Junior Clinical Fellow in Frailty/Intermediate Care

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Ebbw Vale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Ebbw Vale seeks a medical professional to join the Community Resource Team, aiming to provide care for older or frail individuals in their homes. This role focuses on maintaining patient independence and reducing hospital admissions. Applicants must hold GMC registration. This position offers a significant opportunity to grow within a progressive health board delivering innovative services.

Benefits

Free parking across all sites

Qualifications

• Hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical support to the Community Resource Team.
• Help older or frail persons remain at home and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

Job description

Overview

The principal place of work for this post is the borough of Blaenau Gwent. The post holder will generally be expected to undertake their programmed activities at their principal place of work or other locations as agreed in their job plan. Exceptions will include travelling between work sites and attending meetings away from the workplace. The post holder may be required to work at any site within the Health Board, including new sites. Free parking is available across all Aneurin Bevan University Health Board sites. This position involves Regulated Activity with adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the checks below will be undertaken following any conditional offer:

• Enhanced check with barred list information, including an adults barred list check
• Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC

Responsibilities

Main duties of the job.

The post holder will be a valued member of the Frailty/Intermediate Care Directorate and responsible to the Consultant or Specialist Grade doctor for whom they are working. The post holder will provide medical support to the borough-based Community Resource Team (CRT) as part of the multi-disciplinary team. The focus of CRT is to provide treatment or support for the older or frail person in or as close to home as possible, enabling them to remain at home, maintaining independence, and avoiding any unnecessary hospital admissions.

About Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is an integrated organisation providing acute, community and mental health services across five unitary authorities. It serves a population in excess of 600,000 with additional services delivered to the neighbouring county of Powys. This is an exciting opportunity to join our Health Board as we progress our Clinical Futures model. Clinical Futures saw the opening of the Grange University Hospital in November 2021 and the parallel development of centres of excellence in the surrounding enhanced local general hospitals. The development of these sites means you will be joining the Health Board at a truly once in a generation era. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is an innovative Health Board packed with ambition and is an excellent place to start your career as well as move it up a gear and to continue to develop yourself professionally. Professional development of our medical staff is a priority for the Health Board and a well-developed teaching programme for medical staff across the Acute and Community Divisions is in place.