Clinical Lead in Trauma - Bristol, United Kingdom - North Bristol NHS Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust

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Bristol, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and forward-thinking Physiotherapist with relevant Orthopaedic experience to lead the trauma side of our dynamic Physiotherapy Orthopaedic service at North Bristol NHS Trust.

The post holder will be part of a Leadership Team delivering a high quality Physiotherapy Service across Orthopaedics (primarily this post is the trauma lead but has responsibility for elective as well).

The role supports the experienced Physiotherapy Teams, development of Therapy Staff through supervision and CPD.

The post holder will provide highly specialist assessment and interventions for a busy and varied caseload demonstrating advanced clinical reasoning skills and with specific knowledge of elective procedures and trauma conditions.

They will take a lead in multi-disciplinary activities and have highly developed specialist knowledge and communicate complex condition related information to patients, relative and carers.

The role will include supporting complex acute patients and assisting in facilitating timely discharges to be achieved by the service.

The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Leadership Team to support and further develop the Physiotherapy Service.

North Bristol NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare trusts in the South West of England. We provide hospital and community healthcare to people living in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We do this across a range of settings, including within our award-winning Brunel building, designed and built for a better patient and staff experience.

We care for people with a wide range of health conditions through a range of services. These range from routine checkups to specialist neurosurgery, orthopaedics, plastics and burns.
We deliver more than 6,000 beautiful babies a year in our maternity units, birth centres and at home.
Our hardworking Emergency Department is a regional trauma centre. Here, we care for people with wide range of illnesses and injuries. For example, strokes and broken arms through to people who have been in a serious car crash.
We don't just treat patients. We support the future of healthcare with worldleading research and by training the doctors and nurses of the future.

The post is part of the large Orthopaedic Therapy Team at North Bristol Trust covering the elective surgery and trauma and major trauma caseloads.

Please see attached Job Description for full details.