Consultant Geriatrician

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Geriatric Medicine Department within Cardiff and Vale UHB working alongside Consultant Geriatrician colleagues. This post is part-time, working 6 sessions per week.

The appointee will have a sub-specialty interest in peri-operative medicine in older people undergoing Surgery.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.

Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR(CP) at the time of interview.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

Working alongside Geriatrician, A/E, surgical, orthogeriatric and wider specialist nursing and MDT colleagues, the post holder will deliver a consultative hands-on and remote input to a wide range of older people who present to the Emergency Unit and admitted to surgical wards requiring initial assessment and ongoing in-patient care with a POPs approach.

The second part of the post offers a novel opportunity to further develop a POPs model in Cardiff and Vale UHB working with the lead geriatrician in the surgical department alongside specialist nurses and wider MDT members.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary range for this post is £55,033 per annum to £71,447 per annum plus a further £16,003 per annum available in Commitment Awards. Consultants in Wales paid on one of the first three points of the substantive Consultant pay scale also receive a Wales recruitment incentive payment.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.