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Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Consultant in Medicine for Older People Start Date: November 2026 Contract Type: Permanent
Further details about the role can be found in the job description below.
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited for a medicine for older people consultant post at Southampton General Hospital working with our community partner Hampshire and IOW Healthcare.
Our strategic goal is to continue to provide the highest quality acute care for older people in times of crisis, but also to work to develop innovative and exciting methods of community support, rapid turnaround services within the emergency department and crisis prevention.
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major teaching centre for the University of Southampton offering opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and excellent facilities for research and clinical care.
As part of our team, you will work collaboratively with colleagues, helping to deliver excellent services and ensuring the highest standards of patient care.
Where equivalent qualifications or experience are being offered, it is essential that candidates should provide confirmation of this from the relevant College or Faculty in the United Kingdom and attach the confirmation to your application.
Please see the Consultant Brochure which provides further information.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care while working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation. Consultants are responsible for a clinical team caring for patients from a specific locality of Southampton or West Hampshire. There are strong links to community teams and services and links to primary care within each of these localities.
There is an opportunity for this current ward-based role to become a rotational post, with time spent in one of the other specialty areas where Medicine for Older People services currently exist:
- Same Day Emergency Care
- Emergency Department (ED) interface including ED Intervention Team (EDIT)
- Orthogeriatrics
- Surgical liaison
Below is a summary of the additional work undertaken within the department. Subspecialty interests in the following will be encouraged:
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Syncope
- Community
- Falls
- Frailty
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Research
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role, including responsibilities, requirements, and essential criteria.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The successful candidate will be employed under the terms and conditions of service for Consultants (England) 2003. Proposed interview date: 14th October 2026
This vacancy closes on or before 16th September 2026
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.
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This advert is for Consultant in Medicine for Older People with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Geriatric Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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