-MPAARR618
- Salary
- per annum
- Salary period
- Full time - 40 hours per week (40)
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: CT1 Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed Term
- Staff Group
- Medical and Dental
- Town
- Bristol
Description
Posts are based at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. There are up to 14 posts of 12 months ICM, and up to 12 posts of 6 months each in EM and ICM. A number of 6-month posts in ICM-only may also be available.
North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest acute trust in the South West of England. Southmead Hospital is a designated Major Trauma Centre, as well as a regional referral centre for renal medicine, urology, vascular and transplant surgery, neurology and neurosurgery. The trust has good links with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
Completion of a Foundation Program (or equivalent) and experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent) are essential.