Job summary
- Main area
- Care of the Elderly
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Additional PAs + on call available by negotiation)
- Job ref
- 357-CPR-552-25-QIA1168
- Employer
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pilgrim Hospital
- Town
- Boston
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/10/2025
Employer heading

Consultant in Care of the Elderly
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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 alongside 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
• Provide in-patient and out-patient care in elderly and frail patients.
• Take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
• Meet Royal College of Physicians standards with at least 25 hours of external education in geriatric medicine plus general medicine input
• Participate in local mandatory training, yearly appraisal and revalidation
• Contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development
• Contribute to the development of clinical quality and effectiveness in other clinical areas where these overlap with developments in HCOP/frailty 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 job description for a comprehensive description of the main responsibilities of this role
Person specification
Qualifications & Certification
Essential criteria
- Current valid Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- MRCP or equivalent
- Advanced Life Support
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register in Geriatric medicine and General Internal Medicine via one of the following: - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) - European Community Rights
Desirable criteria
- Additional post-graduate qualification.
- Appropriate higher degree, eg an MD, PhD or equivalent
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Initiatives demonstrating enthusiasm and commitment to the assessment and care of older adults.
- Enthusiasm for the supervision and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to manage a frailty and unselected general medical take
Teaching & Training
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training for doctors and other disciplines
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research
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 Gudrid Castejon Morales
- Job title
- Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01205 446809
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