Consultant in Care of the Elderly

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Consultant in Care of the Elderly

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

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If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

Job Overview

This consultant post will support the clinical futures model within ABUHB, and you will join colleagues in a very dynamic and forward-looking Directorate of Care of the Elderly Medicine. The aim is to provide a spectrum of flexible and responsive services for the elderly, across the Health Board, encompassing:

Development of a comprehensive Care of the Elderly Service at Royal Gwent Hospital

Development and delivery of a comprehensive geriatric assessment for the elderly patients

Acute inpatient assessment and treatment

Development of a subspecialty service as inpatient or outpatient

General and Specialist DGH and Community-based outpatient clinics

Support and Training for Primary and Social Care Teams

Effective leadership to multidisciplinary staff members of the unit

Development of teaching and research within the Organisation

Main duties of the job

As a senior employee of the Health Board the post holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Health Board’s patients.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:

To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service

To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate

To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board’s procedures and operating policies

To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Division’s and Health Board’s service plans

To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division or the Health Board

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan Health Board is one of seven Local Health Boards in Wales. It provides acute, community and mental healthcare services to more than 600,000 people living in Southeast Wales and is one of the largest NHS health boards in the UK. The principal place of work for this post is currently Royal Gwent Hospital but may also involve sessions at other locations as agreed in the Job Plan.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Health Care Provider

Industries

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