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An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant in Geriatric Medicine to join a progressive Older People's Medicine service in South East England.

This substantive consultant post is ideal for candidates passionate about frailty care, community geriatrics, virtual ward development, front-door frailty services, and integrated care pathways for older adults. The department is highly innovative, delivering patient-centred care across hospital and community settings, with strong multidisciplinary collaboration and service development opportunities.

Main Duties of the Job

Clinical Responsibilities

• Lead consultant ward rounds on the virtual frailty ward.
• Provide senior decision-making for frail older adults in acute and community pathways.
• Deliver Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment across multiple settings.
• Participate in front-door frailty assessments linked to Emergency Department services.
• Support same-day specialist review and admission avoidance pathways.
• Manage rehabilitation, intermediate care, and complex geriatric presentations.
• Provide expert clinical leadership to multidisciplinary teams.

Community Interface Services

• Work with neighbourhood teams, therapists, GPs, dementia support teams, social care, and voluntary sector partners.
• Support falls pathways, community frailty clinics, and outreach services.
• Contribute to innovative home-based care and expand the virtual ward.

On-Call (Optional)

• Opportunity to join the General Medicine on-call rota.
• Weekend acute medicine review sessions with overnight non-resident availability if required.

Teaching / Leadership / Governance

• Supervise junior doctors and multidisciplinary staff.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement, appraisal, and clinical governance.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes.
• Support pathway redesign and service transformation.

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in Geriatric Medicine or within 6 months of CCT/CESR
• MRCP or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience
• Ability to manage acute medical emergencies, rehabilitation, and intermediate care
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams
• Teaching and supervision experience
• Ability to prioritise complex clinical demands
• Risk management and end-of-life decision-making skills
• Full driving licence with regular access to a vehicle

Desirable

• Higher degree (MD / MSc / PhD / PG Diploma)
• Appraisal training
• Management experience
• Audit projects leading to service change
• Human factors teaching training
• Knowledge of current NHS strategic priorities
• Subspecialist interest such as:
  • Onco-geriatrics
  • Orthogeriatrics
  • Community frailty
  • Virtual wards
  • Falls medicine

Clinical Exposure

Successful candidates may gain experience in:

• Acute Frailty Medicine
• Virtual Wards
• Emergency Frailty Interface
• Community Geriatrics
• Falls Clinics
• Dementia Pathways
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• General Internal Medicine
• Multidisciplinary Integrated Care

Personal Attributes

• Compassionate and patient-focused
• Innovative mindset
• Excellent communicator
• Team leader and collaborator
• Adaptable and resilient
• Organised and dependable
• Passionate about improving older people's care