Neurology Consultant - Cognitive Disorders | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS16 1JE |
| Company: | North Bristol NHS |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6320056/339-MPNMS670 |
Summary
The post will include 2 specialist cognitive disorders clinic per week, Huntington clinics 1 week in every month and provision will be made for developing a monoclonal antibodies service and clinical trial work.
The post also includes 1.75 general neurology clinics per week. Once a month a general neurology clinic will be replaced by a neurology hot-clinic. For between 2-4 weeks per year all activity will be replaced with being the neurology consultant providing cover to the general neurology ward.
The postholder will also partake in the Stroke on call rota, at a frequency of 1:10
General neurology and in-patient neurology is delivered from the £400 million state of the art Brunel Building.
The post-holder will join 22 consultant neurologists who collectively provide general neurology and broad a range of sub-specialist interests within the Department of Neurology at North Bristol Trust (NBT).
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 Cognitive Service at North Bristol NHS Trust. This is a new post.
The Department hosts a leading regional specialist service for cognitive disorders and Huntington’s disease, focusing on early accurate diagnosis of cognitive neurodegenerative disorders with access to cutting edge diagnostics. The service is delivered from the newly refurbished Bristol Brain Centre which affords an integrated clinical, research, and education space for the areas of cognitive disorders, movement disorders, and multiple sclerosis. The Bristol Brain Centre combines NHS, University and third sector organisations to support our activities. We work closely with our neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry colleagues within the Rosa Burden Unit during the diagnostic and therapeutic arms of this service.
The Cognitive disorders group have an active programme of research (working closely with the ReMemBr group) and education, and collaborate nationally and internationally. The post holder will be expected to teach and participate in the cognitive disorders education programme. There will be opportunity to support and directly deliver cognitive disorders research and clinical trials with specific focus on the development within the service of monoclonal therapies and clinical trials.
The cognitive disorders MDT based in the Bristol Brain Centre includes colleagues specializing in SaLT and Neuropsychology.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Jun 2024