Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £109,725 - £145,478 per Annum + On-Call at 0.66 p.a and 3% |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Liverpool, L7 8YE |
| Cwmni: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7443516/287-RMED-368-25 |
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A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer
The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care
The post holder will work alongside other geriatricians to develop innovative 7 day services for older people, both within the hospitals and community.
They will work with colleagues across sites to develop a seamless, equitable service
This role is for a consultant to support acute frailty services and general geriatric ward cover at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites.
The successful applicant will be expected to work alongside other geriatric team members to continue to develop and provide an innovative acute frailty service with commitment to continue to improve quality of care for older frail people and provide CGA with the MDT.
They will have sessional work to support the acute frailty services in the emergency areas. The job plan will develop as the service develops supported by the senior leadership team.
The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in patient care. These sessions will involve responsibility for leading MDT based CGA care on this ward.
The in-patient wards comprise 14-28 beds with on average 2-4 new admissions each day
The post will be supported by trainees/ junior doctors and Advanced Nurse Practitioners at the Broadgreen and royal Liverpool sites predominantly. There will also be STR support on a sessional basis.
The out-patient work will be supported in our MDT geriatric outpatient department with support from nurses and therapy staff. The ratio from new to follow up will be developed as this is a new clinic as previous colleague passed follow ups to other colleagues. There are ambitions to develop rapid access frailty services as an alternative to admission.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Sample Timetable*
*the elements will remain but the specific days may vary depending on needs.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
9-1pm
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Frailty in reach
DCC: 1PA
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Frailty in reach
DCC: 1PA
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
PM
1pm-5pm
Core SPA
Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity
1 PA
Admin work DCC 0.5PA
Core SPA Educational supervisor
SPA 0.5PA
Core SPA
Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity
1 PA
Frailty Inreach DCC 0.75PA
Admin associated with Frailty work
DCC: 0.25
Frailty in Reach
DCC 0.75
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
DCC
7.5
SPA (core)
2.5
On Call
0.66
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Nov 2025
Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer
The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care
The post holder will work alongside other geriatricians to develop innovative 7 day services for older people, both within the hospitals and community.
They will work with colleagues across sites to develop a seamless, equitable service
This role is for a consultant to support acute frailty services and general geriatric ward cover at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites.
The successful applicant will be expected to work alongside other geriatric team members to continue to develop and provide an innovative acute frailty service with commitment to continue to improve quality of care for older frail people and provide CGA with the MDT.
They will have sessional work to support the acute frailty services in the emergency areas. The job plan will develop as the service develops supported by the senior leadership team.
The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in patient care. These sessions will involve responsibility for leading MDT based CGA care on this ward.
The in-patient wards comprise 14-28 beds with on average 2-4 new admissions each day
The post will be supported by trainees/ junior doctors and Advanced Nurse Practitioners at the Broadgreen and royal Liverpool sites predominantly. There will also be STR support on a sessional basis.
The out-patient work will be supported in our MDT geriatric outpatient department with support from nurses and therapy staff. The ratio from new to follow up will be developed as this is a new clinic as previous colleague passed follow ups to other colleagues. There are ambitions to develop rapid access frailty services as an alternative to admission.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Sample Timetable*
*the elements will remain but the specific days may vary depending on needs.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
9-1pm
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Frailty in reach
DCC: 1PA
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Frailty in reach
DCC: 1PA
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
PM
1pm-5pm
Core SPA
Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity
1 PA
Admin work DCC 0.5PA
Core SPA Educational supervisor
SPA 0.5PA
Core SPA
Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity
1 PA
Frailty Inreach DCC 0.75PA
Admin associated with Frailty work
DCC: 0.25
Frailty in Reach
DCC 0.75
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
DCC
7.5
SPA (core)
2.5
On Call
0.66
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Nov 2025