# Locum Consultant in Frailty and Geriatrics

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Kent and Canterbury Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113565.00 to £150569.00
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term Locum)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (The rota currently runs on a 1:10 basis, covering evenings and weekends on a rolling schedule)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10T09:29:15.738Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8180589
- **Employer website:** https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a consultant in Frailty to be a robust part of our emergency department and Frailty Assessment Unit alongside our other consultants. This will lead away from age related services towards an acute frailty service. Alongside this is an agreement to further implement an Acute Physician led AMU model supported by specialty in reach rotas. As part of this it is planned to change HCOOP referral from an age criterion to a frailty one.

### Main duties of the job

Main duties for this role include:

- Deliver high-quality care to older adults with a wide range of frailty-related conditions, including multi-morbidity, cognitive impairment, falls, delirium, functional decline, and complex geriatric syndromes.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings focused on care planning, discharge coordination, and management of complex cases.
- Contribute to the acute frailty service, inpatient geriatric wards, and outpatient clinics.
- Be encouraged to take part in the Acute General Medicine on-call rota if able and willing.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the Supporting Documents section to access the full Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further queries please do not hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details at the top the page.

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### 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

### Clinical governance

**Essential**

- Recognises and takes responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults, using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording and raising concerns, obtaining advice and taking actions.
- Applies appropriate equality and diversity legislation, including disability discrimination requirements, in the context of patient care.

**Desirable**

- Audit, QIP, Incident reporting

### Skills and experience

**Essential**

- Possess range of clinical knowledge, skills and information technology expertise.

**Desirable**

- Interest in: Movement Disorder/Parkinson’s
- 12 years of postgraduate experience with at least 6 years in Medicine.

### Qualifications and training

**Essential**

- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification. Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
- Progress in MRCP (UK) Diploma or equivalent qualification.
- Formal training in Geriatrics training programme or equivalent.

**Desirable**

- Foundation, IMT and HST programme certificates.
- Evidence of teaching experience

## Documents

- [application pack (pdf, 987.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10603238)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 319.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10603237)

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