Find Your Career at UHBW
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.
Apprentice Healthcare Support Worker
David McCalley
Bristol Royal Infirmary
A Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) is a core member of the team delivering personal care to patients and supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate care.
You will carry out a range of non-clinical healthcare tasks, under the direct supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner. Your role is to provide compassionate care, to agreed quality standards and in accordance with Trust values.
There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your individual needs. Training will be provided to ensure you have the required core skills and skills set specific to your area of work. You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not have this qualification.
Registered Nurse
Nneka Okafor
Bristol Royal Infirmary
At UH Bristol and Weston we understand Nursing isn’t just a job – it’s a way of life. Adult nurses make up the largest part of the NHS workforce. Your nursing career will mean working with people of all ages, providing direct patient care.
They may suffer from one or more long or short term physical health conditions. At UH Bristol and Weston, our specialties include: cardiac services, haematology & oncology, paediatric, ENT, cystic fibrosis, ophthalmology, and dental. We see patients with a variety of different conditions each day.
As a registered nurse you will play a crucial role in a large multidisciplinary team, making decisions on what you believe is best for your patients. Your work will be fast paced and demanding – but will offer the best reward, being compassionate to care for your patients as you would your loved ones.
Senior Healthcare Support Worker
Toni-Marie Kay
Weston General Hospital
A Senior Health Care Support Worker (SHCSW) is a core member of the team delivering direct care to patients and supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality, compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan.
You will carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare, or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner, in accordance with the Trust values.
There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs. Training will be provided to ensure you have the required core skills and skills set specific to your area of work. You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not have this qualification.
Emergency Medicine Specialty Doctor
Helen Crowther
Weston General Hospital
You could also work in other settings such as minor injuries units, at major events or in regional trauma networks. It’s a 24/7 service so you’ll work shifts including evenings and weekends.
There is no such thing as a typical day, which is why emergency medicine is so interesting. You’ll see people of all ages and from all walks of life, including casualties from road traffic accidents, older people without support and substance abusers. You could go from treating someone with a broken bone to caring for a patient in cardiac arrest, or dealing with a person with mental health issues.
Emergency medicine allows you to use a huge range of clinical skills to assess and prioritise patients. It means you keep good knowledge of most specialities as you work with the team to plan treatment, save lives and help patients recover. About a fifth of patients are admitted to hospital so you build expert understanding of hospital emergency medical systems.
General Medicine Consultant
Javaid Iqbal
Bristol Royal Infirmary
You’ll spend the majority of your time working between an acute medical unit, medical admissions unit and a medical ward managing patients with a wide range of clinical problems.
Vital to your success will be your ability to accurately diagnose patients, manage uncertainty, deal with co-morbidities (complex medical problems involving multiple symptoms and conditions) and recognise when the opinion and intervention of another specialist is required.
Most doctors working in general internal medicine obtain dual specialty e.g. cardiology and general internal medicine, acute internal medicine and general internal medicine or geriatric medicine and general internal medicine.
Your dual specialty will increase your patient involvement and see you collaborate with a wide range of colleagues as part of an acute medical care workforce.
A large part of your day will involve reviewing newly admitted patients and continuing treatment for the most unwell, as well as providing care for patients awaiting an operation but who have an acute illness.
Treating people who are acutely ill and often in life-threatening circumstances is highly rewarding but very challenging.
Enhanced Nurse Practitioner
Jayne Watters
Weston General Hospital
An Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) is a senior practitioner working in the Emergency Department who has been specially trained to treat minor injuries without necessarily having to refer to a doctor.
They are qualified to assess, diagnose, treat and discharge patients with certain injuries without having to refer to a doctor. Previously, if you came to the Emergency Department with a minor injury, you would have to wait for a doctor to come and see you.
You might still have to wait but with the introduction of the ENP service, your wait should be greatly reduced.
They work within specific guidelines, drawn up with the agreement of the clinical lead of the Emergency Department. The ENP is qualified to treat patients suffering from conditions such as cuts, scalds, bites, sprains and strains.
Ward Manager
Joanne Watts
Weston General Hospital
The sister/charge nurse is accountable and responsible for the twenty four hour care delivery and management of our inpatient wards at UHBW. The sister/charge nurse will promote and monitor safe and effective practice, enhance the patient experience, provide effective leadership and management and contribute to the delivery of the Trust/Divisional objectives
You will be part of a collaborative team who pride themselves in providing the highest standards of care to our patients through expert clinical knowledge. You will be responsible for delivering high quality, responsive, safe, effective and compassionate individualised care through sound clinical and managerial leadership combined with strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise complex situations. You will need to be dynamic, confident, have excellent interpersonal skills and be an accomplished positive role model.
Physiotherapist
Joe Thomas
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Our physiotherapists work to help with a range of problems which affect movement using exercise, massage and other techniques. As a physiotherapist, you will work to help and treat people with physical problems caused by illness, injury, disability or ageing.
