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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 11 November 2025

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. This newly formed role will manage frailty within urgent and emergency care across our UEC footprint, with two specialist posts – one for Scunthorpe General Hospital and one for Diana Princess of Wales Hospital at Grimsby.

The successful applicant will be appointed as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS), recognising the contribution to teaching and research.

• Clinical assessment: 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.

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. It comprises Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, employing nearly 20,000 staff across five main hospital sites.

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

• 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 within six months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights
• Able to take responsibility for delivering the service without direct supervision
• Applicant’s knowledge up to date and fit to practise safely
• Appropriate to the holding of a Consultant in Geriatrics and General(Internal) Medicine

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

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 that suits your work‑life balance.

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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Diana Princess of Wales Hospital & Scunthorpe General Hospital, Grimsby
DN33 2BA

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

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

Permanent

Full‑time

208‑B8B109‑25

Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Diana Princess of Wales Hospital & Scunthorpe General Hospital

https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/