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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.
Job Responsibility:
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
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
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
Requirements:
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
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
Nice to have:
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