Consultant Geriatrician

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Consultant Geriatrician to join the Urgent Care Service, Hospital at Home team. The role focuses on delivering hospital-level care in patients' homes, with frailty care collaboration across Primary Care, Acute Trusts, Social Care and Commissioners.

The successful candidate will maintain acute medical skills while expanding expertise in community and frailty medicine, contributing to service development and a patient-centred

Job description

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Geriatrician to join the Urgent Care Service, Hospital at Home team at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT).

Working closely with Primary Care, Acute Trusts, Social Care, Mental Health services and Commissioners, you will play a key role in developing and expanding community-based services for people living with frailty.

Our growing multidisciplinary frailty team includes Consultant Geriatricians, Specialist and Specialty Doctors, Consultant Practitioners, GPs, Advanced Practitioners (APs) and trainee APs. As the service continues to evolve, there will be opportunities to shape its future development.

The Hospital at Home team provides hospital-level care in patients' homes, including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments, IV therapies, bedside diagnostics, medication reviews, oxygen therapy and nebuliser treatment where appropriate. Supported by extensive clinical equipment and expertise, the team delivers a 2-hour community response, helping patients receive the right care in the right place.

This role offers the opportunity to maintain acute medical skills while expanding expertise in community and frailty medicine. With strong links across primary, acute and ambulance services, you'll be part of an innovative team delivering truly patient-centred care.

If you're seeking a rewarding challenge within an evolving Urgent Care service, we'd love to hear from you.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Renee Dunford Job title: Business Support Manager Email address: [e-mail]