Consultant Physician Care of the Elderly

Overview

In this role you will lead sub-specialty geriatrics within the Care of the Elderly team at Ysbyty Gwynedd. You will help develop an acute frailty focus and collaborate with both acute and community services to reduce avoidable hospital admissions. The post offers teaching and supervision duties, with potential opportunities linked to North Wales Medical School expansion. You will work with cross-functional teams to drive service development, governance, and research initiatives. This is a chance to shape frailty care and medical education in North Wales.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support a recognised sub-specialty interest (e.g., acute frailty, community geriatrics, orthogeriatrics)
• Provide supervision, teaching and support to junior medical staff and other healthcare professionals
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education across multiple universities
• Participate in clinical governance, quality improvement, audit, appraisal, revalidation and CPD
• Contribute to service development and transformation projects across acute and community geriatric services
• Engage in research, education and innovation opportunities where appropriate

Key requirements

• Full GMC Specialist Registration in Geriatrics or CCT within 6 months of interview date
• MRCP
• Portfolio Pathway applicants must have GMC Specialist Registration at application
• Evidence of training others and commitment to teaching trainees
• Essential communication, leadership, and organisational skills
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Desirable: relevant and recent geriatric medicine experience
• Desirable: higher degree or diploma, critical appraisal or teaching qualifications

• Good written and oral communication
• Leadership skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Audit activity and clinical governance understanding
• Service development and transformation experience
• Teaching and supervision of trainees across professional groups

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