Specialty Doctor in Geriatric Medicine

We have a long-embedded team based at the 'front door' of the hospital to prevent unnecessary admission of older people, alongside and Older Person's Acute Medical Unit to ensure those that need a short stay can access frailty attuned care. We plan to further enhance this pathway by ensure those that need a longer stay have access to further specialist care and are re-designing the services across our inpatient wards to support this. This speciality doctor post has been created to provide robust support and continuity for the care of patients that are cared for in this pathway.

The successful candidate will be based one of our specialist geriatric medicine inpatient wards. The post holder will work alongside consultant geriatrician, resident doctors and a wider MDT to support the routine care of older inpatients and delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in this area.

There are currently 3 geriatrics inpatient wards at UHW, 2 of which provide a rehabilitation focussed approach whilst the third is a 38 bed general geriatrics unit that admits older patients from the acute medical unit. The intended changes outlined above will create 3 acute geriatrics wards, one of which also cares for up to 8 patients undergoing rehabilitation after vascular surgery. The specialty doctor post will support one ward area (up to 22 beds) during normal working hours.

Each ward has a mix of training (Fy1, Fy2 and IMT) and clinical fellow resident doctors with SpR support. Each ward has 2 allocated consultants who undertake ward rounds 2-3 times/week.

There is out of hours cover for the inpatients one each ward provided by the on call medical team.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Qualifications

Essential: - MBBS or recognised equivalent; - Current GMC registration with full licence to practise

Desirable: - Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions etc.)

Other requirements (e.g. on-call duty)

Essential: - Satisfactory immigration / right to work status; - Satisfactory Occupational Health clearance; - Satisfactory Disclosure (DBS) check or equivalent

Experience

Desirable: - Assessment of emergencies; - Experience working within the frailty multidisciplinary team

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

Desirable: - Audit; - Teaching; - Computing skills; - Research interests relevant to the specialty

Personal qualities