Specialist in Frailty

Go back Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 15 February 2026

We are seeking to appoint a substantive Specialist in the Community, Frailty & Therapy Care Group to join a team of Consultants on the south bank. Consultants & Specialists already in place manage care on the acute hospital sites; however this is a newly formed role to manage frailty within urgent & emergency care across our UEC footprint and also cover of the acute frailty ward at SGH.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment recognises contribution to teaching and research; holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems and library services.

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Specialist to join our multidisciplinary team in providing exceptional care for older adults in the north east Lincolnshire community. As a key member of our team, you will support patients living at home or in community settings, with the aim of improving quality of life, preventing hospital admissions, and managing complex health needs.

Key Responsibilities
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• Clinical
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  Provide expert clinical assessment and decision‑making for frail older adults at the "front door" of acute care (e.g., Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care, Frailty wards).
• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA):
  Lead or support the delivery of CGAs to ensure rapid and holistic assessment of frailty, medical needs, functional status, cognition, and social factors.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration
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  Work closely with nursing staff, allied health professionals, geriatricians, social workers, and community services to enable timely, person‑centred care.
• Admission Avoidance
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  Develop and implement plans to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, facilitating safe discharge or transfer to appropriate community‑based services.
• Pathway Development
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  Contribute to the development and improvement of frailty pathways, including rapid access clinics, discharge‑to‑assess models, and integrated care solutions.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital (NLAG) and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital (HUTH).

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we lead and contribute to research in areas including biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work‑life balance for our employees; this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work‑life balance or a multi‑role career; if it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do our best to make it happen.

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