We offer support and training to help you get in to employment. 

You will have an assigned mentor and access to many optional training sessions, all to get you closer to your dream career!

We are proud to deliver clinical apprenticeship training and education through our partnership with the South West Association of Training Providers (SWATPro), as well as non-clinical apprenticeships training under our own  Apprenticeship Centre, which has been awarded the Matrix Accreditation, in recognition of the high-quality information, advice and guidance they offer. Our apprenticeships are a fantastic opportunity for existing staff to build skills and confidence and offer a route to a new career for those looking to join the Trust.

We work closely with local schools and colleges to provide opportunities for young people to gain knowledge and experience of different roles and raise awareness of career options and job opportunities within the NHS.

There are over 350 potential career options in healthcare and opportunities for work experience include clinical and administrative areas, allowing participants to learn about working in the NHS, develop new skills, learn about their strengths and weaknesses and increase their confidence.

Occupational therapy helps people of all ages overcome challenges completing everyday tasks or activities – what we call occupations. 

We are a large, diverse team working within most inpatient specialties and we also provide a small outpatient service.
We can offer rotational opportunities and a comprehensive preceptorship programme for newly registered practitioners. 

Occupational Therapy Support Workers

Our Occupational Therapy Support Workers assist in the provision of therapeutic interventions under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.
 
Opportunities within our Occupational Therapy Service are advertised under ‘Allied Health Professionals’ in our current vacancies at the bottom of this page. 

Our Physiotherapists work as key members in our multidisciplinary team to provide the best care for our patients.

They support our patients to regain their mobility, function and confidence following surgery/illness, providing a range of therapy interventions to facilitate recovery and independence. 

We can offer our physiotherapists a rotational programme, which consists of six monthly rotations across a variety of specialities, including complex care, neurosciences, intensive care, orthopaedics, burns and plastics and MusculoSkeletal outpatients. All rotations are based on the Southmead Hospital site and predominantly in our state-of-the-art Brunel building.

We have a well-established mentor programme and comprehensive preceptorship programme for newly qualifying practitioners. We also offer progression pathways for experienced Physiotherapists to move into specialist roles.

Physiotherapy Support Workers

Our Physiotherapy Support Workers are integral members of our team, supporting therapists to provide a range of skilled therapy tasks, including organising and implementing physical treatment sessions from treatment protocols, monitoring patient progress and working with patients towards their recovery and discharge. 

Opportunities within our Physiotherapy Service are advertised under ‘Allied Health Professionals’ in our current vacancies. 

Our Speech and Language Therapy Department maintains a high profile across inpatient and outpatient services. We have a team of around 35 Speech and Language Therapists who promote excellent care of patients with swallowing and communication difficulties throughout the patient journey.  We work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team across key pathways of stroke, neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neurology, medicine, critical care and outpatients.

We have a well established instrumental swallow assessment service and are able to provide in house development, assessment and maintenance of competencies in FEES, videofluoroscopy and tracheostomy management. 

We have a well-developed supervision and support structure within a team that has huge amounts of clinical experience and expertise, and we have a proven track record of supporting new and inexperienced staff to gain a high level of clinical as well as leadership and team working skills.

Speech and Language Therapy Support Workers

We have a small number of Speech and Language Therapy Support Workers who play a key role in supporting therapy programmes, patient review, producing materials for therapy and support, maintaining equipment and set up of clinics.

Opportunities within our Speech and Language Therapy Service are advertised under ‘Allied Health Professionals’ in our current vacancies.

Our theatre department is a Major Trauma centre for the South West Region and a specialist regional centre for a number of services, including neurosurgery, renal, plastics, burns and orthopaedics. At North Bristol Trust, we are proud to offer all our Theatre Practitioners (Operating Department Practitioner’s (ODP’s) and Nurses) the same job role and access to development opportunities.

Our multidisciplinary team receive personalised support from the Perioperative Development Team, providing bespoke training programmes and development days for theatre staff. We currently have ODPs who have progressed to work in a variety of roles including Assistant General Manager, Simulation Trainers, Research and Surgical First Assistants.

Our anaesthetics and scrub practitioners also have access to unique multidisciplinary training delivered by our Perioperative simulation team within a purpose-built simulation facility; our Clinical Simulation space.

