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Locum Consultant in Care of the Elderly
The closing date is 22 August 2025
We are looking for a Locum consultant Geriatrician to join our team. This is a full time Locum Consultant Geriatrician post within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. The post will work in an integrated fashion with existing Consultant staff within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) to deliver an expansion of services for older people and to support major new service developments for older people at Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and University Hospital, Coventry. There are various opportunities to pursue sub-specialty interest and to develop new services. There are also opportunities to work together with other specialities to set up services such as joint Heart Failure services, movement disorder clinic and Fracture Liaison service.
Main duties of the job
This is a full-time post (10 PA) within the Department of the Care of the Elderly at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. It is expected that appointees will have an in-patient bed base, contribute to out-patient services and be encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest. There are also additional PAs available depending on job planning.
You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of resident doctors and there will also be opportunities to contribute to teaching medical students from Warwick Medical School. TheDepartment is currently pursuing the development of a major new strategy to develop and deliver Geriatric medicine services across Coventry and Rugby.
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
There has never been a better time to join our team.
Job responsibilities
This strategy includes the following components:
Acute frailty services including front door frailty service, rapid access clinics, and ambulatory care, short stay assessment services.
Provision of geriatric, medical input to Major trauma patients who are frail with multiple co morbidities.
Surgical liaison Service including pre op assessment to optimise medical issues for elective operation patients, peri operative liaison ward round for in-patients on surgical wards.
Development of community services including care home input and other support to primary care services e.g. development of virtual ward.
Expansion of Falls and Bone Health services including fracture liaison service, joint osteoporosis services, multidisciplinary falls clinic
Person Specification
Qualification/Training
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Experience
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Knowledge
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Skills & Abilities
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Personal Qualities
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Meets all essential
* Meets all desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a yearDependent on experience
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