Acute Consultant Geriatrician (Frailty Hub)

Job summary

At Russell's Hall Hospital, our Elderly Care Department provides compassionate, expert care tailored to the unique needs of older adults. With a team of highly skilled doctors, nurses, and specialists, we offer comprehensive assessment and treatment plans designed to enhance quality of life, promote independence, and support families every step of the way.

This is an exciting time to join the Elderly care team as we plan to expand the Elderly care and Frailty services in Dudley. These newly created roles will be based in the Acute Frailty Unit (FAU), a specialist facility equipped with 8 chairs and 4 beds, where you will have the opportunity to make a real impact by reviewing daily acute referrals and providing expert care in a fast-paced, supportive environment.

This is more than just a clinical role--you will have the opportunity to shape the future of elderly care through active involvement in training and supervising resident doctors, participating in audits and clinical governance, and contributing to the ongoing development of our Elderly Care and Frailty services.

If you're passionate about elderly care and frailty medicine, eager to work in a dynamic team, and motivated to lead service innovation and research, this is an incredible opportunity to advance your career and make a lasting difference to patient care in Dudley.

Main duties of the job

As part of a multidisciplinary team including specialist nurses and junior doctors, you will work a 10 PA timetable, which includes running a weekly outpatient clinic for patients referred from FAU. Your responsibilities will extend to Elderly Care ward rounds (1 PA) and participating in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) weekend ward rounds (1:22 rota) with a rest day following weekend duties.

You will also be encouraged and supported to engage in exciting research projects, including active Parkinson's disease studies and multi-centre trials. To ensure you can focus on delivering exceptional care, the post comes with adequate SPA time, secretarial support, and a dedicated office.

Post holder will be expected to manage an average daily in-patient case load of 14 patients in line with national consultant geriatrician workload benchmarks for acute frailty services

Post holder will be expected to manage an outpatient template consisting of 5 new cases and 7 follow ups

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such asethnically diverse,disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Management/Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what's available for you here at The Dudley Group.

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible