Consultant - Older Persons Medicine and Frailty

Job Overview

A new post has been created within the Medicine for Older People team at Wexham Park following a service reconfiguration. The successful candidate will work across the rehabilitation unit, discharge unit, and the acute frailty service, providing high-quality care to our patients.

We actively encourage special interests and offer opportunities for professional development. If dual-accredited, the post holder will also participate in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) on-call rota. Flexible working requests for less than 10 PAs will be considered.

We welcome applications from doctors with significant experience (12+ years) who do not currently hold CCT. Such candidates may be appointed as Specialist Grade on the relevant pay scale and supported to progress to Consultant level via the CESR (portfolio pathway).

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work alongside our existing consultants to further develop services for older people and bring their own special interests to enhance our current offerings. This role is ideal for those seeking to join an organisation that is leading the way in delivering truly integrated care.

For dual-accredited candidates, the General Medicine on-call rota is approximately 1:9 weekends, with a less frequent midweek commitment.

• Weekdays (08:00–17:00): Acute admissions are covered by Acute Medicine consultants.

Out of hours (nights and weekends): The on-call consultant physician covers both acute admissions and the wider General Medicine service.

On-call duties attract a 1 PA supplement and one day TOIL for weekend work.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality clinical care in Acute/General and Older People’s Medicine.
• Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Liaise with Social Services, GPs, and voluntary organisations.
• Provide specialist advice to colleagues and support staff.
• Contribute to teaching, training, and supervision of junior doctors and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in audits, quality improvement, and service development.
• Engage in clinical governance and morbidity & mortality meetings.
• Support divisional leadership with service planning and development.
• Comply with Trust policies and complete mandatory training, appraisal, and revalidation.
  
  

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached for further details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCP
• 10 years experience in relevant medical specialties
• Full GMC registration and a license to practice
• Awareness of legal responsibilities eg safeguarding, mental capacity act, deprivation of liberty, data protection, equality and diversity

If applying for consultant post, CCT or CESR in geriatric medicine or within 6 months of expected CCT date.

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree eg MSc, postgraduate diploma
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Able to undertake comprehensive geriatric assessment.
• Able to independently manage an outpatient clinic
• Ability to lead MDT meeting and experience of effective discharge planning.
• Previous experience in delivering interprofessional and post graduate teaching
• Understand principles and participated in audit activity and quality improvement
• Understand the principles of Clinical Governance and demonstrate experience of evidence based practice
• Able to deal with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• To have completed a teaching or educational supervisors course
• Previous participation in MRCP &/or student teaching
• Subspecialty experience eg movement disorders, rehabilitation, acute frailty
  
  

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Practises with the professional behaviours and values expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice

Able to evaluate own clinical practice

Able to demonstrate innovative thinking

Good written and oral communication skills

Demonstrate appropriate leadership behaviour, including the ability to organise and develop service provision

Demonstrates ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams.

Ability to be proactive

Demonstrate being a role model and effective team member

Able to demonstrate leadership qualities

Desirable criteria

• Computer literate – confident in using MS Office, Email and Internet
• Leadership training
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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