A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you a Consultant Physician or Associate Specialist in General Internal or Acute Medicine looking for your next career move?
We are currently recruiting into our team on fixed term contracts.
These posts will take part in the general medical consultant rota, with an initial focus on managing the increased demand and displaced medical patients over the winter months. It will also offer exposure to specialist secondary and tertiary services in our dynamic and thriving teaching hospital. Applications from candidates wishing to work less than full time are also encouraged.
We will support colleagues' professional clinical areas of interest and are open to negotiations on your individual job plan. Applicants with a speciality interest in Respiratory Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gastroenterology or Care of the Elderly are welcome to apply.
This is a pivotal time to join University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, as we continue to embed new ways of working to shape our future.
If you would like to arrange a departmental visit or have an informal conversation, please contact Dr Dermot Dowds, Clinical Director.
The successful applicant will join the clinical team at Weston General Hospital contribute to the General Medicine inpatient service. The Trust is committed to develop its acute and general medical services, and we have made major changes to our model recently. The appointed physician will join the team of Specialty Physicians, including Acute Medicine, to deliver excellent inpatient and outpatient medical care, with focus on managing the increased demand over the winter period. The trust is developing its same day emergency care and frailty models, as well specialty ‘admission avoidance’ and hot clinics. This post offers a unique opportunity to be involved in the delivery of acute general medicine and support an effective model of care for patients.
Why join us?
Support for specialty interest (up to 1 PA) within job plan
- We offer an attractive salary package, inclusive of a relocation allowance and recruitment and retention premium
- A dedicated Pastoral and Relocation Support Manager to help you transition into your new role (and possible new home for those relocating)
- As the largest teaching Trust in the Southwest, you will have access to a multitude of learning and development opportunities
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust is committed to provide patient care, education and research of the highest quality. In delivering this ambition, we will be guided by the following values:
· Supportive
· Respectful
· Innovative
· Collaborative 13,000 staff offer over 100 different clinical services across ten different sites. We provide general medical and emergency services to the local population of Weston, Central and South Bristol, and a broad range of specialist services across a region that extends from Cornwall to Gloucestershire, into South Wales and beyond.
Our staff have developed leading edge services such as cardiac surgery and bone marrow transplantation that have built an international reputation and are in demand by patients from across the country.
With strong links to the University of Bristol and University of West of England we are the major medical research centre in the region. The findings allow us to continually improve our patient care. Our academic links also make us the largest centre for medical training in the Southwest, attracting the highest calibre clinical staff from across the UK.
Please see attached job description for more details. Please get in touch on the contact below if needed.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Dec 2023
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