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Consultant Geriatrician
The closing date is 29 March 2026
We are seeking a consultant frailty‑focused geriatrician who is keen to support community expansion as the 10‑year NHS plan embraces initiatives to shift care from acute to community. This post requires a flexible Consultant Geriatrician who can, where resources permit, work collaboratively across organisations, including potential involvement with MTW Hospital. Inter‑organisational activity will be subject to service capacity and agreement with MTW.
If you are interested in this role and would like to discuss the post any further, please email Dr Amy Heskett – amy.heskett@nhs.net.
Our seven‑day service offers rapid assessment, near‑patient testing and hospital‑at‑home interventions, including intravenous therapies developed during the Covid pandemic. You will lead on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), anticipatory care and advance care planning through domiciliary visits, ensuring holistic, person‑centred support.
The role also includes training and supporting care home and primary care staff to deliver holistic assessments and personalised anticipatory care plans that reduce avoidable deterioration. During the Covid pandemic, our team provided vital on‑site assessments, virtual ward rounds and delivery of the Active Covid Bundle, shaping our innovative approach to acute care at home.
If you are passionate about frailty care and keen to influence the future of community geriatric medicine in West Kent, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
This role is for a Consultant Geriatrician within the Community Home Treatment Service at KCHFT, working closely with Primary Care, Secondary Care, Social Care, Mental Health, and Commissioners to expand support for frail patients in the community. The service currently includes geriatric consultants, specialist and specialty doctors, a consultant practitioner, GPs, advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs), and trainee ACPs, with plans to grow the team further.
The West Kent Frailty Home Treatment Service is an innovative multi‑disciplinary team delivering hospital‑level care to people at home, offering CGA, IV treatments, bedside diagnostics, medication reviews, and oxygen or nebuliser therapies when needed. It is a fantastic chance to develop clinical skills while supporting those living with frailty, especially in the evolving context of virtual ward models, and to work alongside strong networks in primary care, acute services and paramedic trusts, delivering patient‑focused care with a blend of creativity, clinical expertise and great communication.
About us
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we are passionate about delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. We need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce, and we welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
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The data we collect helps us ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.
As a flexible‑working friendly organisation, we want you to work in a way that best serves our patients and you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments – we’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that suits us both.
Job responsibilities
As a community trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non‑EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles, so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non‑clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. We will do all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* On the GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT.
* Professional qualifications (MRCP, MRCPCH) by examination or equivalent.
* CCT accreditation within area of speciality, e.g. in Paediatrics, or within 6 months of acquiring the certificate.
* Full GMC registration.
* Any further postgraduate qualifications relevant to speciality.
Experience
* Significant Higher Specialist Training within an area of speciality.
* Community experience.
Knowledge
* Proven ability to develop effective partnerships to achieve practical outcomes across organisational boundaries including statutory organisations, external agencies, community and voluntary organisations.
* Understanding of the role of other professionals and partnership working.
* Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months.
* Evidence of research and/or audit publications in peer‑reviewed journals.
Skills & Abilities
* Demonstrates experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
* Excellent clinical skills within area of speciality.
* Ability to use a range of IT programmes including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
* Highly developed facilitation skills.
* Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge within area of speciality.
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.
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£109,725 to £145,478 a year, pro rata per annum
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