Health Play Specialist

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to join our friendly consultant team. The post is based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC). It will expand the clinical complement in respiratory paediatrics to five consultants. This is an exciting progression which will permit subspecialisation and opportunity to develop the individual components of the respiratory service according to the interests of the post-holder and current consultants. The hospital provides a respiratory service to the children of Bristol, South Gloucestershire & North Somerset and specialised service for children across the South West of England with some supra-regional referrals. We offer a full tertiary paediatric respiratory service with specialist clinics in airway disorders, primary ciliary dyskinesia, severe asthma and long term ventilation. The post holder will take an equal share in the consultant of the week attending rota in paediatric respiratory medicine, contribute to cystic fibrosis and respiratory clinics, perform bronchoscopy on elective and emergency lists, and share in the sleep diagnostic service. During attending service weeks, the post holder will see the inpatients under the care of the paediatric respiratory medicine team as well as accepting and assessing referrals from other specialty teams within the hospital and from general paediatric teams from throughout the South West. In addition, the post holder will contribute to the second on call weekend rota, involving ward rounds of specialty patients on Saturday and Sunday, and there is a small contribution to the out of hours acute general paediatric consultant rota.Applicants will be required to have specialist registration on GMC register for Paediatric Respiratory Medicine or equivalent or to be within 6 months of CCT in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. 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 recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.