Job summary
Employer heading
General Practitioner Intermediate and Urgent Primary Care
NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Job overview
NHS Wales has an ambition to provide care closer to home to patients who would otherwise be admitted into hospital. West Wales is at the forefront of managing those patients that are more acutely unwell or complex preventing avoidable admission or expediting earlier discharge through our clinical streaming hub, crisis response and hospital at home services. This role plays a pivotal role in providing the day-to-day clinical oversight and supervision of delivery of these services.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development and implementation of the Health Boards Intermediate and Urgent Primary Care model. You will be joining a growing cohort of similar clinicians and a multidisciplinary team who are passionate about providing holistic person-centred care and managing risk to support people in their own homes. You will be working as part of the wider system with similarly minded clinicians including SDEC and Frailty, OOH, WAST, and Primary care working together to ensure a joined up integrated coordinated response with a Home First ethos.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an innovative, proactive individual who will join and enhance our integrated working model.
You will support the development and delivery of our enhanced community/Hospital at Home model, engaging with a wide range of clinical stakeholders for the management of patients on the virtual ward. You will provide clinical leadership to the wider multidisciplinary team and work at the interface between acute care, acute frailty, Out of Hours and existing primary and community services. You will deliver high quality specialist assessment/interventions and use appropriate point of care testing, digital monitoring and support to facilitate care. You will provide support of the development of pathways that support admission avoidance and / or early discharge particularly for frail older patients and shape the role of the urgent and intermediate care MDT and response. You will provide mentorship and support to advanced practitioners/other urgent care clinicians. You will clinical triage with Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) and mitigating conveyance to acute hospital where appropriate and manage patients in step up/step down beds to support recovery, rehabilitation and timely discharge as part of the intermediate care response.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
· Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
· Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
· 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
· Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
· Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role requirements please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
Discussions around working pattern will take place during initial job planning, where preferences, requirements and options can be discussed and explored in full.
Please see the below links for useful videos relating to this vacancy:
Hywel Dda in three Counties:
https://youtu.be/RUMDpjtu1sY
Medical Leadership in Hywel Dda:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLioZyqIpwk&t=33s
Site Virtual Tour:
https://youtu.be/mETORurxSBU
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP Register
- Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice / Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent
- Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
- MRCGP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad based experience in Primary Care
- Knowledge of UK Hospital systems (or equivalent)
- Knowledge & participation in CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of NHS General Practice, including Out of Hours
- Experience with local NHS Services
- Evidence of above average performance
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Anthony Dew
- Job title
- Clinical Lead GP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812680582
- Additional information
Jessica Svetz - Service Delivery Manager
07527589580
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