Overview
Care of the Elderly Consultant
Realising your potential with Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Come join Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust as a Care of the Elderly Consultant to realise your potential in a post focused around expanding our services, to serve our thriving and vibrant community as we transition into a Group hospital model. We are looking for dynamic and motivated consultants with fresh ideas to complement our existing diverse and forward-thinking team.
You will support the development of an excellent geriatric service, including innovative services such as cancer clinics and virtual Frailty clinics, with flexibility and remote options in mind.
You will be part of a close-knit team across partner hospitals, providing specialist services including an established Frailty Unit, expanding Ambulatory Service, Orthogeriatrics, Dementia and Safeguarding support, Movement Disorders and Intermediate Care. We are committed to education and research and have a close relationship with Anglia Ruskin University Medical School.
Note: Previous Applicants Need Not Apply
Main duties
Your new Care of the Elderly Consultant post will support the expansion of our Frailty Service and development of our Orthogeriatric Service, involving working across Acute Frailty, Orthogeriatrics, Inpatient Wards and Community on a rotational basis with subspecialty interests catered for within these areas.
The Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DoME) is an exciting and expanding specialty which has undergone significant change in the last few years and now has ten substantive Consultants with a range of sub-speciality interests. Join us to help expand the department and develop Frailty and Orthogeriatric Services across the Mid Essex region in both acute and community settings, with rotation between wards/areas depending on your interests.
About us
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 serving a population of 1.2 million people. We work with MSE Health and Care Partnership to deliver excellent local and specialist services, improving health and wellbeing in a compassionate way and providing a respectful, yet vibrant place for staff to develop and innovate.
We aim to recruit those with potential as well as those with experience. If you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic, we want you to join us. We offer a good working environment with flexible working opportunities and access to training and support to progress your career.
Details
* Date posted: 12 September 2025
* Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
* Grade: Consultant
* Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time
* Reference number: 390-MR-DoM-BR-3721-B
* Job locations: Broomfield, Court Road, Chelmsford, CM1 7ET
Job responsibilities
Are you looking for a challenging Consultant role where you make a difference every day? We want to hear from you. Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details of this role.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Essential: MB BS or equivalent
* Essential: MRCP (UK) or equivalent
* Essential: CCT in General and Geriatric Medicine or within 6 months of attainment
* Desirable: Further post-graduate qualification
* Desirable: ALS
Professional Experience
* Essential: Full registration with the GMC
* Essential: Broad recent experience in all aspects of Geriatric Medicine
* Essential: Experience of working independently as a senior clinician
* Essential: Experience of teaching trainees / multidisciplinary staff
* Essential: Experience of inter-agency and multidisciplinary working
* Desirable: Previous experience as a Consultant Geriatrician (locum or substantive)
* Desirable: Previous experience as an Educational Supervisor for medical trainees
Skills
* Essential: Ability to communicate effectively with all staff levels, patients and relatives
* Essential: Ability to work as part of a MDT with interpersonal skills for effective team working
* Essential: Interest in and knowledge of medical audit and Quality Improvement projects
* Essential: Knowledge of advances in medical education and training
* Essential: Ability to operate within a teaching/training culture
Education
* Essential: Interest in and knowledge of advances in medical education and training; ability to operate within a teaching/training culture
* Essential: Evidence of teaching presentations and feedback at local or regional level
* Desirable: Experience in a formal education role (e.g. FY/CM training lead, RCP examiner, ARCP representative)
Communication
* Essential: Competent in all relevant IT packages including Microsoft, EPR and PACS
* Desirable: Formal training in communication skills/theory
Audit / Quality Improvement
* Essential: Interest in and knowledge of medical audit and QI projects
* Essential: Evidence of local service / QI improvement projects
* Essential: Evidence of audit or QI presentation at a local or regional level
* Essential: Appreciation of Clinical Governance principles in a hospital setting
* Desirable: Evidence of audit or QI presentation at national or international level
* Desirable: Evidence of published QI/audit work in a local or national medical journal
Management
* Essential: Commitment to effective departmental management and multidisciplinary leadership
* Essential: Evidence of clinical leadership within the NHS
* Essential: Knowledge of local service change, NHS policy and future hospital reconfiguration
* Essential: Awareness of patient safety principles in the NHS
* Desirable: Formal leadership and management training
* Desirable: Leadership role within the NHS (e.g., leading a service, governance issues)
Attitude
* Essential: Ability to work in high-pressure environments
* Essential: Flexibility to provide service across the department
* Desirable: Patient/staff awards for teamwork
Research
* Desirable: Experience of undertaking or being part of a research project
* Desirable: Evidence of peer-reviewed publications
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the DBS to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered alongside all other applications. For information see the UK Visas and Immigration website.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For information please see the NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Broomfield, Court Road, Chelmsford, CM1 7ET
Employer's website: mse.nhs.uk
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