Consultant in Elderly Care

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking to appoint an Elderly CareConsultant in Geriatric Medicine to support the acute elderly services. The posts will be working for 10 Programmed Activities (PA) per week with an additional PA available (subject to negotiation). The postholders will join a team of Elderly Care consultants to provide high quality patient care and support surgical patients who are undergoing emergency laparotomy. The postholder will have the opportunity to lead the development of POP services and improve the quality of care for patients presenting with emergency laparotomy surgery. The postholder will participate in a 1 in 18 on-call consultant rota for General Medicine during weekdays and weekends (1 PA per week will be remunerated). The weekend commitment includes morning and evening ward rounds in conjunction with an AMU Consultant covering all patients admitted to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). There will be a requirement for 1 in 4 Saturday ward cover from 09:00 - 13:00. there is a requirement to review surgical patients on demand (0.75 PA) for this 1 in 4 Saturdays. In addition, there is a negotiable option of 1 in 6 weekend ward cover on Ward 29 09:00 - 15:00. (short stay ward) to cover do ward round on Saturday and Sunday. If you wish to arrange an informal visit, please contact Hannah Beattie on hannah.beattie3@nhs.net Interviews will take place on 29th September 2026. *Previous applicants need not apply*

The main duties are of the role will include the following: To have a responsibility to provide a high-quality clinical care to patients in Elderly Care and General Internal Medicine services and to continuously update practice based on evidence-based medicine and audit. To provide advice to colleagues in other specialities on elderly patients with problems (surgery). To support teaching and training of nurses, junior medical staff, medical students and to contribute to postgraduate medical education in general. To undertake educational/clinical supervisor duties for junior doctors To support and encourage audit and research To actively participate in CPD and personal development plans. To lead on the POP service The post holder will be supported by an appropriately skilled medical secretariat.