Rehabilation Consultant

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**:
- 1) The Bristol Centre for Re-enablement (BCE) which comprises services including prosthetics, orthotics, special seating and environmental controls.
2) The Major Trauma and Neurosciences 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.

**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.

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)

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**:
- 1) The Bristol Centre for Re-enablement (BCE) which comprises services including prosthetics, orthotics, special seating and environmental controls.
2) The Major Trauma and Neurosciences 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 Rehabilitation

**Working alongside an MDT structure of**:
1.0WTE CRM
1.0WTE Specialty doctor
1.0WTE Specialist trainee on rotation
1.0WTE Clinical neuropsychologist
3.0 WTE Band 7 Advanced nurse practitioners
4.0 WTE Band 7 and 6 physiotherapists
4.0 WTE Band 7 and 6 occupational therapists
3.0 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