NHS Trust Consultant Elderly Care, Acute & Community Frailty

Overview

In this role you will lead frailty assessment and care for older patients within a multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to the development of integrated acute and community frailty services across East Sussex, shaping care pathways to promote independence and reduce unnecessary admissions. You will work across acute and community settings, lead clinics and governance initiatives, and support teaching and research. This is a forward‑looking opportunity to advance frailty care and improve outcomes for older people in a large regional trust.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant leadership in frailty assessment
• Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds and board rounds
• Deliver outpatient clinics aligned with subspecialty interests
• Support development of surgical liaison services for frail surgical patients
• Assess patients referred by other specialties and contribute to frailty pathway improvements
• Contribute to on-call General Internal Medicine rota
• Engage in teaching, clinical governance, audits and quality improvement
• Develop specialist interests and support research and education within the Trust

Key requirements

• MB BS or equivalent
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• Wide experience in General Internal Medicine and Stroke Medicine
• Desirable: MD or equivalent
• Proven involvement in management and clinical governance
• Ability to lead research or audit projects
• Good IT skills and ability to work with multiple specialties
• UK Driving Licence
• Experience in teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professionals

• Effective communicator in a multi-disciplinary team
• Leadership qualities
• Professional attitude and reliability
• Stroke Medicine knowledge
• Care of the Elderly
• General Internal Medicine experience

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