Specialty Doctor in Community Geriatric Medicine

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our welcoming and highly supportive Geriatric Medicine team at Wye Valley NHS Trust, set in the heart of beautiful Herefordshire. Surrounded by the Wye Valley, rolling countryside and historic market towns, with excellent transport links, this role offers both professional fulfilment and an excellent work-life balance.

The Frailty Service is built on strong multidisciplinary working, with daily consultant-led MDT discussions and close collaboration with ACPs, Hospital at Home teams, therapists and community services. This creates a supportive environment where shared decision-making and teamwork are central to practice.

This role offers the chance to make a real difference to frail older patients by delivering patient-centred care closer to home. You will support early discharge, prevent unnecessary admissions and provide high-quality step-down care, helping patients maintain independence and dignity in familiar surroundings.

With flexibility, autonomy and excellent consultant support, alongside opportunities for teaching, development and service improvement, this is an exciting role for someone passionate about frailty and community-based care.

We welcome applicants who can bring innovative ways of working to the Trust.

This post may close early if we receive a high volume of interest.

Main duties of the job

The Speciality Doctor in Community Geriatric Medicine plays a key role in supporting frail patients following discharge from hospital, enabling earlier discharge and providing ongoing, high-quality care in the community.

The post holder will independently review patients, work closely with a multidisciplinary team (MDT), and contribute to service development to improve patient flow, continuity of care, and hospital-community integration.

Please see further duties and responsibilities attached on the job description.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Frailty Service is based in a purpose built three-ward block comprising three inpatient wards. The Consultant Geriatricians also have responsibility for inpatients in Leominster Community Hospital and Ledbury discharge to assess beds, undertake ward referrals from other specialties, support the Front Door Frailty team based in the Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) Unit, Virtual Ward and provide a general and movement disorders out patient service.

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