Consultant in Elderly Medicine

Job Summary

Working Full Time: 10 Sessions per week

The post is for a substantive Consultant in Elderly Medicine. The Elderly Medicine department has expanded rapidly, bringing the number of geriatricians to thirteen. The department offers opportunities for service development in comprehensive elderly care. The post supports Acute Frailty services and may involve direct or subspecialty support. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an RCP Future Hospital exemplar site transforming urgent care pathways, working with community health and social care providers and Western Cheshire CCG to deliver an integrated model.

The Trust has a strong Medical Education department and the post holder will have a significant educational role.

Specialist interest in acute geriatrics required. The post supports an established acute geriatrics team based at Countess of Chester.

Key responsibilities include:

• Regular ward rounds on inpatient frailty ward, supporting junior doctors and the multidisciplinary team. Attend daily MDTs. Named consultant for 14 inpatients plus outliers (indicative 0–4 patients). Approximately 300–350 patient reviews per month.
• General elderly clinic and a subspecialty clinic (subspecialty flexible to candidate's interest: movement disorders, falls, stroke, community). Indicative clinic numbers: 8 new and 32 reviews per month for a weekly 3 hour clinic.
• "Front door" acute geriatrician sessions: support the emergency department, rapid response team and acute physicians with specialty inreach providing early advice and input into care and management plans for frail elderly patients in the acute setting.
• Supervision of junior doctors.
• Attendance to and input into specialty and departmental meetings.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust serves West Cheshire and Welsh patients, collaborating with the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: 56 beds (rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient)
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: base for community services serving the local rural population

The Trust employs over 5,916 staff and serves a population of approximately 411,000, including residents of Chester, West Cheshire, Ellesmere Port and Neston, and parts of Flintshire.

Date posted 14 January 2026

Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade Consultant

Salary £109,725 to £145,478 per year

Contract Permanent

Working pattern Full-time

Reference number -A

Job locations Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check, costs deducted from salary over the first three months. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated.

Applicants are advised to apply early as we may close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

Essential

• GMC registration with Licence to practice
• MRCP (or equivalent)
• Dual CCST in G (I) M and Geriatric Medicine (or within 6 months of interview) or alternative route to specialist register (e.g. CESR)
• ALS

Desirable

• MD/MSc/PhD

Experience

• Wide clinical experience in general internal medicine and medicine for older people
• Experience/Interest in teaching
• Understanding of management skills

Desirable

• Recognised Teaching Skill Course or Qualification
• Experience in undertaking and organising Audit
• Research and publications relevant to the post
• Change Management Skills courses

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a DBS submission to check for any previous convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome. See UK Visas and Immigration for details. Guidance on overseas criminal records checks is available.

UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. See NHS Careers for details.

Employer name Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL

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