Consultant Geriatrician

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are seeking enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant Geriatricians to join our extremely committed team of 22 Geriatricians. Older Persons Medicine in Portsmouth is an expanding department that has responsibilities in acute and community Geriatric Medicine.

The Older Persons Medicine Department operates an acute admissions policy for patients aged 85 plus and 75 plus for people with Parkinsons. Acute care is provided at Queen Alexandra Hospital (QAH), with daily Consultant input to each ward and Acute Medical Unit, as well as seeing new patients within the Emergency department if they have not yet reached the AMU. We are supported by a full medical team including Registrars, Doctors in training, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP), Trainee ACPs, Nurse specialists and Physician Associate., Our current service covers acute admissions, OPM Same Day Emergency Care unit, short stay unit, acute wards and orthogeriatrics. We are developing further services for those aged 65-84 living with frailty not currently admitted to our wards and are developing surgical liaison services. We also offer a range of clinics including Rapid Access / admission avoidance and movement disorders as well as input to local urgent care response/acute frailty virtual wards. We also liaise with our community partners to ensure admission avoidance and joint working., There is the opportunity to enhance our developing work in OPM SDEC, acute admissions, inpatient geriatric ward working, community work, Parkinsons, orthogeriatrics and enhancing our surgical liaison services. Any post can include developing geriatric specialist services depending on the needs of the department and desire of the applicant. Post holders are actively encouraged to participate in service improvement projects, audits, research, teaching and represent the service at college level and nationally. The graduate entry MBBS course at the University of Portsmouth (accredited by KCL) took its first entry in September 2024, and there are opportunities to become involved OPM is currently supporting delivery of the year 1 ageing block.

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust