Specialty Doctor in Geriatric Medicine | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,175 - £95,400 PA |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | North Bristol NHS |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7305618/339-MED3139-SSK-A |
Summary
This Specialty Doctor post offers the opportunity to work as an integral member of the Bristol Care Home Interface Project, an interdisciplinary team providing proactive and holistic geriatric review to care home residents across BNSSG funded for 15 hours per week.
The post-holder will be part of a team comprised of physician associates, specialist clinical pharmacist, trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, GPwERs and geriatricians. The team aim to improve NHS support in care homes and strengthen links between care homes, community services and primary/secondary care.
We are looking for a GP with a specialist interest in frailty, or experienced frailty doctor, who can work as an independent practitioner when seeing patients in care homes and supervise more junior multidisciplinary team members. Please refer to the post-holder responsibilities within the job description.
The post-holder responsibilities will include:
• Provision of expert clinical care to residents of care homes involved in the project, including detailed medication review and advance care planning.
• Liaison with next of kin for many residents to inform best interests decisions
• Clinical assessment of residents with Parkinsons Disease and other Movement Disorders residing in care homes, and presentation of these patients at the Parkinsons MDT Hub meeting when needed
• Clinical supervision for non-doctor medical professionals and doctors in training
• Contribution to non-clinical tasks such as managing the team caseload
• Contribution to governance and policy
• Involvement in audit, research and service development, specifically data collection and analysis of project outputs
• Onward planning for service development (including future funding applications) which supports the objectives of the broader organisation.
• Engagement with key stakeholders to achieve cross agency relationship building
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.
The post-holder will be part of a team currently comprised of a physician associate, specialist clinical pharmacist, a trainee Advance Care Practitioner, 2 GPwERs and 2 consultant geriatricians. Many work part-time for the team.
This Specialty Doctor post offers the opportunity to work as an integral member of the North Bristol Care Home Interface Project, an interdisciplinary team providing proactive and holistic geriatric review to care home residents across BNSSG. The team now cover a large geographical area, from Thornbury to Weston; clinical assessments take place face to face in care homes. We aim to improve NHS support in care homes and strengthen links between care homes, community services and primary/secondary care.
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Jul 2025