# Consultant Geriatrician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-geriatrician/f8dc9e76-b43c-4995-b014-101659c1674e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-geriatrician/f8dc9e76-b43c-4995-b014-101659c1674e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Chelsea and Westminster Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** Negotiable - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T08:36:57.511Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8324650 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324650?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Broad experience in Geriatric, General Internal Medicine and Acute Medicine - Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff - Experience of audit / clinical research **Desirable** - Experiencing in Frailty Trauma, Perioperative Medicine for Older People Having Surgery (POPS) and Orthogeriatrics ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Willingness to be flexible in working patterns - Willingness to share non-clinical organisational tasks / team player - Trustworthy / Responsible - Willingness to be flexible in working patterns. ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Strong verbal and written communication skills - Ability to lead a team - Commitment to work with other consultants and members of the multi-disciplinary team - Commitment to the achievement of Government and Trust targets - Willingness and ability to participate in the on-call rota ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - CCT in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine (or within six months of CCT) and on the Specialist Register. - MRCP or equivalent - Higher degree e.g. PhD or MD ## Documents - [recruitment pack (pdf, 2.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1313) - [job description (docx, 444.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664976) - [policy statement (pdf, 144.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=891) - [person specification (docx, 444.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664977) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 85.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=890) - [functional requirements (pdf, 654.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664978) - [staff benefits and wellbeing (pdf, 177.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1256) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.