Medical

Description

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be expected to:

• Manage urological inpatients on the ward as well as their pre-admission care as part of a team of trainees.
• Manage urological emergencies as part of an on-call team.
• Learn operative skills through participation in daycase theatre lists as well as assisting in inpatient lists.
• Take advantage of the urology outpatient department, through attending clinics.

Clinical experience

Applications are expected from candidate who have completed at least 1 year of foundation training programme (or equivalent) and wishes to gain further competencies in urology, preferably with a view to continuing a career in urology or candidate who wish to pursue a career in general practice and would like exposure to urology.

Description

• The postholder will be responsible for the clinical management of patients under their care, and, in liaison with consultant colleagues, continuity of care when the postholder is absent.
• The work of the BUI is now delivered across 2 sites (Southmead Hospital & Weston General Hospital). The postholder is expected to deliver care on both/either site according to their agreed job plan and the need of the service.
• The post-holder will be expected to provide a Functional Urology service that manages patients with urinary incontinence and urinary tract complications of urological disease.  If there was interest or experience of complex reconstruction and incontinence cases (including neurological, male incontinence and recurrent incontinence after previous surgery), this could be considered within the role
• The postholder will be expected to develop specialist services and work with other partners in the network to provide world class service.
•  The post holder with contribute to the on call consultant and consultant of the week rota including out of hours cover. On call commitments may vary depending on the site where these services are being delivered (Southmead Hospital/Weston General Hospital). A hybrid rota between the 2 sites is being implemented.
• The post-holder will be expected, when required, to deliver regular clinical sessions in neighbouring trusts as part of outreach specialist clinics or in collaboration with other partners in Urology Area Network.

Description

Learning Objectives/Specialist Interests

To further develop skills in the assessment of antenatal patients, normal and abnormal labour and postnatal care.

To develop skills in instrumental and operative delivery if choses

To gain experience in gynaecology – outpatients and theatre experience

Involvement in audit and quality improvement projects

Clinical Experience

This is a non-training post but the Clinical Fellows will get wide ranging clinical experience, supervised by consultant staff. This will include: Theatre lists, Early pregnancy clinic, Central Delivery Suite experience, Emergency Gynaecology, Out-patient clinics (general and specialist), Ante-natal clinics (general and specialist).

The post is funded by NBT for the post holder to participate in the ST1-2 rota to ensure compliance with junior doctors’ hours.

Teaching

You will not be expected to take on any formal teaching responsibility. Help with informal teaching of ward based medical students is encouraged. If you have a particular interest in teaching, we will support you within the constraints of your timetable.

Description

You will join our multi-disciplinary acute medicine team delivering consultant led acute medical care for all of the patients presenting with medical problems to North Bristol NHS Trust. As part of the consultant rota, you will be responsible for running and supervising the acute take, SDEC, the enhanced care unit, and AMU. You will have job planned time for administration and supporting professional activities and will have plenty of opportunity to get involved in quality improvement and service development.

Description

The post is best suited for trainees at the end of their urological training or post-CCT and wish to pursue a sub-specialty career. There is also plenty opportunity to participate in the ongoing research in the department.

The post holder will participate in an on call rota, and will be responsible for the day to day management of ward patients.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the service activities in the department.

Teaching

The Bristol Urological Institute has an active teaching programme and Fellows and Registrars are expected to actively participate in this activity.

The post holder will be available to undertake teaching sessions for medical students and junior doctors as required. In certain circumstances you may be required to cover a colleague’s clinical duties in order that they may deliver teaching sessions

Research

½ day dedicated research session is provided for all fellows/SpRs. There are several ongoing research projects and fellows are expected to participate in these projects as well as undertaking at least one audit project during their training.

Courses/Training/Journal/Clubs/Lunchtime meetings

Southmead:

• Weekly multidisciplinary team meetings
• Grand Rounds – Regular postgraduate lectures
• Weekly X-ray meeting

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

Clinical duties 

- management of acute admissions - thrombolysis and thrombectomy.

