Specialty Doctor in Geriatric Medicine

An exciting opportunity has been developed to join the Geriatric Medicine Department based at UHW working within our acute inpatient wards. We are currently developing our acute frailty pathway to ensure older patients that present to UHW have timely access to comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) alongside treatment for their acute condition and this post will enable us to deliver excellent care for older people through their admission journey.

We have a long-embedded team based at the 'front door' of the hospital to prevent unnecessary admission of older people, alongside and Older Person's Acute Medical Unit to ensure those that need a short stay can access frailty attuned care. We plan to further enhance this pathway by ensure those that need a longer stay have access to further specialist care and are re-designing the services across our inpatient wards to support this. This speciality doctor post has been created to provide robust support and continuity for the care of patients that are cared for in this pathway.

The successful candidate will be based one of our specialist geriatric medicine inpatient wards. The post holder will work alongside consultant geriatrician, resident doctors and a wider MDT to support the routine care of older inpatients and delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in this area.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support. Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.