Junior Clinical Fellow Acute Medicine

We wish to appoint 1 clinical fellow at CT1-2 in Acute Medicine on a 12 month contract. The post is based in the Acute Medicine department at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and is being advertised to fill an existing post due to the current postholder moving on. The post has a negotiable on-call commitment, at the same frequency as the other ACCS/CMT/GPVST trainees.

The acute medicine team covers 34 in-patient beds across a Acute Medicine Assessment unit and Medical SDEC unit. There are opportunities to also be involved in the Acute Medicine Clinic and AKI Clinic, accepting the full range of acutely unwell patients.

There is a separate rota of on-call juniors and consultants seeing the ‘on-take’ patients. If you are able to join the on-call rota, you will rotate through these on-call days at the same frequency as the other medical ACCS/CMT/GPVTS trainees, though the on-call commitment is negotiable. This post currently is just for 9-5pm normal working days on our Medical SDEC and Acute Medicine Assessment Unit.

The Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) has 520 beds and is the city's main teaching hospital. The Out-Patient Department holds Clinics for all the major specialties and deals with 153,600 patients per year. The Hospital's Emergency Department deals with 70% of the City's accident cases. Separate units for Haematology, Oncology, Eye, Dental, Children and Maternity cases are within a radius of a quarter of a mile.

Applicants should be eligible for CT1-level appointment. Non UK applicants must provide written evidence of appropriate knowledge, training and skills.

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with a workforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+ different clinical services across 10 sites, serving a population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to patients. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust, committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.

Join us and you can enjoy city living, be in the countryside or by the seaside, with easy access to all the South West offers. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

As an equal opportunities employer, actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our community and are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

It is important that you are aware that you may need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, for all patient facing roles and roles within patient facing areas (unless there is a clear medical reason or where there are other exceptional circumstances such as no requirement for occasional patient contact).

Duties will involve the ward based care of patients under the care of the Acute Medicine team. The successful applicant may also be part of the general medical on-call rota working both day and night shifts to cover ward areas and acute admissions. Some flexibility during times of peak patient activity and/or bed occupancy in covering other teams may be required.