-supervising the care of all patients in HASU and ASU,  along with colleagues providing continuity of care for patients

-providing bi-weekly Consultant level input to patients cared for in the SSARU's at South Bristol Community Hospital or Weston General Hospital.

- delivery of TIA (at Bristol Royal Infirmary) / neurovascular outpatient clinics

Supervision and education

- clinical and educational supervision of juniors including senior clinical fellows

- contribution to training and education of the stroke team

Clinical Audit

Research

Description

Full Registration with the GMC is essential.  The post is based at Southmead Hospital. The Trust has teaching status and is linked with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.  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 specialist grade (England) 2021: SAS Contract 2021. Full details can be found in the job description and person specification.

Description

North Bristol NHS Trust is the regional Major Trauma Centre and a requirement of the post is proven ability in the endovascular management of traumatic haemorrhage. Our department is an essential part of NBT’s Major Arterial Centre and of the Bristol, Bath and Weston Vascular Network. North Bristol NHS Trust has one of the largest renal transplant units and one of the largest urology departments in Europe. Experience in vascular intervention including endovascular management of peripheral arterial disease and haemodialysis access and a skill set of non-vascular interventions, including insertion of nephrostomy will be required. 

Description

The successful post holder will join an enthusiastic and cohesive uro-radiology team, becoming the 5^th 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.

Description

NBT covers all surgical specialties except cardiac, ENT and paediatrics.  These include general surgery (upper and lower GI and Bariatrics), urology, orthopaedics (elective primary, revision joint replacement, complex spinal and pelvic surgery as well as trauma), plastics and burns, breast, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynaecology and vascular surgery (including 100 renal transplants annually). Robotic surgical services are provided by urology, lower GI and Gynaecological surgery.

NBT has a large theatre complex operating over 2 levels of the Brunel building and a separate obstetric and gynaecology complex. This includes specialist areas for interventional radiology and MRI scans. The 48 bedded Critical Care Unit is divided into four 12 bedded pods and is situated adjacent to the emergency theatres, emergency department and radiology.
NBT is a regional centre for several specialist services including neurosurgery, renal medicine, plastics, burns, orthopaedics, vascular and is one of the two Major Trauma centres in the SW, serving the Severn Network.

The obstetric unit is one of the largest in the UK with over 6,000 deliveries annually, performing 1100 Caesarean sections and 1500 epidurals each year. There is also a neonatal intensive care unit on site.  
There is a national prize-winning acute pain and outreach team, chronic pain services including interventional procedures and a perioperative assessment service.

Description

Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics

(FULL TIME, 10 PAs)

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) wishes to appoint a fellowship trained Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in knee reconstruction surgery.  The candidate should have fellowship experience in this field.  This post is a full time 10 PA position.

Individuals wishing to apply must be registered Medical Practitioners (with a licence to practice) and on the Specialist Register of the GMC or be eligible to be on the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee. 

The successful candidate will be employed under Terms & Conditions of Service for Consultants (England) 2003. The Trust has teaching status and is linked with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. Experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.  

If you are shortlisted we will contact you by email with details of your interview of which you will need to confirm your attendance. Therefore it is important that you check your online account regularly.

Description

The post holder(s) will have a 10 programmed activities (PA) job plan, 8.5 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). there is the potential to work less than full-time, upon discussion. The job plan details and exact timetable will be discussed and agreed between the successful candidate(s) and Clinical Lead to reflect the sub-specialty interest(s), including relevant multi-disciplinary meetings and face-face patient facing lists, as well as departmental general radiology activities across the North Bristol Trust sites, and joining the 1:18 general radiology on-call rota ,allocated 1.0 DCC. In addition, there is also the opportunity for home reporting, as well as an extra 2 programmed activities which may be DCC or SPA activities, the latter to support the wide variety of consultant led non-clinical activities to constructively support our department.