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Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum pro rata
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Consultant
Deadline
25 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
11 Jul 2025

Job overview

This is an exciting time to join this expanding department and be part of the development and improvement of our front door frailty services including acute assessments in ED and SDEC; clinical responsibility with colleagues for our developing virtual ward, specialty reviews on inpatient wards, community multidisciplinary team meetings; advice for GPs and ambulatory care assessments. The successful applicant will be an integral part of a front door frailty service with 3 other established consultants.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will assist with shaping the services for elderly patients. They will join 10 Consultant Geriatricians, who provide the following: stroke, geriatric medicine, Orthogeriatric, perioperative care of the elderly, rehabilitation and frailty, front door Geriatrics and Virtual Ward. The Trust is working closely with community services and commissioners to develop a seamless pathway for patients across primary, community and acute care.

The postholder will be responsible for providing inpatient, acute front door admission avoidance, virtual ward (frailty) and outpatient services.

The main remit of the post will involve care of 15 General Medical inpatients with an elderly care focus, participation to the on-call Thrombolysis rota (weekends and Bank holidays), Perioperative Care of the Elderly Service and front door Frailty Service, Virtual ward and acute GIM on-calls.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Outline -

  • Provide Consultant cover to 15-20 General Medical inpatients with a focus on Elderly care, developing the ward into a specialist Elderly Care Ward.
  • Provide front door geriatric medicine services in ED and SDEC with other geriatrician colleagues and working with our excellent frailty therapy team.
  • Support delivery of the virtual ward and front door frailty service in partnership with the community multi-disciplinary team.
  • The successful candidate will participate in the general medical on-call / SDEC evening rota on the weekdays for the out of hours responsibility of acute medical patients. This will be on a 1:20 basis (21:00 – 08:00) and a 1:27 basis for weekends (08:00 – 08:00). Plus, participation in the daytime weekend acute stroke thrombolysis rota on a 1:10 basis.