Consultant in Older Peoples Services (Community Frailty): Sponsorship Available

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen to join our Community Frailty team in Northeast Essex as a less than full -time (LTFT) or full-time consultant. This will consist of 9 or 10 Programmed Activities (PA’s) per week. Successful applicant(s) may be entirely in the community or work 50:50 between acute and community.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to lead the continued development of integrated frailty services across Northeast Essex, working seamlessly across acute, community and virtual care settings.

The successful candidate will possess specialist accreditation in Geriatric Medicine and demonstrate significant expertise in the assessment and management of older people living with frailty. They will have a clear understanding of the evidence supporting Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), proactive frailty management and admission avoidance, recognising that unnecessary hospital admission can lead to deconditioning, hospital-acquired complications and poorer outcomes for this vulnerable patient group.

We are looking for a consultant who is confident in managing clinical risk within the community and has the experience and judgement to support patients safely at home wherever appropriate. They will be comfortable making complex clinical decisions in partnership with multidisciplinary colleagues and will champion a culture that supports treatment in the patient’s usual place of residence whenever it is clinically safe to do so.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • Full registration with the General Medical Council
  • Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT date at interview
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Good practical clinical skills
  • Experience of teaching postgraduate, undergraduate and Support Service professionals
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full range of acute medical emergencies, rehabilitation and intermediate care
  • At least 4 years at SpR level (or equivalent)
  • Experience in the management of frailty syndromes and contributions to admission avoidance
  • Experience working in community settings and knowledge of services available in the community
  • Ability to build, lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team
  • Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with difficult situations
  • Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and to be involved in the organisation of the department
  • Must be able to travel to meet requirements of post
  • Undertaken basic training in management skills

Desirable

  • Post graduate degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
  • Entry onto the Specialist Register in G(I)M & Geriatric Medicine
  • Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • Attendance at teaching course
  • Understanding of the principles of alternatives to hospital admission and a knowledge of successful models of care in the community
  • Attendance at management course

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: 19 October 2026

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