With the view that human movement is central to the health and wellbeing of individuals, you will aim to identify and maximise movement in your patients, as well as promoting good health and advising on how to avoid future injuries.
Clinical Fellow
Juliette Jones
Weston General Hospital
Clinical Fellows are substantive doctors who work in a particular specialty or department and provide a mix of clinical support on top of other duties. These other duties usually include participation in research, audit, or quality improvement, teaching or education, simulation training, or other special interest activities. Clinical Fellows can be junior doctors, or post-CCT doctors, but for the purpose of this article we will be exploring fellowships specifically for pre-CCT doctors.
The special interest part of the clinical fellowship role is what makes these roles so appealing. Whether you want to spend more time teaching medical students, working towards a research publication, learning how to be come a Simulation Trainer, practicing surgery, working with national health organistions or government bodies, or even studying for a PG certification or higher education degree, the opportunities are endless.
Anyone with a medical degree and full GMC registration can work as a Clinical Fellow, though most clinical fellowships require doctors to have completed both years of their foundation training as a minimum.
International Medical Graduates (IMG’s) on a Skilled Worker Visa may be able to take on a fellowship role provided they meet the fellowship requirements (full GMC registration) and it complies with their visa requirements.
Learning and Development Team Leader
Alina Stepien
Weston General Hospital
As a learning and development team leader, you will be responsible for coordinating and implementing training initiatives for practitioners at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston. A large proportion of your work will be dedicated to supporting the newly qualified staff. This will involve acting as a point of contact for new members of staff; ensuring that their initial training runs smoothly, as well as finding out their content preferences for study days. You will play a significant role in implementing training programmes for UH Bristol and Weston staff. This will involve organising speakers for training days, from within the Trust, and elsewhere in the country. You will also assist in identifying any gaps or pitfalls in training programmes according to the needs of the staff.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Kirstie Ridewood
Bristol Royal Infirmary
A Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for ensuring recruitment across the Trust is proactively responsive to the service needs of the organisation, with the aim of increasing the number and quality of applicants across the workforce. They are responsible for ensuring the recruitment process is optimised to be streamlined and efficient, offering the best candidate experience, to deliver the short-supply and high-volume recruitment needs of the Trust.
Facilities Senior Supervisor
Gergana Spasova
Weston General Hospital
The Facilities Senior Supervisor is part of a management structure which supports departmental teams in providing an appropriate environment for patient care. You will liaise with clinical and non-clinical staff to ensure that standards are in line with the service agreements. You will provide training and monitoring of staff performance, ensure appropriate allocation of staff to their duties. Conduct cleaning audits of sites to ensure that standards are upheld and corrective actions
taken.
You will work autonomously and manage your own workload, acting for your Line Manager during Annual Leave, evenings, nights and weekends. Duties may include general cleaning, the preparation and presentation of patients’ meals and beverages, and some portering duties. You will need to ensure Hotel Service Assistants are provided with the equipment and provisions required for their role.
Facilities Senior Supervisors will be expected to demonstrate a flexible attitude to their work, to meet the needs of the Trust and its patients.
Operating Department Practitioner
Dave Blythe
Weston General Hospital
Operating department practitioners (ODPs) work in three key areas; anaesthetics, surgery and recovery. In anaesthetics the role involved assisting the anaesthetic doctor during general and local anaesthetics.
In surgery the ODP will participate as part of the operative team, meeting a variety of patients from very small children to older adults and everything between and perform a number of roles, including the scrubbed role. In recovery the ODP will receive, assess and deliver patient care on the patient’s arrival into the recovery area. They will monitor the patients physiological parameters, providing appropriate interventions and treatment until the patient has recovered from the effects of the anaesthesia and/or surgery and is stable.
Diagnostic Radiographer
Charlotte Maycraft
Bristol Royal Infirmary
A Diagnostic Radiographer is a highly skilled healthcare professional responsible for operating advanced medical imaging equipment to diagnose and monitor a wide range of medical conditions. Their expertise lies in creating detailed images of the internal structures of the human body using techniques such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and more. These images help physicians and other healthcare providers make accurate diagnoses, plan treatments, and monitor the progress of patients.
Diagnostic Radiographers play a crucial role in patient care, ensuring the safety and comfort of individuals undergoing imaging procedures, while also maintaining the integrity and quality of the images produced. They are knowledgeable about radiation safety and the best practices for minimising exposure to ionizing radiation during X-ray procedures.
In addition to their technical skills, Diagnostic Radiographers are often involved in explaining procedures to patients, ensuring their understanding and cooperation, and providing emotional support when needed. Their work is fundamental in the field of modern medicine, assisting in the early detection and accurate diagnosis of various medical conditions, from broken bones to internal organ diseases, and playing a vital role in improving patient outcomes.
