Specialist in Frailty

NHS; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS healthcare provider is seeking a Specialist in Frailty to join their team in Scunthorpe. The successful candidate will provide clinical assessments for frail older adults, collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to developing frailty care pathways. This role offers an opportunity for honorary appointment as a Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School and provides competitive compensation, with a working pattern of full-time hours.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent qualification required.
• Experience with frail older adults is essential.
• Ability to function autonomously in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical assessment for frail older adults.
• Lead comprehensive geriatric assessments for rapid evaluation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for person-centred care.
• Develop plans to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Contribute to the improvement of frailty care pathways.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Geriatric assessment

Experience in frailty care

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Entry on Specialist Register

Job description

Go back Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist in Frailty

The closing date is 15 February 2026

We are seeking to appoint a substantive Specialist in the Community, Frailty & Therapy Care Group to join a team of Consultants on the south bank. Consultants & Specialists already in place manage care on the acute hospital sites; however this is a newly formed role to manage frailty within urgent & emergency care across our UEC footprint and also cover of the acute frailty ward at SGH.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment recognises contribution to teaching and research; holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems and library services.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Specialist to join our multidisciplinary team in providing exceptional care for older adults in the north east Lincolnshire community. As a key member of our team, you will support patients living at home or in community settings, with the aim of improving quality of life, preventing hospital admissions, and managing complex health needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical: Provide expert clinical assessment and decision‑making for frail older adults at the "front door" of acute care (e.g., Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care, Frailty wards).
• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA): Lead or support the delivery of CGAs to ensure rapid and holistic assessment of frailty, medical needs, functional status, cognition, and social factors.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with nursing staff, allied health professionals, geriatricians, social workers, and community services to enable timely, person‑centred care.
• Admission Avoidance: Develop and implement plans to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, facilitating safe discharge or transfer to appropriate community‑based services.
• Pathway Development: Contribute to the development and improvement of frailty pathways, including rapid access clinics, discharge‑to‑assess models, and integrated care solutions.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital (NLAG) and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital (HUTH).

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we lead and contribute to research in areas including biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work‑life balance for our employees; this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work‑life balance or a multi‑role career; if it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work‑life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for their role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS
• Equivalent to MBBS
• Entry on the Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within six months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights

Experience

Essential

• Undertaken programme of training acceptable to the Royal College of Physicians for appointment to Consultant Status
• Entry on the Specialist Register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within six months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights
• Able to take responsibility for delivering the service without direct supervision
• Applicant\'s knowledge is up to date and fit to practise safely
• Appropriate to the holding of a Consultant in Geriatrics and General(Internal) Medicine

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 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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Scunthorpe General Hospital

Scunthorpe

DN152BA

Employer's website

https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/

£100,870 to £111,441 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

208-B8B109-26

Job locations

Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust