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An exciting opportunity has arisen for two dynamic Consultant General Physicians with an interest in Geriatric Medicine to join a progressive and expanding Older Persons' Medicine service in Wales. These substantive posts are part of a major transformation programme designed to improve acute frailty care, integrated community pathways, and inpatient geriatric services.

The successful candidates will join an established Consultant team delivering high-quality care for older people across acute, frailty, rehabilitation, and community settings. Applicants with 1 year of NHS experience are encouraged to apply.

Main Duties of the Job

• Provide Consultant-led Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine services.
• Deliver acute frailty care through a single point of access, an integrated hub, and a co-located frailty unit.
• Lead rotational frailty intake and Same Day Emergency Care frailty services.
• Provide senior clinical leadership to multidisciplinary teams managing older patients with frailty.
• Support virtual wards, Hospital at Home, acute community teams, and admission avoidance pathways.
• Undertake inpatient ward rounds and manage older people requiring longer admission or rehabilitation.
• Participate in the general medical on-call rota.
• Contribute to orthogeriatric, liaison, outpatient, and ambulatory geriatric services.
• Supervise junior doctors, trainees, ACPs, and multidisciplinary staff.
• Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Lead audit, quality improvement, governance, and service development initiatives.
• Contribute to research and innovation within medicine for older people.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Licence to Practise
• MRCP or equivalent
• On the GMC Specialist Register in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine, or eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview

Desirable

• Higher degree (MD / MSc / PhD)
• Teaching qualification / Medical Education qualification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 1 year NHS experience
• Broad experience in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine
• Experience managing acutely unwell older patients with frailty
• Multidisciplinary working across acute and community settings
• Evidence of teaching and training junior medical staff
• Experience in completing clinical audit and quality improvement work
• Service improvement experience with management and clinical colleagues

Desirable

• Development and commissioning of frailty services
• Research in Geriatric Medicine / General Internal Medicine
• Experience in Hospital at Home / Virtual Wards / Interface Frailty Medicine

Skills & Abilities

• Strong leadership and clinical judgement
• Excellent communication with patients, carers, relatives, and colleagues
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams effectively
• Clinical expertise in frailty, acute geriatrics, and general medicine
• Understanding of prudent healthcare principles
• IT literacy and information systems competence
• Ability to innovate and improve patient pathways
• Calm and effective under pressure

Personal Attributes

• Compassionate and patient-centred approach
• Flexible and adaptable to service demands
• Enthusiastic about developing older persons' services
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Strong collaborative mindset
• Ability to undertake on-call duties