Locum Consultant Geriatrician

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a new dynamic Locum Consultant General Physician with an interest in Geriatric Medicine who are committed to improving the care of older people in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Within Swansea Bay University Health Board we are transforming the acute medical service in Morriston Hospital. There has been considerable investment in recent years in our acute services, including the creation of a £3.5 million purpose built acute medical unit in 2022 and the plan for a £7m new acute frailty unit and referrals hub to open in Autumn 2024, with the initiation of a frailty specific intake.

We are looking for enthusiastic colleagues who will join a team of Consultants and specialist doctors in developing and delivering geriatric medical care provision.There is a clear commitment in Swansea Bay to create excellent, well-resourced geriatric services and the successful applicants will lead and strengthen our model of care as we continue to improve, innovate and refine our clinical model.

All candidates have the opportunity to develop a relevant special interest. Applicants with an interest in interface and community frailty medicine are especially welcomed.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements and will consider annualised hours job plans, part time working or alternative shift pattern working.

This post is to cover maternity leave until February 2027.

Main duties of the job

The posts will have clinical responsibilities, supported by junior doctors, for the care of acutely unwell older people living with frailty in a variety of settings depending upon the individual posts and the interests of the post-holders.

The post holder will participate in a frailty specific intake that is currently being developed with an aim to launch by autumn 2024. Patients will be received through a single point of access integrated hub and co-located frailty unit.

The successful candidate will share responsibility with the existing consultants to deliver the acute frailty service. On a rotational basis the post holder will lead the frailty specific intake and SDEC specific frailty service (OPAS) leading a multidisciplinary team assessing older people admitted to the Acute Frailty Unit and caring for patients based on the acute frailty short stay unit.

The post holder will also participate in running the single point of access integrated hub, overseeing and directing community services to avoid medical admission where possible. The hub includes services such as virtual wards, acute clinical team, social services and domiciliary care. There will be the expectation that there will be a component of community liaison work built into the job plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered with the GMC
  • Licensed to practice
  • On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in Geriatric Medicine and general internal medicine or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by GMC or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register
  • MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

  • Relevant higher degree e.g. PhD, MD, MSc
  • Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff (“Working Together”)
  • Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service (“Always Improving”)
  • Values partnership with other agencies
  • Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
  • Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit

Desirable

  • Development and commissioning of services
  • Experience of research in geriatric medicine/general internal medicine

Skills

Essential

  • Effective leadership; ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
  • Understands the importance of effective Team Working with all levels of staff, take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change
  • Understands and can apply the principles of Prudent Healthcare
  • Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with patients, colleagues, relatives and staff; communicate openly and honestly and explain things clearly (“Caring for each other”)
  • Understands information systems and technology
  • Clinical skills in general and geriatric medicine

Desirable

  • Demonstrates learning in Improvement science and methodology, ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable to competing demands with the ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks
  • Ability to undertake on-call
  • A commitment to continuous improvement, with a positive attitude, seeks out learning, and continually develops skills and the service
  • Enthusiasm to take a lead role in clinical development
  • Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people; see people as individuals

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 17 August 2026

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