This is a full time substantive post within the Department of Frailty and Ageing Medicine. The timetable is flexible, and can be modified to reflect the special interests and expertise of the appointees.
Applicants will support the Frailty bed base on the base wards. The successful consultant will have responsibility for up to 16 in patients on the frailty base ward. The wards are supported by a proactive MDT, Physician Associates, resident doctors of various grades and Registrar level Speciality Trainees.
We would especially welcome subspecialty interests in Orthogeriatrics or Parkinson’s and Related Disorders.
Other sub speciality interests will be also be considered and the department will look at options of providing speciality cover through a departmental job plan if a strong candidate has an interest in other areas which fits into the Frailty strategic vision for the Trust.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For more information on this vacancy please see the attached job Description and personal specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Apr 2025