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1. Are you a GP who has an interest in cardiovascular risk management?
2. Would you like to increase your skills in the investigation and treatment of lipid disorders, including familial hyperlipidaemia
3. Would you enjoy working one day a week with the specialist lipids team providing outpatient services to patients with hyperlipidaemia?
We are offering a nine month fixed term post for a General Practitioner to work in our Wednesday Lipid Clinic alongside consultants, registrars, dietitians and specialist nurses in the Lipid Clinic at Bristol Royal Infirmary. The Clinic provides services to patients throughout the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire area and has a track record of maintaining close links with primary care
The clinical responsibilities of the post include the following:
4. To contribute to the outpatient clinical service for the diagnosis and management of patients with lipid disorders, as an integral part of the clinical team
5. To communicate and liaise with primary care colleagues around shared patient care and identification of individual patients and families with previously undiagnosed familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH)
6. To work with the FH Nurse Specialist to ensure appropriate cascade screening of the relatives of patients with FH.
7. To work closely with the Clinical Biochemistry laboratory service to organise specialist lipid investigations required by clinic patients
8. To work with patients to formulate appropriate clinical management plans
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.