Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Geriatrician
The closing date is 23 November 2026

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Job summary
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

Shape the Future of Urgent Community Care Across Kent and Medway
Bring Hospital-Level Care Home

Are you passionate about delivering outstanding care where patients need it most?

We are expanding our ambitious and innovative Urgent Community Care services across Medway, East Kent and West Kent, and we are looking for skilled, motivated clinicians to help transform the way healthcare is delivered.

This is your opportunity to be part of a service at the forefront of modern healthcare, providing rapid assessment, treatment and ongoing support that enables patients to receive high-quality, hospital-level care in the comfort of their own homes.

Working within our dynamic multidisciplinary teams, you will play a vital role in:

• Preventing unnecessary hospital admissions
• Supporting timely discharge from hospital
• Delivering care through Virtual Wards, Urgent Community Response and our Single Point of Access (SPOA)
• Helping people remain independent in their own communities
• Shaping and developing the future of community-based urgent care

Main duties of the job
Why Join Us?
This is more than a job. It is an opportunity to help lead one of the most exciting shifts in healthcare delivery.

Our services operate 7 days a week, working alongside acute hospitals, neighbourhood teams and system partners to provide seamless, patient-centred care across Kent and Medway.

You will be joining a forward-thinking organisation committed to:

• Innovation and service transformation
• Clinical excellence
• Multidisciplinary working
• Professional development and career progression
• Making a genuine difference every day

Be Part of the Movement
Healthcare is changing. More care is being delivered closer to home than ever before, and urgent community services are at the heart of that transformation.

Join us and help redefine what is possible outside hospital walls.
Deliver exceptional care. Drive innovation. Change lives.
Your next challenge starts here.
Apply today and help shape the future of Urgent Community Care.

About us
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery. There will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

Details
Date posted: 09 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 846-8398585-CF
Job locations: Multiple across UCS sites, Ashford, TN25 4AZ, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Professional qualifications (MRCP, MRCPCH by examination or equivalent).
• On the GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT.
• CCT accreditation within area of speciality for example in Paediatrics or within 6 months of acquiring the certificate.
• Full GMC registration.

Experience

• Essential: At least 2 years Higher Specialist Training within an area of speciality.
• Demonstrates experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk.
• Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
• Desirable: Community experience.

Knowledge

• Essential: Understanding of role of other professionals and partnership working.
• Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months.
• Proven ability to develop effective partnerships to achieve practical outcomes across organisational boundaries including statutory organisations, external agencies, community and voluntary organisations.
• Desirable: Evidence of research and/or audit publications in peer reviewed journals.

Skills and Abilities

• Essential: Excellent clinical skills within area of speciality.
• Ability to manage time and priorities effectively and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of people at all organisational levels across different sectors including areas of social deprivation.
• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups.
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge within area of speciality.
• Ability to use a range of IT programmes including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Highly developed facilitation skills.
• Desirable: Displays management and financial competence.

Personal attributes

• Essential: Strong leadership and co-ordination skills with ability to direct and organise teams.
• Able to communicate clearly, avoiding jargon, with a range of different people.
• Builds strong and effective relationships with patients, families and colleagues with the ability to gain their trust and confidence.
• Ability to cope with considerable pressure as well as to adapt to constant change and new demands.
• Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice.

Additional Requirements

• Essential: Wide range of experience in Community Paediatrics including Child Protection, neurodisability, complex disability, providing advice to SS and Education LAC assessments and a good understanding of the need of LAC.
• CCT is in Paediatrics with a special interest in Community Child Health or that the applicant can demonstrate that they have completed all the equivalent training or expertise.
• Desirable: Experience in other areas relevant to child health, e.g. General practice, child mental health, obstetrics, public health, Paediatric Neurology, as well as community paediatrics.
• Griffiths Assessments, Schedule of Growing Skills, Denver, or Bayley developmental assessment trained.
• Use of Conners' questionnaires or other approved ADHD rating scales.
• ADOS, ADI-R, 3 DI, or DISCO trained.
• Experience in LAC work. Child Sex Abuse examination and colposcopy training (including digital imagery).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Multiple across UCS sites, Ashford, TN25 4AZ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Business Support Manager, Renee Dunford, renee.dunford@nhs.net

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