Speciality Doctor - Geriatric Medicine | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Speciality Doctor in Geriatric Medicine to support the ward and assist senior consultants. The role involves patient reception, diagnosis, and treatment, along with independent ward rounds and teaching junior staff. The position offers a structured rota with weekend cover and seeks candidates who are ready to contribute to a supportive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Speciality Doctor in Geriatric Medicine to support Geriatric Medicine.
• Independent ward rounds once a week.
• Participation in Saturday wards cover.

Responsibilities

• Reception/diagnosis/treatment of new patients.
• Assist the Consultant on the ward.
• Provide support to junior doctors.

Job description

Overview

Speciality Doctor - Geriatric Medicine

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking to appoint a Speciality Doctor in Geriatric Medicine to support Geriatric Medicine. The role is 09:00 – 17:00 with weekend ward cover as part of 1 in 4 rota with perspective cover for annual and other leave.

For further information and to arrange an informal visit, please contact Clinical Director Care of the Elderly on telephone number 01922 721172 via switchboard.

Advert may close earlier upon receipt of suitable number of applications.

Responsibilities

• Reception/diagnosis/treatment of new patients
• Assist the Consultant on the ward
• Independent ward rounds once a week
• Provide support to junior doctors
• Assist in teaching junior members of staff in the department
• Act as team leader in the reception/diagnosis/treatment of seriously ill patients in the absence of the Consultant
• Participation in Saturday wards cover
• Maintain a satisfactory standard of education as determined at the yearly performance review/Mandatory training and Trust appraisals
• Encouraged to partake in the Trust Speciality Doctor teaching and training programme
• Provide prospective cover for colleagues’ absence
• Participation in departmental teaching

The post holder will be supported by an appropriately skilled medical secretariat.

About the Trust

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides local general hospital and community services to around 260,000 people in Walsall and the surrounding areas. We are the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, providing inpatients and outpatients at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development of our Pleck Road site was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust has state of the art operating theatres, treatment areas and equipment. We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from some 60 sites including Health Centres and GP surgeries. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response in the community and home-based care, so that those with long-term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes to be cared for.

Please refer to job description and personal specification for the job plan and further details.

This advert closes on Friday 26 Sep 2025