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Consultant Physician Care of the Elderly

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Barnsley

On-site

GBP 105,000 - 140,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an enthusiastic Consultant Geriatrician to join their dynamic team in Barnsley. This role encompasses developing elderly care services, providing teaching, and engaging in innovative patient care strategies. Candidates will benefit from a supportive environment and work towards enhancing the quality of care for frail elderly patients while enjoying a good work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Mentoring and support tailored to interests

Qualifications

Possession of essential clinical skills for both elderly care and general internal medicine.
Evidence of effective teaching to medical students and trainees.
Ability to manage a broad GIM caseload.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the development of Care of the Elderly services.
Deliver daily inpatient ward rounds and manage outpatient clinics.
Participate in teaching and clinical supervision of medical students.

Skills

Clinical skills in elderly care

Leadership and development of service

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Job summary

Time for a fresh challenge?

Do you want to deliver excellent patient care, enjoy working collaboratively with system partners, and help shape and deliver services that will benefit your patients in years to come? Do you enjoy delivering training and education?

We are looking for an innovative, enthusiastic, and patient centred Consultant Geriatrician to join our team in the Care for Older People at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a friendly, dynamic and diverse team of experienced clinicians who will provide mentoring and support tailored to your specialist interests, and who recognise the importance of a good work-life balance.

We have a long tradition in multi-professional training and education at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as guiding candidates through a successful CESR application.

We are actively involved in care transformation for older people of Barnsley at Integrated Care Board level through the development of a Frailty Virtual Ward, Frailty SDEC, and Integrated Care with community colleagues, as well as service development and delivery in hospital inpatient and outpatient settings.

Interested?

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for the development of Care of the Elderly services along with their colleagues and is expected to deliver a daily inpatient ward round as well as outpatient clinics and timetabled sessions on Frailty SDEC.

They also expected to have a strong commitment to participating in teaching and clinical supervision of medical students and trainees, contributing to the training of nurses and other staff and participating in the activities of the Postgraduate Medical Centre including Medical and Clinical Audit.

The candidate will have allocated 1.5 PA for Core SPA time and 1 PA to pursue specialist interest.

This post will help to continue to facilitate the progression of Care of the Elderly services. It is an exciting time to be joining our team we are ambitious to further develop the model of care for frail elderly patients including our services in areas such as Stroke, Frailty, Orthogeriatrics and Dementia and we are keen to support the successful candidate in specialist interest areas.

About us

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth. This is demonstrated by the excellent results in the recent staff survey.

As an employee of Barnsley Hospital, you will find that we are committed to the fair treatment of our staff, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. We actively promote equality of opportunity for all, welcome applications from a wide range of candidates and select interviewees based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We take equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff really seriously, this could include flexible working, part-time, job share and remote working from home. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We hope that you will choose to join us.

Details Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9163-0115-06-25-2

Job locations

Pogmoor Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2EP

Job description Job responsibilities

The full job description and person specification for this post can be found under the supporting documents section.

Job description Job responsibilities

The full job description and person specification for this post can be found under the supporting documents section.

Person Specification Skills and Abilities Essential

Willingness and ability to fulfill the key elements of the job description.
Possession of the clinical skills required to perform the job including both elderly care and general internal medicine.
Ability to cope with the demands of a DGH based Consultant.
Ability to lead and develop the service.
Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual, multi-professional and team basis with all levels of staff.
Ability and evidence of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Experience Essential

Experience in the management of a broad GIM caseload.
Experience in the management of an Elderly Care Medicine caseload.

Desirable

Experience in a specialist interest that will complement those of other staff.

Qualifications Essential

MRCP or equivalent.
Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within 12 months of specialist registration due to completion of training or within 12 months of specialist registration due to application via CESR with the submission completed at time of application for post

Teaching and Management Essential

Evidence of effective teaching to medical students and doctors in training and to the multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

Evidence of formal management training.

Person Specification Skills and Abilities Essential

Willingness and ability to fulfill the key elements of the job description.
Possession of the clinical skills required to perform the job including both elderly care and general internal medicine.
Ability to cope with the demands of a DGH based Consultant.
Ability to lead and develop the service.
Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual, multi-professional and team basis with all levels of staff.
Ability and evidence of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Experience Essential

Experience in the management of a broad GIM caseload.
Experience in the management of an Elderly Care Medicine caseload.

Desirable

Experience in a specialist interest that will complement those of other staff.

Qualifications Essential

MRCP or equivalent.
Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within 12 months of specialist registration due to completion of training or within 12 months of specialist registration due to application via CESR with the submission completed at time of application for post

Teaching and Management Essential

Evidence of effective teaching to medical students and doctors in training and to the multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

Evidence of formal management training.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pogmoor Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire