Job overview

Specialty Doctor in Intermediate Care/Frailty

An exciting opportunity exists as part of the Health Board's Clinical Futures Model and Redesign work within Intermediate/Frailty services. The Frailty Service is a multi-disciplinary service within the Primary Care and Community Division and 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 that you will be joining the Primary Care and Community Division at a truly once in a generation era developing a ‘Best in Class’ Intermediate Care/Frailty service model.

ABUHB is an innovative Health Board packed with ambition and is 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 target 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, Same Day Emergency Services, Hot clinics, Community wards and Community Frailty Units.

Further training can be developed depending on your specific needs, including palliative care, mental health, and specialty clinics

The opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge of the community through rotation across Boroughs is also advocated and encouraged. All the posts have a non-resident on-call element which involves a seven-day working requirement. This commitment, carries an additional session.

 ABUHB is highly flexible towards career progression, such as obtaining MRCP(UK). 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 (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 license to practice with the GMC.

A full Job description and Person Specification is available to view within the supporting documents.   

Working for our organisation

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.