Consultant in Older Adult Medicine – Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Job Summary
The Department of Older Adult Medicine (OAM) at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking to appoint two substantive Consultants to join their team, who are passionate about delivering high quality and innovative care across all sub‑specialties. The OAM department provides a comprehensive service for older patients in inpatient and community settings. The department has undergone significant expansion through successful recruitment over the last five years, allowing the development of subspecialty services alongside inpatient care. The department has 64 beds at New Cross split across 3 wards, and 27 beds at Cannock Chase Hospital, specialising in rehabilitation. We have developed a successful model of orthogeriatric care which was ranked in the top 8 for prompt geriatrician assessment and osteoporosis treatment of hip fractures in England in 2023 and are developing a peri‑operative medicine service. We are dedicated to providing high quality care to older people living with frailty, and have a Frailty SDEC area with daily clinic capacity to ensure rapid access to CGA from ED and community settings.
The department has expanded its work in the community, providing consultant leadership to daily Frailty Virtual Ward round, the community Rapid Intervention Team, and support to clinical triage in community care coordination. We would support any subspecialty interest, including the development of new services which would benefit people living with Frailty.
Main duties of the job
* Implementation of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
* Take responsibility for older patients with frailty on the older adult medicine wards.
* Work in conjunction with other professionals in managing older adult patients with frailty as close to home as possible and using community facilities where appropriate to reduce hospital length of stay by working proactively with community colleagues.
* Assist General Practitioners in the management of older people living with frailty.
* Contribute to education and training of staff of multiple disciplines caring for older people.
* Provide Consultant Geriatrician input into strategic planning of services for older people in Wolverhampton and develop new services aimed at caring for older people in an innovative way reducing dependence on hospital stays.
* The post may also develop to include care of appropriate patients in other areas such as trauma and orthopaedics, perioperative care, oncology, and community.
About Us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as ‘Good’ by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Details
Date posted: 27 November 2025
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 225‑DIV2‑7574678
Job locations: New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP
Job Description
Please refer to the attached Consultant Candidate Pack for the Job Description Document, Person Specification and Specialty / Trust Brochure for further details on what we can offer, job plan/on‑call requirements, the team.
Person Specification
Essential
Educational Qualifications
* Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC.
* Completion of the MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification.
* On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine from the date of interview.
Desirable
* Higher Degree.
Experience
* Experience relevant to the post of a consultant geriatrician, subspecialty training to 2022 CCT curriculum level for a theme for.
Desirable Experience
* Subspeciality training to 2022 CCT curriculum level for a theme for service area relevant to future practice.
Ability / Skills
* Abilities to function in broad range of geriatric medicine subspecialty services at CCT level.
Research, Audit, and Quality Improvement
Essential
* Evidence of understanding of audit and QI methodology, and implementation of change.
Desirable
* Relevant research published in peer review journal.
Education and Teaching
Essential
* Experience of delivering teaching to medical students, resident doctors and the wider MDT.
Desirable
* Attendance at teaching skills course.
* Completion of training required for GMC recognition of Educational Supervisor accreditation.
Management Skills
Essential
* Demonstrate effective team working skills.
* Time management/organisational ability.
* Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent.
* Sense of understanding and commitment to corporate responsibility.
* Commitment to and understanding of their responsibility to the organisation. Examples may include previous involvement in management roles, management courses.
Desirable
* Examples of managerial roles/experience.
* Evidence of management/leadership training.
Leadership
Essential
* An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to: Empower others / Lead through change / Influence strategically / Collaborative working / Drive for improvement / Integrity.
Desirable
* Evidence of management/leadership training.
Other
Essential
* Demonstrate innovation and problem‑solving abilities.
* Ability to work at multiple sites as required for service delivery.
Other
Essential
* Demonstrate innovation and problem‑solving abilities.
* Ability to work at multiple sites as required for service delivery.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP
https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Consulting
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