At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovation in geriatric medicine and transform eldercare services across Cornwall.
- Company: Join the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, a leader in integrated eldercare.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a supportive environment for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving care for older people.
- Why this job: Shape the future of frailty care while enjoying Cornwall's stunning lifestyle.
- Qualifications: GMC registration and experience in teaching and clinical governance required.
The predicted salary is between 113565 - 150569 £ per year.
Shape the Future of Geriatric Medicine in Cornwall. Lead Innovation. Transform Care. Make a Lasting Impact.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is embarking on one of the most exciting periods of transformation in Older People's Services and Frailty Care. With significant investment, an ambitious vision, and a commitment to redesigning services around the needs of an ageing population, there has never been a better time to join our team.
We are seeking forward-thinking Consultant Geriatricians who want more than a traditional consultant role. This is an opportunity to become a key architect of the future of frailty, Parkinson's disease, stroke and community-based eldercare services across Cornwall.
Working within a progressive and highly collaborative multidisciplinary team, you will have the freedom to shape services, develop new pathways and drive innovation across acute, community and integrated care settings. Whether your passion is acute frailty, orthogeriatrics, movement disorders, dementia, stroke, community geriatrics or surgical liaison, we will support you to develop and grow your specialist interests.
Main duties of the job
Be Part of a Service Redesigning Care for Older People. Our vision goes beyond hospital walls. From our award-winning frailty model and dedicated Frailty Take service, through to community rehabilitation, Parkinson's disease services, stroke care and integrated multidisciplinary working, we are creating seamless pathways that deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
As a Consultant Geriatrician at RCHT, you will have the opportunity to:
- Lead service transformation and quality improvement initiatives.
- Develop pioneering approaches to frailty and complex care.
- Shape emerging specialties such as surgical liaison and perioperative medicine.
- Influence countywide care pathways alongside primary care, community and social care partners.
- Participate in research and innovation programmes, particularly within Parkinson's disease and frailty services.
- Training of resident doctors.
Build Your Career Around Your Passions
We recognise that exceptional consultants thrive when given the opportunity to pursue what inspires them. Rather than fitting candidates into a predefined role, we will work with you to design a job plan that reflects your skills, interests and ambitions. We actively encourage leadership in service development, innovation, education, research and quality improvement.
New consultants benefit from enhanced SPA time, dedicated mentoring and a supportive consultant body committed to professional growth and development.
About us
A Truly Integrated Countywide Service. Our Older People's Services team delivers care across acute hospitals, community hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and outpatient settings, creating one of the most integrated geriatric medicine services in the South West.
You'll work alongside:
- Expert Consultant Geriatricians with specialist interests across the breadth of elderly medicine.
- Dedicated Frailty, Parkinson's Disease and Stroke specialist nurses.
- Community Parkinson's teams and rehabilitation partners.
- Allied Health Professionals and Old Age Psychiatry colleagues.
- Research, education and quality improvement teams driving continual advancement of services.
Academic, Educational and Research Excellence
Consultants play a key role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and have opportunities to become involved in academic programmes, research studies and educational leadership. Our established links with tertiary centres, including North Bristol NHS Trust, and active Parkinson's disease research portfolio create exciting opportunities for clinical innovation and collaborative working.
Details
Date posted: 23 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number: 156-MS-8091134
Job locations: Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro, TR1 3LQ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Exceptional Career. Extraordinary Lifestyle. Imagine finishing a ward round and being on a surfing beach, coastal path or sailing boat within minutes. Cornwall offers a lifestyle that is increasingly difficult to find elsewhere - world-class natural beauty, vibrant communities, excellent schools, shorter commutes and genuine work-life balance. Whether you are relocating alone or with family, Cornwall provides the opportunity to build both an outstanding career and an exceptional quality of life.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity. Agency interest will not be considered until this advert has closed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential: GMC Registration with a Licence to Practice. GMC Specialist Register or within six months of obtaining CCT (or equivalent) at time of interview.
Experience
Essential: Teaching (Medical students, peers, MDT). Experienced in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance and the benefits of how this improves the quality of care provided to patients and ensuring this is embedded in clinical practice.
Practical and Intellectual Skills
Essential: Strong clinical and personal credibility, excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Flexible in approach and able to adapt.
Additional Circumstances
Essential: Current and valid visa to allow work in the UK.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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