Geriatric/Orthogeriatric Medicine Consultant

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England seeks a Consultant Geriatrician/Orthogeriatrician to enhance care for older patients in a supportive environment. Applicants should have full GMC registration and MRCP, alongside experience in managing broad caseloads. This role offers strong professional development, a great work-life balance, and the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to community health. Travel between sites may be required, and a commitment to teaching and collaboration is essential.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Strong professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with specialist skills in GIM and Geriatric Medicine.
• Evidence of clinical leadership and teaching capabilities.
• Current ALS certificate.

Responsibilities

• Lead ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Deliver outpatient clinics and support discharge planning.
• Participate in clinical governance and audit.

Skills

Acute medicine and general internal medicine

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Subspecialty interest management

Education

Full GMC registration

MRCP or equivalent

Job description

Geriatric/Orthogeriatric Medicine Consultant

Join Wye Valley NHS Trust as a Consultant Geriatrician or Orthogeriatrician and play a pivotal role in shaping care for older patients across our purpose-built Frailty Unit and community services.

You'll be part of a progressive, supportive team that values innovation, collaboration, and flexibility to develop your subspecialty interests. We offer an excellent work-life balance in Herefordshire--one of England's most beautiful and safest counties--alongside strong professional development opportunities including dedicated SPA time for CPD, teaching, and research, plus involvement in NIHR and commercial trials.

With options for flexible working and a trust culture that prioritises staff wellbeing and career progression, this is your chance to make a real difference while enjoying a rewarding lifestyle.

JD is pending RCP approval

AAC Date - TBC

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Geriatrician, you will provide high-quality inpatient and outpatient care for older patients, including acute frailty management, community hospital input, and support for our Front Door Frailty team.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings across our 72-bed Frailty Unit.
• Participating in the general medicine on-call rota (1:13 overnight, Monday-Thursday) and specialty weekend cover (1 in 6).
• Delivering outpatient clinics and supporting discharge planning.
• Contributing to clinical governance, audit, and research, with dedicated SPA time for CPD and teaching.
• Working collaboratively to develop services and mentor junior doctors and ACPs.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Full GMC registration, and on the specialist register in GIM and Geriatric Medicine with proven skills and up-to-date experience in GIM and Geriatric Medicine OR Full GMC registration, and within 6 months of specialist registration in GIM and Geriatric Medicine due to completion of training (or within 6 months of specialist registration) in GIM and Geriatric Medicine, with proven skills and up-to date experience in GIM and Geriatric Medicine from completion of training, or application via GMC CESR with the submission completed at time of interview in either case.
• MRCP or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience in the management of a broad general medicine caseload
• Experience in the management of a Orthogeriatric Medicine caseload, and appropriate subspecialty training
• Current ALS certificate or equivalent

Skills and Abilities

• Possession of the clinical skills required to perform the job including acute medicine and general internal medicine
• Ability and evidence of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in a subspecialist interest that will complement those of other staff

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit principles
• Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practice where appropriate
• Evidence of direct involvement in 2 specific medical quality improvement projects in the last 18 months
• Evidence of involvement in a research project

Management and Teaching

• Evidence of effective teaching of medical students, doctors in training and the multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of formal management training
• Training and/or evidence in areas such as leadership, planning and change management.

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.