Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer

Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer

The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care.

Responsibilities include:

• Work alongside other geriatricians to develop innovative 7‑day services for older people, both within hospitals and the community.
• Collaborate with colleagues across sites to develop a seamless, equitable service.
• Support acute frailty services and provide general geriatric ward cover at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites.
• Engage in sessional work in the emergency areas to support acute frailty services.
• Deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) on general geriatric and re‑ablement wards, and lead the MDT based CGA care.
• Provide sessional work on in‑patient wards (14‑28 beds, 2‑4 new admissions each day).
• Participate in out‑patient work in the MDT geriatric outpatient department and develop rapid‑access frailty services as alternatives to admission.
• Receive support from trainees, junior doctors, advanced nurse practitioners, and STR specialists on a sessional basis.

This role supports both inpatient and outpatient settings, focusing on the delivery and continuous improvement of acute frailty care.