Specialty Doctor in Frailty/Intermediate Care

Specialty Doctor in Frailty/Intermediate Care

Employer:

NHS Jobs

Location:

Caerphilly, CF82 7EP

Pay:

£62,117.00 to £99,216.00 per year, £62117.00 - £99216.00 a year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

22/11/2025

About this job

To support the Frailty/Intermediate Care team on a day-to-day operational basis and carry a clinical caseload To focus on providing a 'hospital at home' model of care, 7 days a week, 12 hours a day service as part of the Caerphilly Community Resource Team To be responsible for the co-ordination and management of patients in the community and in community hospitals under the supervision of the Consultants and/or in close liaison with General Practitioners To provide medical support for health and social care services that make up the Frailty/Intermediate Care service To work closely with the Consultants and the Directorate Manager to deliver effective and appropriate intermediate care services to residents of the borough To take a key role in discharge planning, co-ordinating approaches with relatives and other agencies To liaise with patients and relatives/carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients receive a high-quality service and are kept informed of progress as appropriate To be responsible for contemporaneous record-keeping, identifying progress and plans in the patient's case notes To participate in virtual ward rounds, facilitating Falls multidisciplinary meetings and Consultant ward rounds To participate in Frailty initiatives, rapid access and co-geriatric clinics To actively use the direct admission pathway to community hospitals to avoid unnecessary acute admissions to emergency departments To complete accurate and timely discharge summaries and progress reports and ensure General Practitioners are informed of any impending discharges, changes of medication and death To assist the Consultants in the development of community, in-patient (step-up/step-down) and outpatient-based services To actively participate in multidisciplinary audit, clinical effectiveness/health gain initiatives, clinical governance, local clinical audit activities and developing research projects, as appropriate To support the pan-Gwent clinical model of the Gwent Frailty programme.

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