The post sits in the Acute Frailty Team at Eastbourne District General Hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, spanning the emergency department, acute medical unit and virtual frailty ward. The consultant leads early assessment of older people living with frailty, plus community assessments and discharge work to support safe transfers home. Duties include ward rounds, special-interest clinics and the General Internal Medicine on-call rota, for about 544,000 people. Applicants must hold CCT, or be within six months of it, by interview in June 2026.
What the job involves
- Provide consultant leadership in frailty assessment
- Assess and manage older patients with frailty across the emergency department, clinical decision unit, acute medical unit, inpatient wards and virtual frailty ward
- Take part in multidisciplinary ward rounds and board rounds
- Deliver outpatient clinics in the post holder's special interests
- Support community-based assessments
- Work with discharge teams and community services for safe hospital-to-home transfers
- Support development of surgical liaison services for frail surgical patients
- Assess patients referred by other specialties
- Take part in the General Internal Medicine on-call rota
- Contribute to teaching, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement
- Contribute to service improvement across the frailty pathway
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- CCT, or CESR equivalent, or within six months of CCT by interview, on the GMC Specialist Register
Experience
- Wide experience in all aspects of General (Internal) Medicine and Stroke Medicine
- Evidence of participation in management
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of clinical governance, appraisal and recent NHS initiatives
- Thorough understanding of medical audit principles
- Understanding of the role of research
- Effective communicator who works well in a multidisciplinary team
- Leadership qualities
- Familiarity with IT and general computer skills
Other
- Ability to work with colleagues in other specialities to develop local services
- Enthusiasm for teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups
- Professional attitude to work
- Good attendance record
Nice to have
- MD or equivalent
- Experience in other relevant specialities
- Completion of courses relevant to stroke medicine and care of the elderly
- Management course and/or qualifications
- Completion or publication of audit projects
- Experience of clinical research culminating in presentation or publication
- Good presentation skills
- UK driving licence
What's offered
- Opportunity to develop specialist interests
- Support for research and education within the Trust and with regional academic partners
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