# Consultant in Medicine for Older People > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-medicine-for-older-people/8d63786a-b31b-493f-a01b-bc67d33cf0f0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-medicine-for-older-people/8d63786a-b31b-493f-a01b-bc67d33cf0f0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 12 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T10:13:16.951Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8267574 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8267574?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Aptitudes and Skills **Essential** - Evidence and ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams - Understanding of equality and diversity and how this affects patients, visitors and staff - Evidence and ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and colleagues (verbal and written communication skills in English) - Demonstrate good organisational skills including ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines - Demonstrate the ability to be calm, compassionate, and able to respond efficiently to various circumstances, which may change rapidly - Evidence of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching - Leadership and Organisation skills **Desirable** - Awareness of changing structure within the NHS - Management skills ### Living the Trust Values **Essential** - Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Patients First - Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Always Improving - Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Working Together ### Qualifications, Training & Experience **Essential** - MRCP medical qualification - GMC registration with a licence to practise - Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems - Extensive and in-depth knowledge of working within the NHS **Desirable** - Research qualification or experience - Education/Training qualification - Substantive posts in Medicine in UK Teaching Hospital - Participation in Audit and Clinical Governance activity - CCST in General (internal) Medicine and Geriatric Medicine (or expected within 6 months of interview) ## Documents - [188-mb10926 - jd & ps (pdf, 271.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10582249) ## 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.