Job summary
An exciting opportunity exists as part of the Health Board's Clinical Futures programme and redesign work within Frailty/Intermediate Care for a Specialty Doctor to join our Community Resource Team based in Caerphilly. The Frailty Service is a multi-disciplinary service within the Primary Care and Community Services Division, centred on providing people with care and/or treatment close to home, promoting independence via reablement teams. The aim of the service is to reduce unnecessary hospital admission by providing safe alternate pathways and minimising hospital stay by facilitating early and safe discharge.
The redesign of services for older people means you will be joining the Division at a truly once in a generation era with the development of a 'best in class' Frailty/intermediate care model.
ABUHB is an innovative Health Board packed with ambition and an excellent place to continue developing yourself professionally. These posts allow training opportunities in medicine and community medicine within the Gwent locality.
At ABUHB we are extremely proud of our workforce, a large number of whom are International medical Graduates. Supporting our medical workforce is paramount and we have exciting plans, some of which are dedicated to specifically targeting the needs and concerns of an IMG but all events are open to any doctor who may wish to attend.
Main duties of the job
All posts are based in the community and flexible working plans afford aspirants the opportunity to participate in the management of community inpatients, ambulatory clinics, community wards and specialty clinics. Further training can be developed depending on your specific needs.
The opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge of the community through rotation across boroughs is also advocated and encouraged. All posts have a non-resident on-call element which involves a seven-day working requirement. This commitment carries an additional session (pro rata'd for part-time appointments).
ABUHB is highly flexible towards career progression, such as obtaining MRCPUK. We actively support doctors who may wish to pursue the CESR route for specialist registration. Audit and QI projects will be a requirement of the post and we have close links with Cardiff University should you want to be involved in research.
This position involves regulated activity with adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer: applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.
A full job description and person specification is available to view within the supporting documents.
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the Frailty/Intermediate Care team on a day-to-day operational basis and carry a clinical caseload
- To focus on providing a 'hospital at home' model of care, 7 days a week, 12 hours a day service as part of the Caerphilly Community Resource Team
- To be responsible for the co-ordination and management of patients in the community and in community hospitals under the supervision of the Consultants and/or in close liaison with General Practitioners
- To provide medical support for health and social care services that make up the Frailty/Intermediate Care service
- To work closely with the Consultants and the Directorate Manager to deliver effective and appropriate intermediate care services to residents of the borough
- To take a key role in discharge planning, co-ordinating approaches with relatives and other agencies
- To liaise with patients and relatives/carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients receive a high-quality service and are kept informed of progress as appropriate
- To be responsible for contemporaneous record-keeping, identifying progress and plans in the patient's case notes
- To participate in virtual ward rounds, facilitating Falls multidisciplinary meetings and Consultant ward rounds
- To participate in Frailty initiatives, rapid access and co-geriatric clinics
- To actively use the direct admission pathway to community hospitals to avoid unnecessary acute admissions to emergency departments
- To complete accurate and timely discharge summaries and progress reports and ensure General Practitioners are informed of any impending discharges, changes of medication and death
- To assist the Consultants in the development of community, in-patient (step-up/step-down) and outpatient-based services
- To actively participate in multidisciplinary audit, clinical effectiveness/health gain initiatives, clinical governance, local clinical audit activities and developing research projects, as appropriate
- To support the pan-Gwent clinical model of the Gwent Frailty programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the Frailty/Intermediate Care team on a day-to-day operational basis and carry a clinical caseload
- To focus on providing a 'hospital at home' model of care, 7 days a week, 12 hours a day service as part of the Caerphilly Community Resource Team
- To be responsible for the co-ordination and management of patients in the community and in community hospitals under the supervision of the Consultants and/or in close liaison with General Practitioners
- To provide medical support for health and social care services that make up the Frailty/Intermediate Care service
- To work closely with the Consultants and the Directorate Manager to deliver effective and appropriate intermediate care services to residents of the borough
- To take a key role in discharge planning, co-ordinating approaches with relatives and other agencies
- To liaise with patients and relatives/carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients receive a high-quality service and are kept informed of progress as appropriate
- To be responsible for contemporaneous record-keeping, identifying progress and plans in the patient's case notes
- To participate in virtual ward rounds, facilitating Falls multidisciplinary meetings and Consultant ward rounds
- To participate in Frailty initiatives, rapid access and co-geriatric clinics
- To actively use the direct admission pathway to community hospitals to avoid unnecessary acute admissions to emergency departments
- To complete accurate and timely discharge summaries and progress reports and ensure General Practitioners are informed of any impending discharges, changes of medication and death
- To assist the Consultants in the development of community, in-patient (step-up/step-down) and outpatient-based services
- To actively participate in multidisciplinary audit, clinical effectiveness/health gain initiatives, clinical governance, local clinical audit activities and developing research projects, as appropriate
- To support the pan-Gwent clinical model of the Gwent Frailty programme.
Person Specification
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Personal Attributes
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Person Specification
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Experience
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Skills & Abilities
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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
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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).
