Specialty Doctor - Frailty
Posted 2 days ago by City-Health-Care-Partnership-Cic
This role helps older people live well at home by providing expert medical care, making a real difference to their independence and quality of life.
You'll join a skilled, supportive multidisciplinary team including geriatricians, nurses, therapists and social care colleagues. Together, you'll deliver person-centred care across community settings. Your work will help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support people with complex frailty needs. You'll also contribute to improving services and shaping how care is delivered in the community.
Main duties of the job What you'll do:- Provide medical assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older people with frailty
- Support urgent community response and virtual ward care
- Lead on complex case management and develop clear care plans
- Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, care homes and primary care
- Contribute to service improvement, teaching and clinical governance
- A qualified doctor with full General Medical Council (GMC) registration
- Experience in geriatric medicine or caring for older people
- Strong clinical judgement and decision-making skills
- Confidence working both independently and as part of a team
- Good communication skills with patients, families and colleagues
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value the skills and perspectives you bring to help us deliver inclusive, compassionate care.
Qualifications- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Full registration with the GMC
- Specialty Certificate in Geriatric Medicine
- Experience of working in geriatric medicine
- Understanding of audit
- Understanding of Research
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others
- Active participation in research projects
- Understanding of audit
- Understanding of Research
- Evidence of active participation in audit
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Employees have access to a range of benefits.