General Practitioner with Special Interests in Stroke and Frailty

Stroke Sub Acute Rehabilitation Unit

Our Stroke Sub Acute Rehabilitation Unit (SSARU) is a community-based unit which meets the needs of people who are unable to return home immediately after a hospital stay. The unit consists of 30 beds at South Bristol Community Hospital, which provides a safe environment where individuals who are 'medically stable' can receive Stroke specialist rehabilitation assessment, along with focused therapy and support from our multidisciplinary team, to support independence before they return home. Once the person arrives home, their stroke care is handed over to our Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) at Home team. All patients on the unit will also be under the care of a Stroke Consultant who will support with weekly board rounds and remote advice when required.

Main duties of the job

• Provide senior oversight for the medical input for the cohort of inpatient service users within the ward.
• Use broad medical knowledge to manage a range of clinical presentations that will sit outside of the regular cohort of conditions that are routinely managed within the Advanced Practice scope of practice and conditions regularly seen in primary care - including and not limited to; skin disease, rheumatological conditions and management of heart failure.
• Use a holistic approach to ensure factors within the Biopsychosocial model are considered
• To consider whether there may be any reservable factors contributing to presenting conditions, including a thorough review of medication, in conjunction with pharmacy colleagues.
• Medicines optimization and de-prescribing to reduce burden of medication for older people.
• Initiating further investigations for abnormal blood tests, ordering radiology interventions including X-ray, USS and CT scans.
• Referring, if clinically indicated via 2 week wait for suspected cancer and referring or liaising with other specialist services within secondary care and specialist services.
• About us
• Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC registration

Desirable

• Higher Degree or Diploma of Geriatric Medicine or similar

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with older people and ideally hold a relevant Higher Degree/Diploma of Geriatric Medicine or similar
• Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting
• Experience of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, their families and colleagues
• Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Ability to assess and treat elderly patients

Desirable

• Experience in teaching and motivating/implementing change
• Experience of supervising ACPs / teaching