About this role
Job summary
Frailty Doctor (FY3)
Reports to: Clinical Lead Community Frailty Hub
Location: York Community Frailty Hub, Gateway 1, Holgate Park Drive, York, YO26 4GG, with a minimum of one day per week at the Scarborough Virtual Frailty Ward
Hours: Part-time or Full-time
Salary: £43,923 per annum
We are seeking to appoint doctors with an interest in frailty to join our innovative Community Frailty Hub.
This is an exciting opportunity for doctors who have completed Foundation Training and are looking to develop specialist experience in frailty, community-based medicine and integrated multidisciplinary care. Working alongside experienced GPs with Extended Roles (GPwERs) in Frailty and a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting older adults living with frailty across York and North Yorkshire.
The Community Frailty Hub brings together health, social care and voluntary sector partners to provide coordinated, proactive and person-centred care. As demand continues to grow, with the population aged over 85 projected to increase significantly over the next decade, this service is at the forefront of developing new ways of delivering care closer to home.
This role offers structured clinical supervision, dedicated frailty education and the opportunity to gain experience across multiple innovative services including Frailty Advice and Guidance, Urgent Community Response, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Virtual Frailty Ward care.
Main duties of the job
The post is offered as a 12-year fixed-term contract with the potential for progression into a substantive role and a structured frailty specialty development pathway.
The Opportunity
This role offers a unique opportunity to gain broad clinical experience across the frailty pathway while working within a supportive learning environment.
You will develop expertise in assessing and managing complex older adults in community settings, contribute to crisis response services that help patients remain safely at home, and work collaboratively with professionals across health, social care and the voluntary sector.
The role provides exposure to:
Community-based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Frailty Advice and Guidance (A&G) services
Urgent Community Response (UCR)
Virtual Frailty Ward care
Multidisciplinary team decision-making and care planning
Integrated working across primary, community, social care and voluntary sector services
Quality improvement and service development initiatives
About us
Who are we?
Nimbuscare is a not-for-profit, socially driven organisation within the NHS family. Were collaborative, agile and innovative at our core, working with partners across the system to remove complexity, inspire trust and create person-centred solutions that make healthcare better for everyone.
What we do?
We work towards making a complex system simpler. Creating better, more seamless care closer to home.
How we do it?
By collaborating closely with GP Members, Patient Safety Partners and wider health and care organisations, combining shared insight and expertise to improve outcomes for local people.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this job are guaranteed an interview.
Job description Job responsibilities
What You'll Do
Provide clinical advice and support for frail and vulnerable patients living in the community
Undertake community-based clinical assessments, including home visits where required
Contribute to the Frailty Advice and Guidance (A&G) service
Support delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGA)
Work within the Urgent Community Response (UCR) pathway to support safe patient care at home
Participate in the Scarborough Virtual Frailty Ward under GPwER Frailty supervision
Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings and collaborative care planning
Initiate appropriate investigations, referrals and management plans
Prescribe safely and appropriately in accordance with NICE guidance and local policies
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using SystmOne
Work collaboratively with nursing, therapy, social care, voluntary sector and medical colleagues
Participate in regular clinical supervision, education and professional development activities
Support service improvement initiatives and pathway development
About You:
A GMC registered doctor who has successfully completed Foundation Training (or equivalent)
Passionate about delivering high-quality care for older adults living with frailty
Interested in developing a career in frailty, geriatrics, palliative care, dementia services, community medicine or general practice
An effective communicator who enjoys working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
Motivated to learn and develop within an innovative and evolving service
Comfortable working under supervision within a structured and supportive clinical environment
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
GMC registered doctor Completed Foundation Training (or equivalent)
Experience Essential
Some experience in acute or community clinical assessment
Desirable
Experience in geriatric medicine or community care Evidence of CPD in older adult care
Skills and Abilities Essential
Strong communication and MDT working skills Ability to work under supervision within a structured service
Personal Attributes Essential
Interest in older peoples medicine / frailty
Desirable
Interest in developing a career in frailty, palliative care, dementia services or general practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Nimbuscare Ltd
Address Nimbuscare Limited
Gateway 1, Holgate Park Drive
Holgate
York
YO26 4GG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.primarycareyork.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)