Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine

Substantive Consultant of Rehabilitation Medicine at North Bristol Trust; serving across The Bristol Centre for Enablement (BCE), The Major Trauma Centre and Neurosciences service at Southmead Hospital.

Please note the JD for this role is subject to approval by the Royal College.

Main duties of the job

o Initial rehabilitation medicine assessment of allocated major trauma and HART patients within 72 hours.

o Providing regular assessment and advice for major trauma/HART inpatients, supported by the Major Trauma and HART Practitioners (MTP) team.

o Ensuring the completion of appropriate electronic rehabilitation prescriptions during admission and at discharge.

o Attend, on the days they work in the MTC and HART, the daily board round meetings with MT/HART practitioners and RM colleagues to ensure the rehabilitation team is able to effectively discharge its role as case manager for acute patients with complex rehabilitation needs.

o Facilitate and participate in complex family meetings and case conferences to facilitate the delivery of interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme.

o Deliver a responsive in-reach service to the acute wards (including ICU) to provide assessment and advice regarding the rehabilitation aspects of patients' management, communicating with family/carers of complex patients regarding rehabilitation plans and prognosis.

o Liaise and build links with regional rehabilitation services (e.g. Frenchay Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, Somerset Neurological Rehabilitation Centre and the Dene Neurological Centre, Gloucester) to enhance patient flow and timely transfer to these services when appropriate.

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.

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.