Specialty Doctor in Geriatric Medicine (NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor) - Care of the E[...]

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

An opportunity for a Specialty Doctor role within the North Bristol NHS Trust, focusing on geriatric care within care homes. The candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team aiming to enhance care quality. Key responsibilities include clinical assessments, team supervision, and contributions to clinical governance and service development. This role requires strong expertise in frailty with support for ongoing training and professional development.

Qualifications

• Specialist interest in frailty or experience as a frailty doctor.
• Ability to work independently and supervise junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical care including detailed medication review and advance care planning.
• Clinical supervision for non-doctor medical professionals and doctors in training.
• Involvement in audit, research, and service development.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Liaison with next of kin

Clinical assessment

Geriatric care

Team collaboration

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

Main area Care of the Elderly Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (15 hours per week) Job ref 339-MED3139-SSK-A

Site North Bristol Trust Town Bristol Salary £59,175 - £95,400 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 09/07/2025 08:00

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Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

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

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Person specification

Essential and Desirable criteria

• Qualifications And Registration
• Training And Experience
• Further Training, Management, Audit
• Research, Teaching, Publications
• Personal Requirements (eg. Communication Leadership Skills, Flexibility)

If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel [phone].

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post. Please refer to the ‘Information for Prospective Employees’ attachment for information relating to DBS charges.

In accordance with the Trust's Organisation Change policy, staff in a redeployment situation will be given prior consideration for any suitable vacancies advertised for this Trust

"Exceptional Healthcare, Personally Delivered"

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Anna O'Brien Job title Consultant Geriatrician Email address Anna.O'[e-mail] Additional information

If you are interested please contact Dr Anna O'Brien by calling 0117 414 6440.

or

Sarah McCracken [e-mail]

To find out more aboutthe Trust, visitwww.nbt.nhs.uk