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Main area
Care of the Elderly
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus additional PAs for on call element)
Job ref
357-MPR-450-25-A-QIA503
Employer
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pilgrim Hospital
Town
Boston
Salary
£61,542 - £99,216 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Specialty Doctor in Care of the Elderly

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people.  We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

  • Patient-centred – Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
  • Safety – Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
  • Excellence – Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
  • Compassion – Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
  • Respect – Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So, what is in it for you?

  • Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

  • Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
  • Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
  • Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
  • Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
  • Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
  • NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
  • Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
  • Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there is more.

  • Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
  • Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
  • Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
  •  Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
  •  Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job overview

The Trust is committed to the provision of a modern, high quality Consultant-led elderly care service and the successful candidate will work under the supervision of the 4 Consultants that are currently in post. There are daily ward rounds with the expectation that every patient will have a daily senior medical review. Inpatient care is undertaken predominantly on wards 6A and 6B which are both mixed sex 28 bed wards.

 This post will input into the inpatient wards, orthopaedic wards and the frailty service but the service is in constant evolution to meet the demands of the population. 

The frailty team work supporting the emergency department and assessment units and have a dedicated SDEC (Same day emergency care unit. The wider team provide general geriatric clinics as well as more specialised clinics such as falls and movement disorders.

 

Main duties of the job

·       Ward based working at SPR level

·       Review of inpatient referrals for elderly patients

·       Contribution to departmental undergraduate education

·       Contribution to clinical supervision of FY1/FY2 resident doctors

·       Contribution to elderly care outpatient services

 

Working for our organisation

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in the county, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Lincolnshire is such a great place to live and work with many opportunities to grow and develop as well as spend time on hobbies, activities and taking in local historic sites. Find out more on the Visit Lincolnshire website.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached documents for detailed job description and person specification for this Specialty Doctor position.

Person specification

Qualifications & Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Current valid GMC registration
  • MRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • Medical degree (MBBS, MChB or equivalent)
  • Advanced Life Support

Special Knowledge / Abilities and/or Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Experience and understanding of NHS practice
  • • Clinical Training and experience equivalent to that of an ST4+
  • • Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients and lead junior staff members.
  • • Demonstrates clinical competence
  • • Ability to perform medical procedures expected at completion of IMT2 e.g. pleural tap, chest drain, ascetic drain, lumbar puncture.
Desirable criteria
  • • 2 years NHS Geriatric experience at ST4 or above.
  • • Frailty experience
  • • Orthogeriatric experience

Person Skills / Qualities

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to balance competing priorities to achieve complex clinical tasks
  • • Encouragement and support of colleagues

Interests and Motivation to the Job

Essential criteria
  • • Ability to assist in the development of the service
Desirable criteria
  • • Intention to undertake CESR

Academic Achievement / Research Publication

Desirable criteria
  • • Participation in research
  • • Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Other Skills (e.g. audit / teaching / management)

Essential criteria
  • • Good communication skills
  • • Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
  • • Ability to teach trainees, general practitioners and medical students
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of leading audit/quality improvement projects.
  • • Experience of supervising resident doctors
  • • Any teaching qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Joanne Macken
Job title
Operational Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 307440
Additional information

Dr Sofia Zubiaga - Care of the Elderly Consultant and Clinical lead - [email protected]

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