Consultant Geriatrician

Transformation Unit; Northampton; Remote; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust seeks a Consultant Geriatrician to join a team of seven geriatricians. The post is a full-time appointment aimed at expanding elderly care, bridging acute frailty pathways with front-end services, and developing pathways for early input into acute illness.

The appointee will work with specialist nurses and a Geriatric Fellow to shape elderly care across South Northamptonshire, with opportunities to influence education, governance and service improvement

Qualifications

• Completion of Speciality Training (CST or equivalent) or within 6 months of achieving it in relevant specialty
• MRCP (UK) or an equivalent qualification
• MD, PhD or other higher degree
• Education / Medical Education Qualification (preferably at Masters level)

Responsibilities

• Develop Elderly medicine services with emphasis on front end frailty pathway
• Input into medical student education for undergraduates on emergencies
• Teach and train junior medical staff, post graduate training and nurse training
• Participate in Department of Medicine meetings and Directorate management Board
• Regular audits and review of incidents with the clinical team and implement lessons
• Engage with governance meetings and contribute to incident/complaint learning
• Participate in the on-call medical rota

Skills

Teaching Junior Staff

Undergraduate Teaching

Curriculum Development

Audit & Quality Improvement

Communication Skills

GMC Registration

Organisational Skills

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

MD/PhD or higher degree

Education / Medical Education Qualification

Speciality Training CST or equivalent

Job description

Main area Geriatrics Grade Consultant Contract Permanent: we would like to attach this post if approved to the RC post we are due to interview for 17/09/2026 265-8045433 Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (On Call for the ED Acute Take) Job ref 265-8228466-MED

Employer Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Town Northampton Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59

Consultant Geriatrician

Consultant

Job overview

This is a new full time appointment to join the existing 7 Geriatricians

It is a response to the increasing number of admissions of frail elderly.

The job will be a combination of EAU based geriatric medical care and developing the front end service with help of two specialist nurses and A Geriatric Fellow.

The appointee will develop the pathways in and out of the unit to ensure input for elderly patients as early as possible in their acute illness.

The model links with front end admission avoidance services in the county (CECS) and community services from health and social care.

Special interests in any sub- specialty of Geriatric Medicine would be particularly valued and accommodated to compliment other consultant’s interests.

This is an exciting opportunity for the appointee to shape the pathway of services for the elderly in South Northamptonshire.

Main duties of the job

• To participate in the future development of Elderly medicine services for the Trust with a particular emphasis on the development of the front end frailty pathway.
• To provide input into medical student education for Leicester undergraduates on the diagnosis and management of medical emergencies
• To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit
• To participate in the Department of Medicine meetings and have a representative on the Directorate management Board
• To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with the clinical team and take forward lessons learnt
• To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints
• To take part in the on call medical rota

Working for our organisation

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about the role.

Interview date TBC.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

• Completion of Speciality Training (CST or equivalent) or within 6 months of achieving it in relevant specialty
• MRCP (UK) or an equivalent qualification
• MD, PhD or other higher degree
• Education / Medical Education Qualification (preferably at Masters level)

TEACHING / AUDIT / QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

• Experience of Audit and Quality Improvement
• Experience of Teaching Junior Staff
• Experience of Undergraduate Teaching
• Experience in Curriculum development and delivery

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESEARCH

• Publications in recognised Medicine / Medical Education Journals or Presentations at National Level
• Research experience relating to quality improvement

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• High level Organisational Skills
• Communication Skills
• full registration with the general medical council

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.

We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).

We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Our Excellence Values:

• Compassion
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courageous
• Accountable

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Lushanti Kannangara Job title Clinical Lead for Geriatric Medicine Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07474815835

Please also contact the General Manager: Claudette Shapcott 07775 010366