GP with special interest in Community Frailty Medicine

at  Powys Teaching Health Board

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 5 MONTHS DUE TO FUNDING

We are looking to appoint a dynamic-forward thinking General Practitioner with Extended Role (formerly a General Practitioner with Special Interest) in Community Frailty medicine with a keen interest in service development to help to lead the development of our community frailty services, providing a patient centred system wide proactive and flexible service for patients living with frailty in Powys.
Our effective frailty model of care is based upon early recognition and prevention – proactive rather than reactive care. Our ultimate aim is to help our patients to live healthily and independently at home with their families and communities.
This new post provides an exciting opportunity to help lead and support our programme of service transformation building on existing established models of care, providing clinical support for the community teams across the community hospitals and the virtual wards.
The provisional interview date is likely to be 14/11/2024
The post will be subject to the terms and conditions of service governing the appointment of Medical and Dental Staff in Wales, and to the Health Board’s terms and conditions as appropriate. The candidate(s) to be appointed will be required to be fully registered with the General Medical Council and to have higher training in frailty medicine.
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won’t get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We’re also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy ’life work’ balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/ . There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.

• Leading our teams to further develop and deliver a comprehensive 7-day Frailty & Community Based Service.
• Promoting a culture of proactive decision making, maintaining independence and of keeping patients living safely at home.
• To support the prevention agenda for frailty supporting patient independence
• To provide clinical advice & support to primary care colleagues and other professional across the integrated model of care
• To support the roll out of proactive community based assessment, frailty screening and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• To provide review of patients triggering further assessment following CGA
• To provide medical support for patients identified as needing specialty frailty review from falls screening programme.
• To support the model of community-based rehabilitation (Communit