Job overview

The Locum Consultant Physicians within Geriatric Medicine in Glan Clwyd Hospital have responsibility for managing inpatient services alongside several Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Trainee Nurse Practitioners at Colwyn Bay Hospital, Denbigh Infirmary and Holywell Community Hospital with regular outpatient clinics held at Colwyn Bay and Holywell Community Hospitals. Llandudno General Hospital has two COTE Consultants based on that site supported by a team of Advanced Nurse Practitioners and a GP trainee.

A Locum Consultant Geriatrician also provides clinical input to the community based Enhanced Care Services in North and South Denbighshire.  A researcher attached to the department has a special interest in Parkinson’s Disease and has published a significant number of papers in this area. The Movement Disorder Service is supported a Specialist Movement Disorder Consultant and three Parkinson’s Disease Specialist Nurses.

Main duties of the job

• Provide Consultant input to 10 to 12 beds in a 24-bedded Care of The Elderly (COTE) Ward (Ward 1) in Glan Clwyd Hospital along with other consultant colleagues based in that ward. The ward is supported by one Specialty Registrar, one General Practitioner Trainee, one Internal Medicine Trainee and two Foundation Year Doctors.
• Attend the ward’s Board Rounds to discuss patient’s management and discharge plans along with the residents and multi-disciplinary team.
• Special interests in Frailty, Stroke and Community Interface Geriatrics will be accommodated.
• Outpatient clinics/specialty clinic: A standard template will include two new and five follow-ups.
• Be responsible for beds in a local community hospital shared with a Consultant Geriatrician

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is Wales’s largest health organisation, with a budget of over £2.4 billion and a workforce of over 20,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals and a network of community hospitals, health centres, clinics, and mental health units. It also co-ordinates or provides the work of GP practices and NHS services provided by dentists, opticians, and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system that strives for excellent, compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public sector and other statutory and third sector organisations.