Major Trauma Practitioner

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Job Overview

• Be an integral part of the Major Trauma Team, providing day time cover 7 days a week (weekend rotation within the team)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Complete Tertiary Surveys, report findings and request appropriate investigations, in collaboration with host medical teams (having acquired the necessary competencies)
• Deliver Quality Trauma Discharge and complete rehabilitation prescriptions within timescales as per service specifications
• Provide education to patients, carers and families, and clinical staff regarding management and rehabilitation of traumatic injuries
• To take part in service development, research and evaluation of the major trauma care and the service
• 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

• Allied Healthcare Professional or Nursing degree
• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience
• Service development experience
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable criteria

• Specialist knowledge of traumatically injured patients and major trauma care
• Experience of working with complex traumatically injured patients, including within acute care and delivering holistic assessments to this patient group
• Evidence of advanced therapy practice (e.g. Level and/or Level 2 trauma competencies)
• Research and or quality improvement experience

If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.

North Bristol NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.