The role includes participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, trauma board rounds, family meetings and case conferences, helping to optimise patient outcomes and ensure timely access to rehabilitation services. You will also support outpatient clinics in neurorehabilitation and spasticity management, including botulinum toxin treatments and intrathecal baclofen therapy.

In addition, you will contribute to teaching, clinical governance, audit, research, quality improvement and service development activities, supporting the development of rehabilitation services across the Trust and the wider Severn Major Trauma Network.

Working for our organisation

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of 2.6 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom.

Chaired By Ingrid Barker And Led By Maria Kane As Chief Executive, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Aims To Transform The Way Healthcare Is Delivered Locally With a Clear Focus On Making a Difference For What We Call Our Four Ps

• Better outcomes for our Patients
• More opportunities for our People
• Fairer more consistent care for our Population
• Best Value for Public Purse

Our Vision For Five Years From Now

• Patients will wait less time to be diagnosed and treated, and they will have the same high-quality experience and outcomes, regardless of who they are or where they live.
• We will meet rising demand by maximising the use of our available resources.
• More care will be delivered nearer to patients, in their homes or the community.
• Digital technologies will have transformed the way we work and the way we deliver care.
• Our people will feel engaged, energised and empowered by their work.
• We will be known as a place where people enjoy working, training and building a career.
• Our volume of globally renowned research and innovation will have grown significantly.
• We will contribute to system financial balance

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS/MBChB of equivalent
• Maintain Full registration with the GMC.
• A minimum of 12 years full-time medical work (or equivalent gained on a LTFT basis) since obtaining a primary medical qualification at least 6 of which will be in Rehabilitation Medicine/Spinal Cord Medicine at a senior level including Specialty Doctor, closed SAS grades and Consultant/Locum Consultant, or equivalent.

Desirable criteria

• Higher qualification e.g. MSc, MD, PhD
• MRCP/MRCS/MRCGP or equivalent
• European, US, or Commonwealth Board certification in rehabilitation medicine or neurorehabilitation
• Evidence of additional relevant training, e.g. Management and leadership

Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Proficiency in spasticity management, including intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin
• Experience in involvement in service redesign.
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues.
• Knowledge of political context within which we operate.
• Clinical Governance principles.
• Experience in day-to-day organisation of rehabilitation, neurology or neurorehabilitation services in a busy tertiary hospital

Desirable criteria

• 6 months or more NHS experience over the past 2 years.
• Proficiency in Complex Spasticity management (including refilling of Intrathecal Baclofen pumps)
• Evidence of leadership development programme committed to quality improvement during training
• Recent experience and familiarity with UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).

Further Training, Management and Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams and across organisations
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues.
• Knowledge of political context within which the NHS and BFT operate.

Desirable criteria

• Completion of a general management course or programme.
• Experience in audit projects and written up

Research, Teaching and Publications

Essential criteria

• Proven teaching ability.
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical undergraduates & postgraduates.

Desirable criteria

• Rehabilitation focused publications in peer reviewed journals and presentations at regional, national and international meetings
• Proven track record in research.
• Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management.

Personal Requirements (e.g. Communication, Leadership Skills, Felxibility)

Essential criteria

• Good written communication skills.
• Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues, and staff at all levels.
• Ability to help manage a team and form effective working relationships within a team.
• Ability to inspire, motivate, and develop postgraduate medical staff.
• Ability to work independently as part of the Directorate. To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
• Ability to fulfil duties of the post
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of BFT values and commitment to uphold BFT values

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge. The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers. BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview. If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system. The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you