Overview
As a Consultant Geriatrician in the GEMINI team, you will help shape and grow frailty services within acute, emergency and community settings. You will contribute to expanding the frailty SDEC service to seven days a week and support the NNHIP trial and neighbourhood health model. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to align hospital and community geriatric care, driving service development and integration. This is a collaborative, innovative role in a dynamic trust committed to employee growth and wellbeing.
Pay / Benefits
- excellent training opportunities
- flexible working
- dedicated support networks
- focus on health and wellbeing
Responsibilities
- Support development of the frailty SDEC service to 7 days per week
- Facilitate direct GP referrals and SeCAMB admissions to the frailty pathway
- Provide cross-site support across ED, frailty SDEC, and in-patient elderly care wards
- Align developing services with the neighbourhood model and community geriatric provision
- Collaborate with ACPs and AHPs to staff and grow the service
- Promote evidence-based approaches to integrate elderly medicine with acute and community care
Key requirements
- Current UK professional registration
- Essential experience in geriatric medicine (elderly care/ frailty)
- Evidence of good written English
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Meet essential education/qualifications as outlined in the person specification
- flexible
- passionate
- innovative
- frailty service development
- integration of medicine for the elderly with acute and community care
- multidisciplinary collaboration
Consultant Geriatrician - GEMINI in Redhill employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
