Consultant in Older People's Medicine

Consultant in Older People's Medicine

Closing date: 04 March 2026

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated and ambitious individual to join our well-integrated team. Newcastle is proud to be a leading clinical and academic centre for ageing and geriatrics. We have a strong focus on innovation, research and driving quality of care for older people. As such, we are looking for a dynamic geriatrician who is passionate about innovation and will work well within a progressive team of 16 Geriatricians. While the Department of Older People's Medicine has a strong emphasis on managing frailty across our wards, clinics, day units and community services, we continue to develop our frailty-based strategy which includes a focus on "front door" frailty and admission avoidance. Within our areas of departmental sub speciality service delivery we are keen to recruit a candidate with a strong interest in caring for patients with Parkinson's disease and associated conditions. In addition to working in the front of house frailty service and specialist Parkinson's disease clinics, we would envisage that the post holder will play a key role in developing an in patient liaison service for older, frailer adults with a focus on those living with Parkinson's disease.

Main duties of the job

The delivery of clinical services within Older People's Medicine in patient wards, day unit, out patient, "front of house" frailty and Parkinson's disease services. Additional sessions to support a sub speciality interest, and teaching and research opportunities are likely to be available, appropriately job planned.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting edge care (supported by state of the art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers Newcastle Hospitals NHS Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

This post will be based between Freeman Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The post holder will be responsible for inpatient, day unit, out patient and community based care of older people including acute and rehabilitation patients, with sub speciality responsibilities according to experience, interest and Trust requirements. The post holder will also contribute to the Older Peoples Medicine on call rota and General Internal Medicine admissions on call rota.

Clinical:

Promote leadership, quality improvement and innovative service delivery by contributing to the organisation and running of the Older Peoples Medicine services, working in collaboration with colleagues

Assist the Medicine Directorate, Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints and translating these into opportunities for service improvement

Participate in all aspects of Clinical Governance, making a significant contribution to multidisciplinary audit and risk management activities

Administrative:

Participate in continuing professional development, appraisal and risk management

To work well within our team and department to evaluate and develop our services

Research:

The post holder will be welcomed into our strong academic geriatrics community and encouraged to participate in research activity and develop projects

Support academic colleagues to identify research priorities

Teaching:

Inspire and engage with specialty trainees, their clinical assessments and career development

Provide enthusiastic teaching to undergraduates and provide supportive supervision and education of junior doctors

Undertake to support and develop educational opportunities and support for nursing and allied health professional colleagues and students

Person Specification Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Higher Degree.
• Special skills training in the specialty.

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of experience in the specialty.
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the specialty.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Management and Administration Experience

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.

Audit

• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust