Consultant Geriatrician

South Warwickshire University Nhs Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant to support and develop the Acute Frailty Service at Warwick hospital. The role entails comprehensive geriatric assessment of frail older adults in crisis, with on-call GIM responsibilities and close collaboration with emergency, acute medicine and community teams.

The post is open to applicants with Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine CCT or within 6 months of expected CCT completion, and comes with a full-time

Qualifications

• Eligible for the specialist register in Care of the Elderly (with general medicine) or within 6 months of CCT Date
• Desirable: Demonstrable commitment to teaching and mentoring of medics in training and other MDT members.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team across the Frailty Assessment Area, Acute Frailty Ward, Acute Medicine, Emergency Department and Community services (UCR).
• Support the evolution of the Acute Frailty service through new technologies, capacity expansion, data collection and workforce development.
• Provide care for frail older adults accessing urgent care at the Trust and contribute to a cohesive, innovative team.

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a committed and passionate colleague to support and develop our Acute Frailty Service at Warwick hospital. The job is offered as a full-time post (10PA's). The appointed consultant will play a key role in the treatment of older adults accessing emergency care. They will work closely with our emergency, acute medicine and community teams to complete comprehensive geriatric assessment of frail older adults in crisis. This is an established service with excellent potential for ongoing development.

The post is open to applicants with Geriatrics and General internal medicine CCT or within 6 months of expected CCT completion at the time of interview. The posts include a GIM on call commitment.

Main duties of the job

This post offers an exciting opportunity to join a cohesive, innovative and rapidly developing team of geriatricians providing a range of high quality services to older adults across the South Warwickshire area.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is a leading innovator in the development and evolution of services tailored to the needs of the older adults it serves. We have a nationally recognised acute frailty service that features a frailty assessment area, virtual ward, community urgent response team and close links to West Midlands Ambulance Service. There is excellent organisational support and investment focused on delivering high quality services across secondary and community care. In addition the department has a close relationship with Warwick and Buckingham Medical Schools with great opportunities to be involved with undergraduate medical education and research.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: Depending on experience Per Annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 203-M1956

Job locations: SWFT, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the Post and specific responsibilities:

Since 2016 the Acute Frailty team at Warwick hospital have successfully introduced several service developments including a daily parallel rapid access frailty take; a dedicated Frailty Assessment Area (Same Day Emergency Care); a frailty virtual ward and a frailty advice line for the ambulance service to avoid conveyance and promote care in the community. We are an integrated trust with responsibility for providing community services in the South Warwickshire area.

The appointed consultant will play a key role in contributing to the Acute Frailty service and providing care for frail older adults accessing urgent care at the Trust. They will be expected to lead a multidisciplinary team operating across the Frailty Assessment Area, Acute frailty ward base, Acute Medicine, the Emergency Department and Community services (UCR).

The appointed consultant will be expected to support the evolution of the Acute Frailty service including the introduction of new technologies, expansion of capacity, data collection, project work and development of workforce.

Person Specification

Essential

• Eligible for the specialist register in Care of the Elderly (with general medicine) or within 6 months of CCT Date
• Expressed interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education

Desirable

• Demonstrable commitment to teaching and mentoring of medics in training and other members of the MDT

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Address: SWFT, Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BW, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.swft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Consultant Geriatrician, John Blair, [e-mail], 01926495321