Consultant Geriatrician

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive Consultant to join the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will become an integral member of the existing Geriatric Medicine consultant team and will contribute to the delivery and development of specialist services for older adults across trauma and surgical pathways.

The role has been developed to support the Trust’s growing need for specialist geriatric input for older adults admitted with frailty trauma, as well as frail surgical patients requiring Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, optimisation and peri-operative care.

The role offers an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to develop and shape the Trust’s surgical liaison service, working closely with surgical and anaesthetic colleagues to establish a model of care that reflects their clinical expertise, professional interests and vision for best practice in the care of frail older adults.

There will be opportunities to develop new pathways and innovative models of care in response to the needs of the local population and emerging best practice.

The balance between frailty trauma, surgical liaison, peri-operative care and outpatient activity will evolve with the development of the service. This provides an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic consultant to play a leading role in shaping a high-quality, integrated service for frail older adults.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the attached, detailed job description for the duties, responsibilities, and person specification.

Interview date: 20th November 2026.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached, detailed job description.

• Work collaboratively as part of the Department of Geriatric Medicine alongside the existing consultant team.
• Support and develop the current orthogeriatric service, extending specialist geriatric input beyond the existing NOF pathway to provide comprehensive care for older adults presenting with frailty trauma.
• Deliver timely Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for older adults admitted following trauma, in accordance with national best practice.
• Develop and provide consultant-led surgical liaison services for older patients admitted under general surgery and other surgical specialties, working collaboratively with surgical and multidisciplinary teams to establish pathways that reflect best practice and the successful candidate’s clinical expertise and vision.
• Develop opportunities for peri-operative medical assessment, optimisation and shared decision-making for frail older adults undergoing surgery.
• Contribute to and lead the development of integrated frailty trauma, surgical liaison and peri-operative pathways in line with British Geriatrics Society guidance and national best practice.
• Provide clinical leadership for an inpatient geriatric bed base, working collaboratively and flexibly with consultant colleagues to ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care and appropriate cross-cover across inpatient services.
• Identify opportunities to develop outpatient services, where service need is required, including hot clinics and pre-operative assessment and optimisation
• Work collaboratively with acute colleagues to maximise the clinical care and outcomes of older patients who may have Frailty, facilitating their safe discharge.
• Work in collaboration with community teams.
• Attend Trauma Boards
• Participation in the General Internal Medicine on call rota.

Applicant requirements

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.