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Trosolwg o'r swydd

We are seeking to appoint a Consultant Physician with an interest in Geriatrics within the  division of Urgent Community Services, to join our expanding team and department. We are expanding our clinical expertise to meet the demands of the Virtual Ward, Rapid Response and Community Services including intermediate care beds. We invite candidates who have a passion for leadership and want to be part of a dynamic team and are willing to work in a fast paced and busy growing Community NHS Trust. You will join at a time as we grow our thriving specialist teams who have special interest in development.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

A key aim of this role is to provide consultant cover across our community services, this will include the provision of senior clinical oversite to the Urgent Community Rapid Response and the Virtual Ward services which are embedded within our Urgent and Emergency Care Community Service 
Division. This is a key leadership role to support the ongoing transformation of our admission avoidance and step-down service offer to the system, whilst working in key collaboration with our acute trust. This division of care also includes Integrated Discharge team, Minor Injury Units, 
Community Hospitals and DAART (Diagnosis, Assessment and Rehab Team) services which enable integrated services to support a patients journey.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.