Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty *Welcome Bonus 12K*
Location
Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/10/2025
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
Disclaimer: Hunt UK Visa Sponsors aggregates job listings from publicly available sources, such as search engines, to assist with your job hunting. We do not claim affiliation with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. For the most up-to-date job details, please visit the official website by clicking "Apply Now."
Description
Offers are open for an enthusiastic and passionate candidate to join the department of Older People’s Medicine at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North East Essex foundation trust as a substantive consultant. Full time, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. It is an exciting time to join the trust as we plan the roll out of Epic – our new electronic health record in 2025.
This forward thinking and innovative department is developing services that begin in the heart of the community. We care for patients in their home using the virtual ward, and through the whole span of their journey within the acute hospital - from specialist assessment in the emergency department to seamless specialist care in our frailty assessment base. A truly patient-centred care model which is underpinned by expertise in specialist geriatric assessment.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our team and work with us to develop services to meet the needs of our older population, enabling them to age well and with dignity in an ever-changing landscape. We don’t believe in always doing the same things and we welcome individuals who can bring new ideas and thoughts to the table.
Our Enhanced Welcome package includes an additional £12,000 and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our trust and your new journey with ESNEFT.
The successful candidate will run ward rounds on our virtual ward supported by a Staff Grade doctor or SpR. The post holder may act as the clinical supervisor for the junior team. This will involve a daily consultant led board round on an online platform (TEAMS). The post holder will be expected to provide appropriate clinical leadership to the progressive, innovative multidisciplinary ward team.
The post holder will have scheduled time working in the Emergency Department as part of the FIT team, completing frailty assessments of patients at the ‘front door’. These patients can then be seen in FAB and the successful candidate will be required to cover 2 sessions per week whilst listed on the time table below the actual session will vary from week to week as cross cover is included in the PA calculation. This role would support REACT services with clinical expertise they link in with the community Dementia Intensive Support Team, social services and the Red Cross to support people in through a short term deterioration in health and function. During the time in FAB/ front door frailty you may also hold the “hot phone” this is a mobile phone which enable any GP or community therapist to phone for advice or to book a same/next day patient into FAB. Our FIT team also use this for support and some appointments each day are reserved for direct transfers from ED for patients who can probably be discharged but need a more comprehensive/specialist assessment before leaving.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Dan Coates Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01473 704674
Requests for visits to the unit should be made to:
Dr Dan Coates
Clinical lead
Email [email protected]
Direct line (Secretary) 01473 704674
This forward thinking and innovative department is developing services that begin in the heart of the community. We care for patients in their home using the virtual ward, and through the whole span of their journey within the acute hospital - from specialist assessment in the emergency department to seamless specialist care in our frailty assessment base. A truly patient-centred care model which is underpinned by expertise in specialist geriatric assessment.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our team and work with us to develop services to meet the needs of our older population, enabling them to age well and with dignity in an ever-changing landscape. We don’t believe in always doing the same things and we welcome individuals who can bring new ideas and thoughts to the table.
Our Enhanced Welcome package includes an additional £12,000 and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our trust and your new journey with ESNEFT.
The successful candidate will run ward rounds on our virtual ward supported by a Staff Grade doctor or SpR. The post holder may act as the clinical supervisor for the junior team. This will involve a daily consultant led board round on an online platform (TEAMS). The post holder will be expected to provide appropriate clinical leadership to the progressive, innovative multidisciplinary ward team.
The post holder will have scheduled time working in the Emergency Department as part of the FIT team, completing frailty assessments of patients at the ‘front door’. These patients can then be seen in FAB and the successful candidate will be required to cover 2 sessions per week whilst listed on the time table below the actual session will vary from week to week as cross cover is included in the PA calculation. This role would support REACT services with clinical expertise they link in with the community Dementia Intensive Support Team, social services and the Red Cross to support people in through a short term deterioration in health and function. During the time in FAB/ front door frailty you may also hold the “hot phone” this is a mobile phone which enable any GP or community therapist to phone for advice or to book a same/next day patient into FAB. Our FIT team also use this for support and some appointments each day are reserved for direct transfers from ED for patients who can probably be discharged but need a more comprehensive/specialist assessment before leaving.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Dan Coates Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01473 704674
Requests for visits to the unit should be made to:
Dr Dan Coates
Clinical lead
Email [email protected]
Direct line (Secretary) 01473 704674
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
Hunt UK Visa Sponsors
Copyright © 2025