Clinical Fellow (ST1/2) in Brain Injury Rehabilitation Medicine Bristol, England
Job description
Applications are invited for a highly motivated Clinical Fellow in Brain Injury Rehabilitation based at the Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, situated in the grounds of FrenchayHospital on the outskirts of the cosmopolitan city of Bristol.
This is a full time appointment for 40 hours per week, 9am-5pm Monday – Friday, with the need for occasional flexibility. There is no on-call commitment.
The Centre is a highly reputable, busy 52 bed unit offering brain injury rehabilitation for adolescent and adult patients, including patients with complex acquired neurological injuries and may include patients with a tracheostomy or challenging behaviours.
The Clinical Fellow is encouraged to play an active role in all aspects of the assessment and management of patients. The particular role, of the Clinical Fellow, is to provide continuity of medical care, day to day management of the in-patient service, report preparation and close liaison with the Centre’s friendly inter-disciplinary team. The Centre has three Consultants; Dr A Graham (Medical Director) & Dr SM Javaid, Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine; Dr Kumi Pillay, Consultant in Neuro-Psychiatry. The post holder will have close working relationships with the acute neurosciences services.
Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC. In addition, experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices or equivalent is essential.
North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region, and one of the largest trusts in the country.
The Trust provides medical surgical, neonatal and maternity care for its local population of approximately a million people in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The Trust also provides regional, regional services in neurosciences, orthopaedics, pathology, plastic surgery and burns, renal medicine and transplant and urology and is the major trauma centre for the West Country.
The health service in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire is being remodelled to concentrate acute facilities and where appropriate to provide more care close to patient homes through a network of community hospitals and facilities. The Trust recently moved the majority of its acute services to the Brunel building in 2014, regarded as one the most the best hospital facilities in Europe, on the Southmead Hospital site. At Southmead Hospital, we also have our excellent maternity and women’s health services, the Bristol Breast Care Centre and the Trust’s Severn Pathology service.
The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
The post is based within Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre. The work of the Unit is the assessment and management of patients with acquired neurological injury, mostly brain injury.
Please refer to the attachments for the full Job Description and Person Specification.
The main role is to look after the general Medical needs of the Level 1 & 2 patients who are in the process of rehabilitation from their acquired brain injury by providing on site cover from 9am to 5pm. Occasional irregular duties/hours, outside the standard work hours, may be necessary for the effective smooth running of the Unit. Their medical needs are variable from basic management to occasional acute emergencies requiring transfer to the main hospital site. Some patients have challenging behaviours as a consequence of their acquired brain injury. All new patients require clerking with the acquisition of relevant collateral information from referring ward/hospital and, where necessary, from the relatives/family.
The post holder will work with Drs Graham & Javaid, Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine and Dr Pillay Consultant in Neuropsychaitry. The consultants are accessible and approachable for any issue concerning the neuro-behavioural and neuro-physical management of the in-patients. The Fellow is, however, encouraged to take the lead in the general medical management of the patients.
The post holder will work within the structure of an interdisciplinary team, supporting the nursing and therapy staff as well as the patient(s) and their relatives and family. The Fellow plays a pivotal role in liaising with the staff, therapists and clinical professionals.
Report preparation, comprehensive discharge summaries and documentation of issues concerning the patients are essential components of the post.
