Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer

Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer

Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer.

• Develop, implement and evaluate innovative 7‑day frailty services for older people in hospital and community settings.
• Collaborate with other geriatricians and multidisciplinary teams to deliver seamless, equitable care.
• Provide acute frailty service support in emergency areas, with a sessional regime that evolves alongside service development.
• Deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) on general geriatric and re‑ablement wards, leading the MDT‑based care on these wards.
• Oversee in‑patient wards comprising 14‑28 beds, managing an average of 2‑4 new admissions daily.
• Support trainees, junior doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and STRs (sessional team‑based care) at Broadgreen and Royal Liverpool sites.
• Develop outpatient rapid‑access frailty clinics, working with nurses, therapy staff and the MDT geriatric outpatient department.

Dr Matthew Tedford – Clinical Director‑Geriatric Medicine
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Dr Mark Lawton – Divisional Medical Director‑Medicine

PA Perditta Barnes –

Dr Alison Diack – Frailty Services Lead –  (Royal & Broadgreen Sites)

Mid‑Senior Level

Full‑Time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care