We are also innovating the traditional recovery approach, supporting patients during admission, pre-op and post operatively within our Medirooms. A new concept in healthcare, our Medirooms combine the traditional recovery, day-case, same-day and admission areas into a single patient room environment, specifically designed to enhance patient experience by improving the level of privacy and dignity that these areas were traditionally able to offer. Patients also benefit from continuity of care as they are admitted, recovered and discharged/transferred by the same mediroom team.

We are also proud to be able to support an Operating Department Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire, a three year course where individuals study for a BSc Hons in Operating Department Practice, incorporating the integrated Degree Apprenticeship standards for Operating Department Practice.

Opportunities for ODP’s within our Theatre Department are advertised under ‘Allied Health Professionals’ in our current vacancies.

Working as a Radiographer at North Bristol NHS Trust will provide you with a strong commitment for your individual personal development, the prospect to work with a fantastic and friendly team of peers and a department that is always open to new ideas and suggestions from all team members, providing a collaborative working environment.

North Bristol NHS Trust offers a diverse and challenging work environment where Radiographers can consolidate and build their skills. The Imaging Department encourages cross modality working practices in Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Interventional Radiology. Every year we carry out just over 400,000 imaging examinations ranging from simple GP requests, to complex Trauma cases as well as our regional specialties including neurosciences, orthopaedics and renal.

Teams within our services include:

• Computed Tomography (CT) team; delivering CT services for patients, with four CT scanners at our Southmead Hospital site and two located at Cossham Hospital. 
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) team; delivers MRI services for patients, with four MRI scanners at our Southmead Hospital site and one located at Cossham Hospital. 
• Interventional Radiology team; the department consists of six labs with a mixture of single/bi-plane and hybrid systems and two multipurpose fluoroscopy rooms. This team also delivers the Lithotripsy service.
• Nuclear Medicine Team; providing a comprehensive Nuclear Medicine service to a wider range of specialties within the hospital, including examinations such as melanoma and penile scintigraphy, breast SNL procedures, lung scans, renal studies, cardiac and brain imaging.
• Reporting radiographers; providing Appendicular and axial reporting on ED and GP imaging. 

Dietitians interpret the science of nutrition to improve health and treat diseases/conditions by educating and giving practical, personalised advice to clients, patients, carers and colleagues.

We are a large dietetic team based at Southmead, which includes dietetic assistants. Our Dietitians work in many specialist areas such a renal, major trauma, neurosciences. The job roles range from supporting patients on the main wards to providing out-patient clinics from home.

Our dietetic team is very patient focused, friendly, flexible and supportive. We provide clinical support and mentorship, regular CPD opportunities and annual appraisals. Our department is committed to multi-disciplinary working and we have good IT facilities and admin support. 

We are a forward thinking department, and this is an ideal career for motivated and caring people who have an interest in nutrition. The Trust supports evidence-based practice and all Dietitians are expected to participate in audit, research, projects or study related to their areas of work.

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.

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.

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 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.

We are fortunate to be able to offer new and exciting opportunities within our team who provide personalised, safe care and wellbeing for all women, babies and their families.  

Our Practice Development Team and line managers will provide you with a comprehensive local induction /orientation programme that will enable you to gain experience within our hospital and community settings. 

Our clinical education facilitators and practice education facilitators offer the opportunity to work alongside you within all clinical areas to ensure a smooth transition to our unit. We also have bespoke health and wellbeing support available, alongside the award-winning Trust Health and Wellbeing programme. 

For newly registered Midwives, our comprehensive Preceptorship programme will ensure you are supported with your transition from student to registered professional.

As an organisation, we have strong links to the University of Bristol and University of the West of England. More than 7,000 patients take part in research with more than 500 studies each year, including through our active maternity research team. 

The Women and Children's research department consistently tops the West of England clinical research network recruitment to Reproductive Health and Childbirth studies. From fertility to gynaecology, the department is committed to ensuring that all women – and in some cases their partners and babies - are offered the chance to participate in innovative and work leading research, 
Want to find out more? Book a place at an upcoming event to meet our teams or explore current roles available below.

Maternity Support Workers are vital members of the direct care team who support registered practitioners to meet woman’s needs during their time in our care.

Our Maternity Support Workers are responsible for providing care and therapy to women as delegated by the registered practitioner and directed by the appropriate team leader.

We can offer excellent career development available through our tailored educational pathways. 

To work as a Maternity Support Worker (band 3), you will need to have completed an Apprenticeship in Health Level 3 or a QCF Diploma Level 3 Health.

If you have not completed the above training and would like to work as a Maternity Support Worker, we can offer a training contract dependent on your educational requirements. Prior to undertaking the Band 3 Maternity Support Worker apprenticeship, the expectation is that you would have already completed a level 2 Healthcare Support Worker standard or equivalent qualification. 

At the end of this education pathway, you will achieve a level 3 Apprenticeship in Health. 

Our Apprenticeship team have recently received Matrix Standard accreditation. The Matrix Standard is the Department of Education’s (DFE) standard for ensuring the quality of the delivery of high-quality information, advice and guidance.

Working within our Obstetrics Scanning Department, based within our Antenatal Clinic, our Obstetric Sonographers perform a wide range of obstetric scans which include dating scans, first trimester combined screening scans, anomaly scans, assessment of fetal wellbeing, growth scans and umbilical artery doppler. 

All of our sonographers work as independent reporting practitioners, working autonomously but also as an important part of the team with radiologists and the early pregnancy advanced nurse practitioners. 

Our Obstetrics Scanning Department is a stand-alone service, supported by our team of Radiographers and Midwife Sonographers. We do not currently rotate staff through our main radiology service, although bespoke rotations may be available to support those who may wish to rotate. 

We are proud to support our Sonographers in their practice and professional development.

At North Bristol NHS Trust, we will support you to be the best nurse that you can be. From day one, you will benefit from strong nursing leadership, experienced role models and a structured support network to maximise your wellbeing and professional development. 

Roles include:

• Registered Nurse.

• Healthcare Support Worker.

• Nursing Associates.

• Return to Practice Nurse.

Our clinical teams provide patient centered care 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, Complex Care, Elgar Enablement Unit, Complex Assessment Unit.​ 

• Anaesthesia, Surgery, Critical Care and Renal Division – specialties include Intensive Care, Renal and Haemodialysis, Surgical Admission – Surgical Assessment Unit, Vascular, Burns and Plastics, General Surgery, Theatres and Medirooms​. 

• Neurosciences and Musculoskeletal Division – Stroke, Neurosurgery, Spines, Pain, Elective Orthopaedics, Trauma, Neurology, Rheumatology, Neuropsychiatry, Neurophysiology, Bristol Centre for Enablement, Neuropathology, Bristol Speech and Language Therapy. 

• Women and Children’s Health Division – Neonatal Intensive Care and Gynaecology. 

• Core Clinical Services Division – Outpatients and Interventional Radiology. 

We support our nurses to gain experience in all areas and can build a bespoke rotation to support the career pathway of your choice.

Our dedicated Women and Children’s Health Division at North Bristol NHS Trust provides maternity services for the Trust. We can offer midwives many exciting opportunities that will help to develop skills in all areas of maternity care, including in our antenatal, postnatal and birth settings, including the central delivery suite and midwifery led birth centres. We are proud to co-produce our services with the Local Maternity System and Maternity Voices Partnerships. 

Roles include:

• Registered Midwife

• Maternity Support Worker

• Return to Practice Midwife

• Obstetric Sonographer

Our Maternity Services at North Bristol NHS Trust include the following: 

• 24hr antenatal assessment unit 

•  Mendip Birth Centre - An alongside midwifery unit which support approx. 500 births per year in the birth centre and at home. 

• Cossham Birth Centre – a freestanding midwifery unit with up to 150 births per year. 

• A 15 bed Consultant led Obstetric Unit, including dedicated space for providing Level 2 High Dependency care and a newly refurbished bereavement suite 

• Cross city maternal medicine services with specialist endocrine, epilepsy, haematology and renal clinics. 

• A Fetal Medicine Service including preterm clinics. 

• A Community Midwifery Service which covers South Gloucestershire, North Bristol and North Somerset. 

• Specialist Midwifery services including bereavement midwives, complex care midwives, perinatal mental health team, practice development team, infant feeding team and fetal monitoring midwives. 

•  Collaborative working with the Trust theatre teams in the provision of elective and emergency maternity theatre care. 

•  Our Continuous Improvement and Learning Team, which has previously been awarded Healthcare Team of the Year at North Bristol NHS Trusts’ Annual Staff Awards.  

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. 

