Job summary
This particular role will focus on decarbonising healthcare pathways as part of the UKRI-funded sustainability hub. You will have weekly/fortnightly supervision meetings with GIRFT's Academic Content Lead and have regular access to GIRFT's national clinical lead for your specialty, Professor Tim Briggs (National Director of Clinical Improvement) and the wider GIRFT Academy team. You will have access to national datasets curated by NHS England (including Hospital Episodes Statistics (in-patients and out-patients), Emergency Care and Theatres datasets). We will support you to write peer-reviewed research publications, presentations for conferences and guidelines/recommendations as appropriate. Taught elements will include sessions on quality improvement methodology, leadership, behavioural change, action learning sets, statistics, academic publication, and public engagement. Peer support from other fellows is an important component of the fellowship.
Main duties of the job
Supervised by a Urology Consultant, the duties will be split between GIRFT and clinical obligations which will vary according to the Trust (60% GIRFT 40% Trust).
Trust
Ward rounds.
Outpatients including outpatient procedures.
On call.
GIRFT
The NHS has a commitment to make the NHS net zero for carbon emissions by 2045. The primary purpose of this fellowship will be to produce a guide to decarbonise a clinical pathway within the urology specialty. During the 12 months, you will follow methodology (Environmental Lessons Learned and Applied (ELLA)) developed by the GIRFT programme and produce a GIRFT Greener Pathways guide to decarbonise the care pathway. An example guides of the type you will produce can be accessed in the link below. Academic peer reviewed publications and conference presentations will be expected products of the work.
https://gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FINAL-A-practical-guide-to-decarbonising-the-bladder-cancer-care-pathway-FINAL-December-2024.pdf
On-Call
1 in 14 weeks on the middle grade rota.
About us
North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year the Trust treated over 100,000 inpatients, over 35,000 outpatients, 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. It employs more than 9,500 staff, has approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million.
The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
North Bristol NHS Trust Urology Department offers complex and core Urological services throughout the Bristol Urological Institute (BUI), based at Southmead Hospital in Bristol and Weston General Hospital in Weston-super-Mare. The BUI is a tertiary referral centre and has gained a global reputation; it has become a major national and international surgical, education and research centre.
The clinicians at the BUI have always been at the cutting edge; providing advanced stone surgery including minimally invasive kidney stone surgery, robotic surgery for urological cancers and reconstruction, pioneering urodynamics, advancing complex andrology/penile cancer, genito-urethral reconstruction and investing in community delivered diagnostics.
Job description
Job responsibilities
GIRFT Is a national programme designed to improve the treatment and care of patients through in-depth review of services, benchmarking, and presenting a data-driven evidence base to support change. The programme undertakes clinically-led reviews of specialties, combining wide-ranging data analysis with the input and professional knowledge of senior clinicians to examine how things are currently being done and how they could be improved.
Working to the principle that a patient should expect to receive equally timely and effective investigations, treatment and outcomes wherever care is delivered, irrespective of who delivers that care, GIRFT aims to identify approaches from across the NHS that improve outcomes and patient experience, without the need for radical change or additional investment.
GIRFT has grown into a large-scale national programme and in a post-Covid NHS is vitally important as Trusts progress their medical recovery plans across the specialties. For more information on GIRFT, please see their website here: https://www.gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
GIRFT Is a national programme designed to improve the treatment and care of patients through in-depth review of services, benchmarking, and presenting a data-driven evidence base to support change. The programme undertakes clinically-led reviews of specialties, combining wide-ranging data analysis with the input and professional knowledge of senior clinicians to examine how things are currently being done and how they could be improved.
Working to the principle that a patient should expect to receive equally timely and effective investigations, treatment and outcomes wherever care is delivered, irrespective of who delivers that care, GIRFT aims to identify approaches from across the NHS that improve outcomes and patient experience, without the need for radical change or additional investment.
GIRFT has grown into a large-scale national programme and in a post-Covid NHS is vitally important as Trusts progress their medical recovery plans across the specialties. For more information on GIRFT, please see their website here: https://www.gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Maintain full registration with General Medical Council
- MRCS
Work Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices, especially outpatient clinics
- Minimum of 2 years' experience at core training level with experience in urology
Desirable
- Regional or national level engagement in scientific or clinical research or quality improvement projects.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Completion of the audit cycle
- Proven teaching experience
- Previous engagement in a research project or quality improvement initiative with reach beyond a single hospital or trust.
- Evidence of use of basic data analysis software (e.g. Excel, SPSS)
Desirable
- Interest in environmentally sustainable healthcare
Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances
Essential
- Willingness to undertake teaching of medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Good written and verbal communication skills, Evidence of ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
Desirable
- Ability to teach effectively
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Maintain full registration with General Medical Council
- MRCS
Work Experience
Essential
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices, especially outpatient clinics
- Minimum of 2 years' experience at core training level with experience in urology
Desirable
- Regional or national level engagement in scientific or clinical research or quality improvement projects.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Completion of the audit cycle
- Proven teaching experience
- Previous engagement in a research project or quality improvement initiative with reach beyond a single hospital or trust.
- Evidence of use of basic data analysis software (e.g. Excel, SPSS)
Desirable
- Interest in environmentally sustainable healthcare
Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances
Essential
- Willingness to undertake teaching of medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Good written and verbal communication skills, Evidence of ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
Desirable
- Ability to teach effectively
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
