Job overview

Consultant in Medicine for Older People

 6 PAs - fixed term 6 month from October 2025

We are seeking a Consultant Geriatrician, who would be dedicated and passionate in helping us to provide outstanding and exemplary care for frail older patients in the South West.

Following development of our Frailty strategy and successful recruitment of within the last year, this is a very exciting time to work within a progressive, dynamic and rapidly expanding department.

We can support you to develop your subspecialty interests (for example, in orthogeriatrics, major trauma, acute frailty care, dementia, delirium, movement disorders, falls, continence care, rehabilitation or community geriatrics) and we fully support the development of skills in education, management and leadership. The post-holder will work with nineteen other Consultant Geriatricians in providing a range of services for older people with complex needs, and so you will have a supportive and friendly team around you, providing plenty of scope for you to showcase your skills and to develop professionally.

North Bristol NHS Trust has an active appraisal and development programme, and all Consultant staff will take part in the process. The Trust has a list of identified mentors which is used to allocate a suitable support to new Consultants during the first year in post.

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be able to demonstrate extensive experience in Medicine for Older People and must be in possession (or anticipated to shortly be in possession) of CCT in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register for General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.  Full Registration with the GMC is essential.

All departmental consultants (including those working on LTFT basis) participate in a weekend on-call rota working on the AFU, on a 1 in 9.5 basis. Two consultants are on duty each weekend, alternating their duties between one weekend day working 08:00-12:00, and one weekend day working 08:00-20:00. Weekend duties are compensated for with midweek days in lieu of weekend days worked. Midweek twilight sessions (Monday-Friday) on the AFU are also included in the job plan, on a 1 in 16 basis

Working for our organisation

The Medicine for Older Person’s team comprises 27 WTE consultants with support from junior medical teams, Frailty therapists and ANP’s providing a range of services for older people with complex needs.

North Bristol Trust moved to a state-of-the art new hospital building in May 2014 and Older People’s services are being prioritised to provide a full range of services from acute frailty assessment, a complex care bed-base through to ‘transitional’ post- acute care. Substantial commitment is made within the trust to cross-divisional working, and we provide liaison medical support to support the care of frail older patients admitted to trauma, surgical and oncology specialties, whilst also delivering community services, virtual wards and rapid access and movement disorder outpatients services.

This is also a great opportunity for you to live and work in or around the historic port city of Bristol: gateway to the South West England. Bristol has its own thriving art, music and cultural scene hosting several exciting annual festivals such as the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and the Bristol Harbour Festival. Bristol is also ideally located for the outdoors, being within easy range of the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean, Mendip and Cotswold Hills.