Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology ST3+
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Job summary
Are you looking to join a forward-thinking and inclusive Trust. Based in the city of Bristol, consistently voted as one of the best places to live, work and play in the UK?
Love Rheumatology? Love UHBW.
Here at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) we're seeking to appoint a clinical fellow to join our progressive, friendly and supportive rheumatology team.
UHBW provides secondary and tertiary services across the South West of England for a wide range of rheumatology conditions. The post is based in our state of the art rheumatology department including an outpatient clinical area, day-case facilities, DXA machine, ultrasound scanners, therapies area, offices, meeting rooms and attached rheumatology research unit.
We have made great steps to develop digitally-enabled outpatient care and to deliver paper-less practice. We have re-designed our service to maximise remote working, to enable patient-initiated consultations, to deliver care in multidisciplinary team clinics and to embed ultrasound scanning one stop into our inflammatory arthritis service. We run dedicated early inflammatory arthritis (EIA), CTD/Vasculitis (CTDVAS), transitional, osteoporosis, rare bone disease and ultra-sound clinics and deliver regular joint clinics with paediatric rheumatology, podiatry, orthopaedics, dermatology, and respiratory.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our clinical team for a full time 12-month post between September 2024 and September 2025. The post is available to applicants who have clinical experience and qualifications equivalent to ST3 level or above. The successful candidate will provide medical cover for our Rheumatology inpatients, working as part of a multi-professional team. They will also take part in outpatient clinics and see ward referrals from other teams. The successful applicant will join a dynamic, large and welcoming team to provide exceptional care for patients. Our junior team consists of one rheumatology registrar, one IMT3 registrar and one GP registrar.
The post-holder will be expected to take part in ward rounds both with a consultant and independently, and to support the junior team on the Rheumatology bed base wards. Our registrars have their own clinic lists alongside the consultants, they rotate weekly to support review of rheumatology patients on the wards and the delivery of urgent care in the rheumatology HOT week. Telephone enquiries from GPs and are usually handled by the Registrars, who also sign off laboratory investigations and support our biologics prescribing.
About us
What you'll love about working here
The CQC rated the organisation as 'Good' for services being caring and well-led. The Trust was the first in the country to go from Requires Improvement to Outstanding in 2017, and is now the first to do this and then retain this rating. The Trust is currently one of only seven in the country to have been rated Outstanding twice, and one of only three general acute Trusts to achieve this.
A digital exemplar-Being appointed as a Global Digital Exemplar means we can realise this vision by implementing digital technologies that will help us to transform the way we work and how we relate to our colleagues, patients and partner organizations.
Sustainable healthcare- We have joined the international movement to declare a climate emergency, recognising the impact climate change is having on the world. Climate change is labelled as the greatest threat to health in the 21st century, with a range of conditions related to heat, cold, extreme weather and air pollution predicted to rise. To lead the way in healthcare the Trust has set ambitious goals to become carbon neutral by 2030.
Details
Date posted
13 August 2024
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Doctor - other
Salary
£55,329 to £63,152 a year Pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
387-M-3046-DY
Job locations
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Upper Maudlin St
Bristol
BS2 8HW
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Upper Maudlin St
Bristol
BS2 8HW
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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