Consultant Medicine for Older People -Welcome Payment IncludedinSalisburyinSalisburyPUBLISHED WED 2 APR 2025
Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustrOH9fB9A
In this fulfilling role, you’ll lead our newly established Acute Frailty Unit and collaborate closely with dedicated services for conditions like Parkinson’s and falls, all while nurturing an integrated approach to care that spans both hospital and home settings. We prioritise flexibility and support your development—whether that means pursuing specialty interests or embracing part-time work to fit your lifestyle. Join us in the heart of Salisbury and help create a brighter future for older patients, where your expertise will truly shine. Check out our candidate information pack for further details on this remarkable opportunity!
We are delighted to seek applications for Consultant Geriatricians to work within our Medicine for Older People Team. There is a generous financial Welcome Payment (£22,000) available in addition to relocation expenses.
These posts help deliver an integrated approach to managing the increasingly frail and complex patients within Salisbury and the surrounding rural area, based out of Salisbury Foundation Trust (SFT). Our Medicine for Older People team is currently modernising it's care for frail elderly patients, with a new Acute Frailty Unit now established alongside dedicated Elderly Care wards. There is ongoing development of frailty SDEC services and integration of a Hospital@Home service. These services will be run alongside already established Orthogeriatrics, Parkinson's Disease (in hospital and community), Falls, Surgical Liaison, Rapid Access and Community services. Successful candidates will be involved with working within and leading these services, whilst also developing the services offered.
Interviews for this post will be 23rd May 2025
We are keen to support applicants in developing their specialty interests with a view to providing and enhancing our current service provision. In particular, we have recently opened our new AFU / SDEC unit that functions alongside established Elderly Medicine wards, whilst further developments include enhancing the surgical liaison service, further establishing Hospital@Home and frailty services, therefore providing an integrated approach to acute and non-acute Geriatric Medicine encompassing community and hospital care. Post holders will have opportunities to work and develop across these areas, whilst an ethos of improving the service we can provide to Elderly frail patients is well established.
Please see our interactive candidate information pack for more information on this opportunity and working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: Candidate Information Pack Medicine for Older People
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Please see our interactive candidate information pack for more information on this opportunity and working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust:Candidate Information Pack Medicine for Older People
The successful candidate will be expected to take part in the acute medical on call rota at SFT on a 1:16 basis, as well as other clinical commitments such as acute care ward rounds, frailty same day emergency care, rapid access clinics, Specialist clinics (including Parkinson's disease and falls), and MDT meetings.
The post is advertised as full time (10 PAs), but less than full time or flexible working would also be welcomed.
There is also a generous relocation package available to candidates, up to a maximum of £8,000 (terms and conditions apply), as well as a £22 000 welcome payment (terms and conditions apply).
Please see attached candidate information pack and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
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