Consultant in Older Peoples Services *Welcome Bonus 12K*

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Colchester is seeking two Consultants in Geriatric Medicine to provide high-quality care to elderly patients. The role involves inpatient and outpatient services, teaching and leading junior staff, and participating in the development of Older People's Services. Successful candidates will enjoy a competitive salary, a welcome bonus, and the opportunity to work in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Benefits

Welcome Bonus of £12,000

Support for continuous professional development

Qualifications

• At least 4 years at SpR level or equivalent.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• Attendance at teaching and management courses.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-led service with high standards of care.
• Participate in teaching programmes for junior medical staff.
• Manage in-patients and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Excellent verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Ability to manage risk

Education

Full registration with the General Medical Council

MRCP or equivalent

Entry onto the Specialist Register

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Older Peoples Services *Welcome Bonus 12K*

The closing date is 09 July 2025

The Trust is looking to recruit two Consultants in Geriatric Medicine, based at ColchesterHospital, to join the existing Consultant workforce.

It is expected that the new appointee will participate in the development of Older Peoples Services and the provision of care to elderly patients. Other subspecialty interests are also welcome including movement disorders and parkinsons disease, acute frailty service, community interface and orthogeriatrics. The key elements of the role include inpatient care, frailty work, outpatient clinics, acute medical on call as well as teaching and training junior medical staff.

Our frailty service is provided by "community at the front door", in reaching to the emergency department. The Frailty service is predominantly outpatient based service for provision of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of frail elderly patient. The Frailty Service is staffed by a nurse consultant, middle grade Dr, GP trainee, nurse practitioners, senior nurse, Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Pharmacist and healthcare assistant.

The post is full time (10 PAs). The job plan will be divided into direct clinical care (DCC) 8.5 PA and supporting professional activities (SPA) 1.5 PA. Of the 1.5 SPA, 1 is allocated for revalidation, with the additional 0.5 PA for additional activities, such as clinical and educational supervision.

The on call acute medical commitment equates to an additional 1 PA. The frequency of on call in 1 in 8.5 weekends.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will:

• Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care;
• Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines;
• Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Emergency Department (ED);
• Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care;
• Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team;
• Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility;
• Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained;
• Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated;
• Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to College requirements; and
• Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust's agree policy

About us

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years

We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.

We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.

At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.

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Job responsibilities

• Take part in the acute medical intake working. Provide on-going medical supervision for those patients admitted under his/her care following the acute take. There are four Older Peoples Services wards and a nurse led medically optimised ward with consultant in-reach as required. A ward-based system for junior doctors and patients currently operates so patients admitted under one consultant are often transferred to the care of another once they move off EAU and onto another ward. The appointee will be supported by an Registrar and a team of resident doctors including foundation trainees, IMT and GP trainee doctors. He / She will be responsible for managing in- patients on their allocated ward.
• Work closely with the other consultants in Older Peoples Services to share in the care of patients in all aspects of care including acute care.
• Liaise with consultants within the department on the development and implementation of protocols and guidelines for the management of elderly patients and the development of clinical audit.
• Provide a consultant advisory service to colleagues in other specialties in the trust as well as those in the mental health trust.
• Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other health professionals, within the department.
• Participate in the appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director; and
• Participate in teaching of Registrars and other resident doctors.
• To support cross cover for consultant colleagues during periods of annual leave

Person Specification

• Full registration with the General Medical Council
• Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT date at interview
• MRCP or equivalent
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full range of acute medical emergencies, rehabilitation and intermediate care
• At least 4 years at SpR level (or equivalent
• Ability to build, lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with difficult situations
• Ability to manage risk and end of line decisions
• Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and to be involved in the organisation of the department
• Entry onto the Specialist Register in G(I)M & Geriatric Medicine
• Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Attendance at teaching course
• Attendance at management course

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust