Consultant Geriatrician

Consultant Geriatrician

Closing date: 16 January 2026

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

The Department of Healthcare for Older People provides a comprehensive service for older patients both in hospital and in community settings. We are committed and passionate about older patients living with frailty and multi‑comorbidities.

The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi‑disciplinary team providing and further developing care and services for older people, both as inpatient and outpatient.

The successful candidate will join a wider team of consultants and participate in covering medical wards and other clinical areas designated for HCOP. The post holder will also participate in service delivery and development according to their area of specialist interest. This can be delivered in the form of weekly clinics (PD clinic /continence clinic/ falls clinic/ general HCOP clinics / frailty service/ community work in care home/ nursing home/ rehab setting).

The candidate will also be expected to participate in the GIM on call covering acute admissions on a pro‑rota basis shared with other medical consultants.

• Provision of a first‑class clinical service for HCOP.
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
• Sustaining and developing teaching and training.
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies.
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plans.
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For staff with a disability, including physical disability, long‑term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

• Together with colleagues, provide a high‑quality care service to patients, including all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Department.
• Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 7 days a week cover for the HCOP wards and clinical areas (the weekend ward cover is on a rota basis shared with GIM colleagues).
• Participate proactively in GIM on call with medical consultant colleagues on a rota basis.
• Cover colleagues' periods of annual leave and short‑term sickness as detailed in contract of employment.
• Provide clinical supervision of resident medical doctors of different grades as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
• Carry out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contribute to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
• Meet outpatient clinic commitments as per the requirement of the department and agreed with the clinical service lead.
• Contribute to audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
• Take an active role in the formulation, implementation, and monitoring of the Business Plan for the specialty, including discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
• Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for services.
• Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty, fostering and developing projects focused on these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post‑qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
• Work in conjunction with clinical and…