Consultant in Elderly Care

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking to appoint an Elderly CareConsultant in Geriatric Medicine to support the acute elderly services. The posts will be working for 10 Programmed Activities (PA) per week with an additional PA available (subject to negotiation). The postholders will join a team of Elderly Care consultants to provide high quality patient care and support surgical patients who are undergoing emergency laparotomy. The postholder will have the opportunity to lead the development of POP services and improve the quality of care for patients presenting with emergency laparotomy surgery.

The postholder will participate in a 1 in 18 on-call consultant rota for General Medicine during weekdays and weekends (1 PA per week will be remunerated). The weekend commitment includes morning and evening ward rounds in conjunction with an AMU Consultant covering all patients admitted to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). There will be a requirement for 1 in 4 Saturday ward cover from 09:00 – 13:00. there is a requirement to review surgical patients on demand (0.75 PA) for this 1 in 4 Saturdays. In addition, there is a negotiable option of 1 in 6 weekend ward cover on Ward 29 09:00 – 15:00. (short stay ward) to cover do ward round on Saturday and Sunday.

Interviews will take place on 29th September 2026.

Main duties of the job

The main duties are of the role will include the following:

  1. To have a responsibility to provide a high-quality clinical care to patients in Elderly Care and General Internal Medicine services and to continuously update practice based on evidence-based medicine and audit.
  2. To provide advice to colleagues in other specialities on elderly patients with problems (surgery).
  3. To support teaching and training of nurses, junior medical staff, medical students and to contribute to postgraduate medical education in general.
  4. To undertake educational/clinical supervisor duties for junior doctors
  5. To support and encourage audit and research
  6. To actively participate in CPD and personal development plans.
  7. To lead on the POP service

The post holder will be supported by an appropriately skilled medical secretariat.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic Medical Degree
  • Full MRCP or equivalent

Desirable

  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatric and General Internal Medicine via:- oCCT (Proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) oEuropean Community Rights or oCESR

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of Higher Specialist Training in Elderly Care Medicine (or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of interview)
  • Wide experience in Elderly care Medicine equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
  • Ability to offer expert clinical advice on range of problems
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Good organisational and management skills Ability to manage and lead within the Elderly Care Team
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff including SpR/StR level
  • Ability to teach clinical and operative skills

Desirable

  • Evidence of management and administration experience
  • Demonstration of leadership skills

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS

Essential

  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
  • Evidence of research experience and published work

PROFESSIONA AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM WORKING

Essential

  • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential

  • An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues

PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

  • Appropriate Immigration Status
  • Residence within 30 minutes of Manor Hospital
  • Full GMC Registration and Licensable
  • Good leadership and interpersonal skills
  • Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level

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: 20 August 2026

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