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We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant Geriatrician to join a progressive and supportive Older People’s Medicine service in the South West. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to high-quality frailty and geriatric services across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings, while developing individual subspecialty interests within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.

Flexible working patterns and tailored job plans are actively supported to promote work–life balance and career development.
 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality inpatient and outpatient care for older patients, including acute frailty management.
• Lead consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings across frailty and geriatric wards
• Contribute to front-door frailty services and community-based geriatric care pathways.
• Participate in the General Internal Medicine on-call rota, including speciality weekend cover.
• Support safe and effective discharge planning in collaboration with therapy and community teams.
• Provide supervision, mentoring, and teaching for junior doctors, ACPs, and MDT colleagues.
• Actively contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and research activities.
• Support service development and innovation within geriatric and frailty services

Job Plan

• Standard 10 PA job plan (flexible and negotiable)
• Mix of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activities (SPA)
• Dedicated SPA time for CPD, teaching, audit, and research
• Opportunities to develop subspecialty interests such as frailty, orthogeriatrics, community geriatrics, or movement disorders

 

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Complete GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine
• (or within 6 months of CCT / CESR application submitted)
• MRCP or equivalent qualification
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience at consultant or senior speciality level
• Proven experience managing complex geriatric and general medical patients
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Strong communication, leadership, and organisational skills
• Understanding of clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement

Desirable Criteria

• Current ALS certification or equivalent
• Subspecialty interest that complements existing services
• Evidence of involvement in research or quality improvement projects
• Formal leadership or management training

Teaching, Audit & Research

• Commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Active participation in clinical audit and service improvement
• Ability to critically appraise research and apply evidence-based practice
• Opportunities to participate in national and commercial research studies

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