Consultant in Neurorehabilitation Medicine
Job overview
The appointment is within the Neurology and Rehab Medicine Services at North Bristol NHS Trust. This is a replacement post. Candidates with relevant CCT in Neurology or Rehabilitation Medicine would be considered for this post.
The Department: The department of Rehabilitation Medicine supports:-
- The Bristol Centre for Re-enablement (BCE) which comprises services including prosthetics, orthotics, special seating and environmental controls.
- The Major Trauma and Neurology services at Southmead Hospital providing consultant support to the Hyper-acute rehabilitation team, review of complex patients within the hospital, as well as providing general rehabilitation and spasticity (including ITB) management clinics.
Main duties of the job
Communications and Relationships:The post holder will be expected to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues. The post holder will be empathetic and sensitive to patients needs and able to explain things clearly – particularly complex or sensitive information.
Responsibility for Patient Care:The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his or her charge and for the proper functioning of the service and will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the clinical department.
Responsibility for People Management:The Post Holder will be expected to provide compassionate leadership to their clinical teams. This may include multi-agency teams within Primary and Secondary Care. They will be responsible for the supervision of junior staff within their team and will lead by example and with compassion.
Teaching and Supervision of Junior Medical Staff & Students:We aim to support the development of all our doctors, whilst maintain an environment where patient and staff safety is paramount. A key element of that is ensuring high quality clinical and educational supervision.
Partnership working:The post holder will be required to work in partnership with colleagues of all disciplines, external stakeholders and service users, to ensure the creation of a quality service.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities.Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Bristol is consistently voted the best place to live in the UK, with vibrant local music, arts and gastronomic scenes, a wide range of modern and state of the art shopping, recreation and leisure facilities, a wealth of great local family days out, fantastic transport links for local, national and internal holidays, and it has a rich history.If you prefer country, village or smaller town living, NBT is also easily commutable from a range of attractive locations in North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and South Wales (e.g. Portishead, Chepstow)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The appointment is within the Rehab Medicine Service at North Bristol NHS Trust. This is a replacement post.
The Department: The department of Rehabilitation Medicine supports:-
- The Bristol Centre for Re-enablement (BCE) which comprises services including prosthetics, orthotics, special seating and environmental controls.
- The Major Trauma and Neurology services at Southmead Hospital providing consultant support to the Hyper-acute rehabilitation team, review of complex patients within the hospital, as well as providing general rehabilitation and spasticity (including ITB) management clinics.
Current Team structure: Dr Shigong Guo – Clinical Lead for BCE
Dr Stephen Novak -Clinical Lead and Network Director Major Trauma RehabilitationWorking alongside an MDT structure of:
- 0WTE CRM
- 0WTE Specialty doctor
- 0WTE Specialist trainee on rotation
- 0WTE Clinical neuropsychologist
- 0 WTE Band 7 Advanced nurse practitioners
- 0 WTE Band 7 and 6 physiotherapists
- 0 WTE Band 7 and 6 occupational therapists
- 0 WTE Band 7 and 6 Speech and Language therapists
Communications and Relationships:
The post holder will be expected to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues. The post holder will be empathetic and sensitive to patients needs and able to explain things clearly – particularly complex or sensitive information.The post holder
will be required to work in partnership with colleagues of all disciplines, external links to the Trust and service users, to ensure the creation of a quality service. The post holder will be expected to commit to shared goals in the department by building effective teams and partnerships and valuing the roles and contributions of others.Key working relationships:
Internal: The Rehab medicine team and other medical and non-medical departments.
External: Primary care, BNSSG ICB, UHBW, Frenchay Neurological Rehabilitation Unit and other local organisations
Responsibility for Patient Care:
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his or her charge and for the proper functioning of the service and will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the clinical department.
The post holder will be required to work in partnership with colleagues of all disciplines, external links to the Trust and service users, to ensure the creation of a quality service.Responsibility for financial / physical resources and policies:
The post holder will be expected to adhere to Trust policy and procedures as well as contributing to policy and service development. The post holder should have enough understanding of NHS financial management in order to provide the best service possible.
They will minimise waste, improve services, and promote effective use of resources available.
The Post holder should understand the roles and policies of local and where relevant national agencies involved in healthcare.Responsibility for People Management:
The Post Holder will be expected to provide compassionate leadership to their clinical teams. This may include multi-agency teams within Primary and Secondary Care. They will be responsible for the supervision of junior staff within their team and will lead by example and with compassion.
Teaching and Supervision of Junior Medical Staff & Students:
We aim to support the development of all our doctors, whilst maintain an environment where patient and staff safety is paramount. A key element of that is ensuring high quality clinical and educational supervision. The postholder will be responsible for the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
Where appropriate, the postholder will be 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. Time will be allocated within job plans to support this activity.
Currently there is one Specialist Registrar in Rehabilitation Medicine within the Severn Deanery who rotates between the North Bristol NHS Trust, the Frenchay Brain Injury Unit, the Bristol Centre forEnablement and the Cardiff Spinal Injuries Unit.
Medical students continually rotate through the Trust and will expect to attend Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinics as part of their Neurology placement.
Research and Development:
At NBT we have a well-established Quality Improvement programme and the post holder will contribute to this. There are also opportunities for clinical audits both locally and nationally the post holder will support more junior staff with this activity.
The Major Trauma team has a strong ethos of QIPs and audit. The post holder will be expected to support staff from all disciplines in their projects as well as undertaking personal audit projects as a requirement of appraisal and revalidation.
The
Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) database provides a very fruitful source of data!Partnership working:
The post holder will be required to work in partnership with colleagues of all disciplines, external stakeholders and service users, to ensure the creation of a quality service. They will commit to shared goals in the department by building effective teams, valuing the roles and contribution of others.
Equality and Diversity:
At NBT our culture is one of true inclusivity and aims to positively eliminate discrimination by promoting a diverse and inclusive culture. As a minimum the post holder will ensure that their own actions support diversity and equality and they will comply with policies, accept differences and treat all with dignity and respect.
Personal Development:
At NBT we are committed to supporting all staff with their personal and career development and also developing our aspiring leaders. Access to relevant study leave will be available, subject to discussion and agreement of the department clinical lead.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Applicants must be on the specialist register via the CCT or CESR route or eligible for specialist registration within 6 months of interview.
- Maintain Full registration with the GMC
- MRCP or equivalent
- Higher qualification e.g. Masters, MD, PhD
- Rehabilitation publications.
- Evidence of additional relevant training e.g. management and leadership.).
Training and Experience
Essential criteria- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
- Minimum of seven years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Specialist Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential. Broad and full training in the prognostication and management of disabling conditions.
- Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues.
- Clinical Governance principles
- Experience in involvement in service redesign
- Evidence of leadership development programme committed to quality improvement during training
Further training, Management, Audit
Essential criteria- Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
- Experience in audit | projects and written up.
- Completion of a general management course or programme.
Research, teaching, publications
Essential criteria- Proven teaching ability
- Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates.
- Rehabilitation focused publications in peer reviewed journals and presentations at regional | national meetings
- Record in research.
- Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management
Personal requirements
Essential criteria- Good written communication skills
- Ability to help manage a team and form effective working relationships within a team. Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff
- Ability to fulfil duties of the post, including on-call commitments