Job summary
Working within a supportive and education-focussed environment and within the Elderly Care service as detailed within the attached specialty brochure, the post-holder will provide registrar-level experience in a teaching hospital with all the main medical sub-specialities.

This role would particularly suit doctors who have completed CMT and individuals with equivalent experience who are looking to progress to speciality training and for those looking to go down the non-consultant career grade or SAS route.

Main duties of the job
You will be working at registrar level in Elderly medicine at Chorley Hospital.

You will work in an Elderly Care department with 4 Consultant Geriatricians. Your team consists of 1 Consultant and 2 Junior Clinical Fellows, and you will be responsible to the Consultant Geriatricians, predominantly working on Rookwood B ward at Chorley Hospital.

You will lead ward rounds, typically consisting of 16 patients, and will also provide support to consultant led ward rounds. You will also be involved in the general medicine on-call rota (as the other middle grades and consultants are involved). The on-call is based on the medical admissions unit (MAU) at Chorley Hospital and a period of shadowing can be provided before taking up the on-call in full.

Within the role, there will also be opportunities to perform procedures, develop communication skills (including obtaining collateral histories and advance care planning) and participate in multidisciplinary team working (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy).

You can expect training in both general medicine and comprehensive geriatric assessment. It is expected that you will participate in the weekly departmental meeting and medical grand round. In addition, there is a monthly meeting to discuss clinical governance issues.

About us
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute trusts in the Northwest of England with all of the usual specialties on site, as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the Departments of Neurosciences, Nephrology, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Burns. Undergraduate medical student teaching commenced in 2003.

The Medical Directorate is responsible for the provision of a full range of medical services across the Preston and Chorley hospital sites. This includes the following:

• Acute Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Medicine for the Elderly
• Stroke Medicine
• Respiratory Medicine
• Renal Medicine
• Neurology
• Cardiology

Medicine for the Elderly has expanded recently with the establishment of an acute frailty assessment unit (AFAU) at Preston, hot clinics in the community and 4 new consultant appointments within the last 3 years. We have good relationships with our local CCG and with the local GPs: the community hot clinic is housed at a local GP practice.

The care of the elderly wards at both Preston and Chorley have been fully refurbished (2014) and are now dementia and elderly friendly with level 2 quality awards.

Details
Date posted: 15 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £67,325 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 438-MS3290

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice; MBChB or equivalent; MRCP Part 1
• Desirable: Full MRCP; Valid ALS

Experience

• Essential: At least three years working in hospital medicine following primary medical qualification; At least 2 years working in general internal medicine or a medical speciality
• Desirable: Completion of core medical training or equivalent; Experience in Geriatrics; Experience of required practical procedures

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.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Preston Rd, Chorley PR7 1PP, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Contact
For questions about the job, contact Mark Gaskell, Speciality Business Manager, mark.gaskell@lthtr.nhs.uk

Closing date: 29 October 2026

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice applies. This post is subject to DBS checks under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.