Locum Consultant in Elderly Care and Frailty

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Huddersfield is looking for a Locum Consultant in Elderly Care and Frailty to manage elderly care beds and develop new services. The role offers the chance to join a team focused on improving patient care and includes responsibilities in Virtual Ward and Frailty services. Applicants should be registered with the General Medical Council and preferably have specialist registration. Experience in Geriatric Medicine and a commitment to team leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Medical Council and hold a licence to practise.
• Specialist registration for Elderly Care preferred or relevant consultant level experience.
• Experience in clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors.

Responsibilities

• Manage a substantive bed base of 103 acute elderly care beds.
• Work in a model consisting of 2 consultants per ward.
• Cover Virtual Ward and Frailty SDEC.

Skills

High level of clinical experience

Minor Geriatric Medicine procedures experience

Understanding current issues within the wider NHS

Ability to work with and lead others

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Registered with the General Medical Council

Specialist registration for Elderly Care and Frailty

Job description

Locum Consultant in Elderly Care and Frailty

The closing date is 06 January 2026

We are excited to share an opportunity to join our team of Elderly Care consultants here at CHFT.

Our Elderly Care services have recently been developed to bring the teams together and improve the care of patients in our local community. Our services are currently evolving, and by joining us at this exciting time it will give you the unique opportunity to lead the development of new services across hospital and community settings. Our future plans and transformation projects include the further development of a Virtual Ward and Frailty SDEC, as well as the reconfiguration of our hospital sites.

In recent years the service has developed to deliver several sub‑specialty services, including Falls, Parkinson's and Orthogeriatrics, and is currently expanding its Virtual Ward Services within Frailty. The HRI site benefits from a Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit staffed by Specialist Frailty Nurses, Frailty Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Geriatricians.

Main duties of the job

The geriatric medical team manages a substantive bed base of 103 acute elderly care beds. Consultants currently work in a model consisting of 2 consultants per ward which provides a consistent approach to patient care, as well as the ability to cross‑cover periods of leave. In addition, there are 16 separate frailty beds on the acute medical unit at HRI. The team also covers Virtual Ward and Frailty SDEC.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information including responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent
• Applicants must be registered with the General Medical Council and hold a licence to practise
• Specialist registration for Elderly Care and Frailty is preferred (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK) but consideration will be given to applicants with relevant consultant level experience or trainees in a UK training scheme who are within 6 months of attaining specialist registration.

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the Geriatric Medicine specialty
• Also, should have significant minor Geriatric Medicine procedures experience and any other postgraduate qualifications that can advance the department needs would be preferable
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non‑medical staff.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodologyGood communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi‑disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co‑ordinate staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust