Job overview
1. Be an integral part of the Major Trauma Team, providing day time cover 7 days a week
2. Support a high standard of care and management of major trauma patients through: care co-ordination; promoting excellent care throughout the patient journey; providing specialist advice and MDT working within the Major Trauma Centre, Trauma Units, specialist rehabilitation units and community services
3. Deliver holistic assessments of major trauma patients and make appropriate referrals based upon these, communicating findings to the clinical Major Trauma Team and ward teams
4. Provide a key worker service to patients and families during and after hospital stay. This includes education, signposting to services and providing mental health support
5. Complete Tertiary Surveys, report findings and request appropriate investigations, in collaboration with host medical teams (having acquired the necessary competencies)
6. Deliver Quality Trauma Discharge and complete rehabilitation prescriptions within timescales as per service specifications
7. Provide education to patients, carers and families, and clinical staff regarding management and rehabilitation of traumatic injuries
8. To take part in service development, research and evaluation of the major trauma care and the service
9. Work with the NMTR data coordinators to provide accurate, timely data required for mandated NMTR submissions
Main duties of the job
For specific details regarding the main duties for the position, please see the attached job description.
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
For further details regarding the specifics of the job and the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description
Person specification
Knowledge, Training, Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
10. Allied Healthcare Professional or Nursing degree
11. Minimum 5 years post-registration experience
12. Service development experience
13. Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
14. Specialist knowledge of traumatically injured patients and major trauma care
15. Experience of working with complex traumatically injured patients, including within acute care and delivering holistic assessments to this patient group
16. Evidence of advanced therapy practice (. Level and/or Level 2 trauma competencies)
17. Research and or quality improvement experience
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
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Applicant requirements
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.