Consultant in Older Peoples Services (Community Frailty)


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£113,565 to £150,569 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Colchester, CO4 5JL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Sept 2026
Closing date:	29 Oct 2026

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Summary

The post-holder will: Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standard of care; Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines; Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Emergency Department (ED); Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care; Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to community and acute colleagues. Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility; Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained; Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated; Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to college requirements; and Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trusts agree policy Clinical Fulfil the role of a community Geriatrician working to manage patients with a range of frailty syndromes and fully utilise our community frailty services. Work closely with the other consultants in Older Peoples Services to share in the care of patients in all aspects of care including acute care and rehabilitation; Liaise with consultants within the department on the development and implementation of protocols and guidelines for the management of elderly patients and the development of clinical audit; Provide a consultant advisory service to colleagues in other specialties in the trust as well as those in the mental health trust;

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