Job summary
- Main area
- Care of the Elderly
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 318-25-CONSCARELDERLY
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Care of the Elderly
Consultant
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the largest employer in the county, we’re proud to provide outstanding acute, elective, and specialist services to over 650,000 people across our county. Whether you’re just beginning your NHS journey or taking the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing in innovation, research, and transformation, with over 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our two district hospitals.
You can expect a welcoming and supportive culture and you’ll be supported by passionate colleagues who care deeply about teamwork, development, and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring, and leadership opportunities to help you grow in your career. Gloucestershire has the perfect mix of culture, countryside, and community. With excellent schools, transport links, and access to award-winning green spaces, it’s a great place to live and work.
We value the diversity of our workforce and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
We are an enthusiastic and adaptable Care of The Elderly Team of 13 consultants. We wish to appoint three new consultant colleagues to join our expanding Care of the Elderly and Frailty service. We are looking for candidates who have a special interest in orthogeriatrics, peri-operative medicine, interface medicine and community geriatrics.
Successful applicants will have a base ward or work in the community with an additional opportunity to develop their specialist interest. All consultant posts include time working with our increasingly successful Frailty Assessment Service which encompasses a Direct Assessment Pathway, Frailty Assessment Unit, Frailty SDEC and a Virtual Ward which is currently in development.
The post also incorporates a fixed weekend Care of the Elderly post take ward round and Frailty Assessment Service (FAS) sessions on a 1 in 8 basis (but no on-call). This frequency will fall as we continue expanding our consultant workforce.
Hear from our team - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJGvMQI_Y60
Main duties of the job
This is a substantive post working within in Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest Foundation Trusts in England. Whilst advertised as a full time post, we will accept part time or flexible working requests for the right candidate and aim to have one day working from home to support wellbeing.
We encourage informal enquires to discuss how the role could be tailored to suit you and have an established and successful record with less than full time working and job sharing employees.
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust (GHNHSFT) was formed in April 2002 and became a second wave Foundation Trust in July 2004. We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital. We provide COTE services across our County of 1,220 square miles. Our population is c. 640,000 with an annual year on year growth rate of 0.8%. Within our population 21% are over the age of 65 and the number aged 65 and over will rise by two-thirds between now and 2030. Approximately half our population live in the City of Gloucester and the Spa Town of Cheltenham and around half live in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn Vale and the Cotswolds Hills
We provide services to the whole of the county of Gloucestershire and individual job plans represent different jigsaw pieces that make up the complete picture of our service that cross Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Cheltenham General Hospital, with community services and involvement in inpatient care in our 7 Community Hospitals.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We expect the post-holder to develop and lead a robust service in order to provide high quality care to patients in a timely manner:
- To be responsible for patients seen by the FAS service on a rota basis
- To be responsible for medical input to general elderly medicine inpatients on one of our COTE wards
- To be responsible for providing advice and input to elderly medicine patients referred from other medical or surgical specialties
- To provide advice and input to elderly medicine patients referred via GP’s and/or senior nursing/therapy staff within the county
- To provide outpatient clinics depending on the interests of the applicant and needs of the county-wide service
- To provide weekend post take and FAS ward rounds for COTE Medicine on a 1 in 8 fixed session rota (no on-call)
- To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements within the parameters of our Division’s and Trust’s agreed objectives
Please see detailed job attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full General Medical Council registration.
- On Specialist Register for General (Internal)) Medicine and Geriatric Medicine via: CCT or CESR-CP (Combined Programme) (proposed CCT/CESR-CP date must be within 6 months of interview - CESR or European Community Rights
- MRCP
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
- Teaching qualification Management/Leadership qualification
- Membership of British Geriatrics Society
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven clinical skills in Care of the Elderly, General and Acute Medicine and in leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to work closely with colleagues in Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Experience in community geriatrics e.g. community hospitals, nursing homes, ‘interface’ geriatrics
Audit and evidence-based practice:
Essential criteria
- Experience in devising, conducting and applying audit results and then closing the loop
Desirable criteria
- Training in and experience of evidence-based practice
Management & Administrative skills
Essential criteria
- Willing and able to work with colleagues in other specialities, professions and roles to ensure the delivery of a high quality, safe and reliable service
- Familiar with clinical governance
- A willingness to accept responsibility and provide leadership
- Awareness of current relevant developments within the wider NHS
- Determination to have a key role in establishing and developing the service
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical governance
- Experience of protocol / pathway development and change management
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Must have an interest in teaching all grades of hospital and professional staff
Desirable criteria
- Practical experience in teaching posts
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Track record of critical reading
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable criteria
- Plans for possible ongoing research projects relevant to service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Helen Alexander
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 4222082
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