Consultant in Elderly Medicine

Consultant in Elderly Medicine

The closing date is 22 February 2026

Realising your potential with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Come join as a Care of the Elderly Consultant to realise your potential in a post focused around expanding our services, to serve our thriving and vibrant community as we transition into a 'Group' hospital model. We are now looking for dynamic and motivated consultants with fresh ideas to complement our existing diverse and forward-thinking team.

You will support the development of an excellent geriatric service in which the pandemic has allowed us to foster new ways of working with flexibility and remote options in mind, where in recent years we have developed innovative services such as cancer clinics and embraced technology with virtual Frailty clinics.

You, as part of our close-knit team across our partner hospitals, will provide a wide array of specialist services including an established Frailty Unit, with an expanding Ambulatory Service, Orthogeriatric's, Dementia and Safeguarding support, Movement Disorders and Intermediate Care.

We are also committed to education and research and have a close relationship with the local Anglia Ruskin University Medical School.

In Person AAC Panel Interview 6th March 2026

Main duties of the job

Your new Care of the Elderly Consultant post will support the expansion of our Frailty Service and development of our Orthogeriatric Service, involving working across Acute Frailty, Orthogeriatric, Inpatient Wards and Community on a rotational basis with subspecialty interests catered for within these.

The Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DoME) is an exciting and expanding specialty which has undergone significant change in the last few years, which now has ten substantive Consultants with a range of sub-speciality interests.

Join us and help to expand our department in order to develop and improve our Frailty and Orthogeriatric Services across the Mid Essex region in both acute and community domains whilst rotating between wards/areas depending on your areas of interest.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Person Specification Qualification

• MB BS or equivalent
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• CCT in General and Geriatric Medicine or within 6 months of attaining it
• ALS

Professional Experience

• Full registration with the GMC
• Broad recent experience in all aspects of Geriatric Medicine
• Experience of working independently as a senior clinician
• Experience of teaching trainees / multidisciplinary staff
• Experience of inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary working
• Previous experience as a Consultant Geriatrician (locum or substantive)
• Previous experience as an Educational Supervisor for medical trainees

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with all staff levels, patients and relatives.
• Ability to work as part of a MDT with appropriate inter-personal skills for effective team working.
• Interest in, and knowledge of, medical audit and QI projects
• knowledge of, advances in medical education and training.
• Ability to operate within a teaching / training culture

Education

• Interest in, and knowledge of, advances in medical education and training. Ability to operate within a teaching / training culture
• Evidence of teaching presentations and feedback at a local or regional level
• Experience in a formal education role e.g. FY / CM training lead, RCP examiner, ARCP representative

Communication

• Competent in all relevant IT packages including Microsoft, electronic patient records and PACS.
• Formal training in communication skills / theory

Audit / Quality Improvement

• Interest in, and knowledge of, medical audit and Quality Improvement (QI) projects
• Evidence of local service / QI improvement projects
• Evidence of audit or QI presentation at a local or regional levelAppreciation of principles of Clinical Governance in a hospital setting
• Evidence of audit or QI presentation at national or international level
• Evidence of published QI / audit work in a local or national medical journal / newsletter
• Experience of supporting or developing hospital governance services e.g. morbidity and mortality, review of complaints / Datix etc.

Management

• Commitment to effective departmental management and management of multidisciplinary group.
• Evidence of clinical leadership within the NHS
• Knowledge of local service change, NHS health policy and future hospital reconfiguration.
• Awareness of patient safety principles and how this is applied within the NHS
• Formal leadership and management training
• Evidence of a formal leadership or management role within the NHS e.g. leading a specific service, managing local governance issues
• Evidence of supporting clinical services to meet Trust performance measures
• Ability to work in high pressure environments
• Ability to be a flexible worker in order to provide service provision within the department
• Patient / staff awards for team-working / patient care / shared values

Research

• Experience of undertaking or being part of a research project
• Evidence of formal publications in a peer reviewed journal

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)