Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer
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Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer
The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care. The post holder will work alongside other geriatricians to develop innovative 7 day services for older people, both within the hospitals and community.
They will work with colleagues across sites to develop a seamless, equitable service. This role is for a consultant to support acute frailty services and general geriatric ward cover at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites.
The successful applicant will be expected to work alongside other geriatric team members to continue to develop and provide an innovative acute frailty service with commitment to continue to improve quality of care for older frail people and provide CGA with the MDT.
They will have sessional work to support the acute frailty services in the emergency areas. The job plan will develop as the service develops supported by the senior leadership team.
The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in patient care.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS.
Divisional Medical Director- Medicine: Dr Mark Lawton PA Perditta Barnes 0151 706 3147
Frailty Services Lead: Dr Alison Diack 0151 282 6874
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