Roles include:

• Radiographer
• Occupational Therapist
• Physiotherapist
• Dietition
• Speech and Language Therapist
• Operating Department Practitioner
• Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Support Worker

Our clinical teams provide outstanding patient care 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, Complex Care, Elgar Enablement Unit, Complex Assessment Unit. 
• Anaesthesia, Surgery, Critical Care and Renal Division – specialties include Intensive Care, Renal and Haemodialysis, Surgical Admission – Surgical Assessment Unit, Vascular, Burns and Plastics, General Surgery, Theatres and Medirooms. 
• Neurosciences and Musculoskeletal Division– Stroke, Neurosurgery, Spines, Pain, Elective Orthopaedics, Trauma, Neurology, Rheumatology, Neuropsychiatry, Neurophysiology, Bristol Centre for Enablement (including prosthetics and orthotics), Neuropathology, Bristol Speech and Language Therapy. 
• Women and Children’s Health Division – Neonatal Intensive Care and Gynaecology. 
• Core Clinical Services Division – Outpatients, Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Pathology, Pharmacy, Therapies.

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.  

Roles include:

• Consultant.
• Clinical Fellow.
• Locum Doctor.
• Resident Doctor.

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. 

Our pioneering Healthcare Science and Pharmacy teams provide an excellent service to innovative care within the Trust.

Roles include:

• Pharmacy Team.

• Pathology Team.

• Healthcare Scientists.

• Cardiac Physiologists.

Severn Pathology, based at Southmead Hospital, aims to provide a best in class, high quality, innovative, value for money pathology service that serves the needs of the healthcare market in the South-West region. The multi-million pound, four storey building houses NBT’s cellular pathology, neuropathology, genetics and microbiology services and is part of the Science Quarter, which brings together NBT, UK Health Security Agency and the University of Bristol.   

We also host dedicated dispensary and clinical pharmacy teams in our award-winning Brunel building, optimising the use of medication to promote the health, wellness and disease prevention of patients. 

Our Operational Estates and Facilities team provide essential support services to ensure the smooth running of our services, with over 900 staff working across a range of specialties and job roles. 

Roles include:

• Catering roles
• Domestic Operatives (Cleaner)
• Porting Operative (Porter)
• Housekeeper
• Receipt and Distribution Assistants
• Materials Management Assistants

Our dedicated professionals in a wide range of administration and corporate roles enable our Trust to provide the best care possible for our patients and wider health and care services.

Roles include:

• Administrators.

• Medical Secretaries.

• Audio-Typists.

• IT Support Engineers.

• Information Analysts.

• Clinical Coders.

• Finance roles.

• HR and Recruitment roles. 

• Communications roles. 

Our vision is to realise the great potential of our organisation by empowering our skilled and caring staff to deliver high-quality, financially sustainable services in state-of-the-art facilities. Clinical outcomes will be excellent and with a spirit of openness and candour, we will ensure an outstanding experience for our patients.  

In our most recent CQC inspection, our Trust was rated as “Good”, a major benchmark of high quality and effective services. Crucially, the Trust’s approach to caring for patients was rated Outstanding, as was the way our organisation is led. Of the 37 domains inspected on this occasion, which make up the Trust’s overall rating, 31 were either rated as Good or Outstanding.  

We are proud of our leaders, working in a wide range of roles and specialties to ensure we deliver outstanding patient care across our Trust. At North Bristol NHS Trust, we value all people as individuals. We are an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We strive to be truly inclusive. 

We also work closely partner organisations across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) as part of the Healthier Together BNSSG Integrated Care Board to ensure we realise the opportunities which come from working across the wider health and care system.  

Are you looking for a flexible job with great pay rates? Welcome to NBT eXtra! 

NBTeXtra is our dedicated Trust bank, providing flexible and temporary staffing support across all specialties and job roles at North Bristol NHS Trust. 

Working with NBT eXtra, your benefits will include: 

• Flexible working patterns to meet your needs, offering earlies, lates, long days and nights with some shifts available to book in advance. 

• Booking support through our dedicated bookings team based at Southmead Hospital. You may also be able to book shifts through our bookings app. 

• Paid induction and orientation. 

• Competitive pay rates, including unsociable hours. 

• Access to Trust benefits, including access to the NHS pension scheme and our Trust’s award-winning Health and Wellbeing programme.