Community Consultant Geriatrician: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are offering a unique position combining Research with clinical sessions based at one of our community hubs, and seconded sessions at our neighbouring acute trust (to be negotiated on application)

HIOWFT are active partners in the region in supporting the left-shift agenda and so a successful applicant will have the opportunity to help shape how our services develop to support this, including expanding Hospital at Home capacity and developing integrated neighbourhood teams. As we are in a time of exciting development the scope of this job will develop, but will include sessions supporting the inpatient units, the Older Persons Rapid Access Clinics (OPRAC), Hospital at Home and Neighbourhood MDTs. Supervision and training of resident doctors, ACPs and other AHPs is a cornerstone of the role.

An agreement is in place to support successful applicants to undertake clinical sessions at PHUT which will be negotiated on a person-by-person basis (Consultant Physician applicants only).

Applicants must hold (or be within 6 months of completing) a CCT or hold a CESR in the specialty of Geriatric Medicine, be eligible for a position as a Specialist Doctor or have achieved Consultant Practitioner status.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties

Consultant sessions based at the Gosport Hub cover the following:

*Weekly ward rounds and MDTs on the two inpatient wards

*Delivering OPRAS (Older Person’s Rapid Assessment Service), including supporting trainees and AHPs participating in clinics, supporting triage and maintaining communication with referring partners

*Giving advice and support to HH, participating in caseload reviews, home visits where required

*In-reaching to community MDTs including giving virtual advice to primary care colleagues.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with licence to practice or equivalent national body
  • CCT or equivalent (or within 6 months of award by date of interview) in Geriatrics
  • Evidence to support delivery of high-quality research including evidence of publication or presentation to national conferences

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: 31 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit southernhealth.tal.net.