# Specialty Doctor in Geriatric Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Bristol NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-geriatric-medicine/210aebbc-e612-4a6c-9d5b-13b43d7fdebb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-geriatric-medicine/210aebbc-e612-4a6c-9d5b-13b43d7fdebb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Bristol NHS Trust - **Town:** Bristol - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 PA - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (15 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T10:33:28.206Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Bristol/North_Bristol_NHS_Trust/Care_Elderly/Care_Elderly-v8061751 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8061751?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nbt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This Specialty Doctor post offers the opportunity to work as an integral member of the Bristol Care Home Interface Project, an interdisciplinary team providing proactive and holistic geriatric review to care home residents across BNSSG funded for 15 hours per week. The post-holder will be part of a team comprised of physician associates, specialist clinical pharmacist, trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, GPwERs and geriatricians.  The team aim to improve NHS support in care homes and strengthen links between care homes, community services and primary/secondary care. We are looking for a GP with a specialist interest in frailty, or experienced frailty doctor, who can work as an independent practitioner when seeing patients in care homes and supervise more junior multidisciplinary team members. Please refer to the post-holder responsibilities within the job description. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder responsibilities will include: - Provision of expert clinical care to residents of care homes involved in the project, including detailed medication review and advance care planning. - Liaison with next of kin for many residents to inform best interests decisions - Clinical assessment of residents with Parkinsons Disease and other Movement Disorders residing in care homes, and presentation of these patients at the Parkinsons MDT Hub meeting when needed - Clinical supervision for non-doctor medical professionals and doctors in training - Contribution to non-clinical tasks such as managing the team caseload - Contribution to governance and policy - Involvement in audit, research and service development, specifically data collection and analysis of project outputs - Onward planning for service development (including future funding applications) which supports the objectives of the broader organisation. - Engagement with key stakeholders to achieve cross agency relationship building ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post-holder will be part of a team currently comprised of a physician associate, specialist clinical pharmacist, a trainee Advance Care Practitioner, 2 GPwERs and 2 consultant geriatricians. Many work part-time for the team. This Specialty Doctor post offers the opportunity to work as an integral member of the North Bristol Care Home Interface Project, an interdisciplinary team providing proactive and holistic geriatric review to care home residents across BNSSG. The team now cover a large geographical area, from Thornbury to Weston; clinical assessments take place face to face in care homes. We aim to improve NHS support in care homes and strengthen links between care homes, community services and primary/secondary care. ## Job Details This Specialty Doctor post offers the opportunity to work as an integral member of the Bristol Care Home Interface Project, an interdisciplinary team providing proactive and holistic geriatric review to care home residents across BNSSG funded for 15 hours per week. The post-holder will be part of a team comprised of physician associates, specialist clinical pharmacist, trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, GPwERs and geriatricians. The team aim to improve NHS support in care homes and strengthen links between care homes, community services and primary/secondary care. We are looking for a GP with a specialist interest in frailty, or experienced frailty doctor, who can work as an independent practitioner when seeing patients in care homes and supervise more junior multidisciplinary team members. Please refer to the post-holder responsibilities within the job description. ## Job Description The post-holder responsibilities will include: Provision of expert clinical care to residents of care homes involved in the project, including detailed medication review and advance care planning. Liaison with next of kin for many residents to inform best interests decisions Clinical assessment of residents with Parkinsons Disease and other Movement Disorders residing in care homes, and presentation of these patients at the Parkinsons MDT Hub meeting when needed Clinical supervision for non-doctor medical professionals and doctors in training Contribution to non-clinical tasks such as managing the team caseload Contribution to governance and policy Involvement in audit, research and service development, specifically data collection and analysis of project outputs Onward planning for service development (including future funding applications) which supports the objectives of the broader organisation. Engagement with key stakeholders to achieve cross agency relationship building ## Responsibilities The post-holder will be part of a team currently comprised of a physician associate, specialist clinical pharmacist, a trainee Advance Care Practitioner, 2 GPwERs and 2 consultant geriatricians. Many work part-time for the team. This Specialty Doctor post offers the opportunity to work as an integral member of the North Bristol Care Home Interface Project, an interdisciplinary team providing proactive and holistic geriatric review to care home residents across BNSSG. The team now cover a large geographical area, from Thornbury to Weston; clinical assessments take place face to face in care homes. We aim to improve NHS support in care homes and strengthen links between care homes, community services and primary/secondary care. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Broad experience in care of the elderly in a community or hospital setting - Experience and interest in teaching of staff, both undergraduate and postgraduate and from all disciplines - Evidence of clinical audit (quality assessment/process improvement) - Experience of influencing and persuading others to adapt or change, resulting in improvements to clinical practice/patient care **Desirable** - Knowledge and skills in specialist areas relevant to the care of elderly patients, such as Movement Disorders, Palliative Care, Dementia - Experience of working in care homes - Relevant publication in scientific journals, presentation at local/national conferences ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Enthusiastic and inquiring approach to work - Demonstrates the four Trust values - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Demonstrates values and behaviours consistent with the NHS Leadership Academy Healthcare Leadership Model - Willing to challenge and adopt an inquiring and proactive approach to learning - Demonstrates initiative - Able to guide and motivate others ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to take responsibility for the clinical care of patients, ensuring the highest standards of quality and patient centred care - Ability to provide clinical support to other team members. - Ability to organise and prioritise workload. - Ability to organise appropriate investigations and collate results - Ability to work effectively in teams, to create strong working relationships across all disciplines and groups, and to contribute to team stability and continuity over time - Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English - Excellent interpersonal skills, both oral and written, and able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and their families and other members of multidisciplinary teams - Ability to present effectively to an audience and to respond to questions and queries - Good general IT skills – able to use both standard IT packages, e.g. Microsoft Office, as well as clinical IT systems - Ability to organise and prioritise personal and team workload effectively - Knowledge of the ethics, principles and practice of clinical research ### Qualifications & training **Essential** - Full GMC registration - MRCGP, MRCP or equivalent - Completed at least four years’ full-time (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) practice as a doctor, with at least two years frailty experience - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), including regular appraisal. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 744.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352079) - [person specification (pdf, 256.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352080) - [dbs charge information (pdf, 148.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2400) - [dbs charges information (pdf, 71.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3004) ## 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.