Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

Job summary

Geriatric Medicine Consultants are required for the expansion of OPAL, FSDEC & FAU services at Good Hope Hospital, part of University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for highly motivated and skilled individuals to join a genuinely innovative frailty service at an early stage of development, giving you an opportunity to shape FSDEC, OPAL and FAU pathways from the outset.

This post sits at the centre of a whole system frailty pathway and aims to deliver early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), reduce avoidable admissions, improve ED flow, shorten length of stay, and support safe discharge aligned to national acute frailty standards. Including:

*Delivering consultant-led frailty assessment and decision making for the Frailty SDEC operational from 08:00--20:00, 7 days per week, via a multi consultant rota (3.55 WTE).

*Working closely with the Frailty Navigator and OPAL team to provide early identification, triage and streaming at the hospital front door.

*Providing senior input to the Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU) for short stay (24--48 hour) geriatric assessment and stabilisation.

*Participating in the daily 11:00 North Locality Frailty MDT, involving community GPs, frailty nurses, and acute medical team to ensure safe and coordinated transitions of care.

*** Interviews will be held on 19th June - please ensure you will be free to attend at Good Hope Hospital ***

Main duties of the job

Total: 10 PAs (WTE)

Final job plan will be agreed with the post holder upon appointment.

Direct Clinical Care -- 8.0 PAs

*Frailty SDEC sessions (working within 08:00--20:00 span via consultant rota)

*OPAL front door frailty assessment and streaming

*Daily 11am North Locality frailty MDT

*Time allocated for multidisciplinary collaboration and communication

*Supervision of resident doctors and allied health professionals

Supporting Professional Activities -- 2.0 PAs

*CPD, appraisal, revalidation

*Teaching and educational supervision

*Clinical governance & audit

*Research and innovation

*Service development

Optional Additional PAs

*Acute medicine on call (if mutually agreed)

*Additional service development or clinical leadership responsibilities

On Call (Optional)

*This post is not primarily designed for acute GIM on call, but on call can be incorporated where appropriate, depending on applicant preference and service requirements.

*Additional PAs will be discussed during job planning.

We strongly encourage interested candidates to visit the department and meet the team. Applicants seeking flexible working arrangements or part-time roles are warmly welcomed.

Job responsibilities

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.