Consultant Physician in Elderly Care Medicine Frailty
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Branch: Trustwide (SEHSCT)
Location: Trustwide (SEHSCT)
Directorate: Medical & Dental
Functional Area: Elderly Programme of Care
Salary: (See job details)
Contract Type: Permanent
Opening date: 09/11/26
Closes: Fri, 27 November 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Interview Dates: To be confirmed

Notes: This is a full-time post that provides inpatient and ambulatory care to patients primarily in the Ulster Hospital with a rotational component to the Downe Hospital site. Whilst this is a full-time post application from practitioners who wish to contract for a reduced number of planned activities, or on a job share basis are welcome

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Consultant Physician in Elderly Care Medicine Frailty

JOB DESCRIPTION

POST: Consultant Physician in Elderly Care Medicine Frailty
DIRECTORATE: Unscheduled Care, Medicine and Cancer
Location: South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
REPORTS TO: Clinical Director / Assistant Clinical Director
RESPONSIBLE TO: Medical Director

JOB SUMMARY

These Consultant posts are to facilitate development of Frailty services on the Ulster and Downe Hospital sites and to improve integration between hospital at home, ambulatory care and inpatient frailty services. The posts will focus on providing assessment of older adults living with Frailty who present to ED (as part of a Frailty Intervention Team).

Depending on the sub-speciality interests of the successful candidate, there will be opportunities to work with Hospital @ Home, Ortho-geriatrics, Acute Medicine or to provide leadership to develop and implement the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT) Frailty strategy.

This is a full-time post that provides inpatient and ambulatory care to patients primarily in the Ulster Hospital with a rotational component to the Downe Hospital site. Whilst this is a full-time post application from practitioners who wish to contract for a reduced number of planned activities, or on a job share basis are welcome

Duties of the Post
These posts will primarily develop and deliver "Frailty at the Front Door" services at the Ulster Hospital in conjunction with the existing FIT. The post holders will focus on the assessment of older adults living with frailty who present to the Emergency Department, Urgent Care Centre or Acute Medical Unit within the first 72 hours of admission. The FIT is planned to comprise four consultant physicians working across the Ulster and Downe sites, with daytime service provision delivered on an approximate 3:1 Ulster-to-Downe basis and Downe commitments provided through a rotational arrangement across the team.

Remuneration: As per the current salary scale under National Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital staff as updated via DHSSPS circular on rates of pay, the most recent HSC (TC8) 05/2025 with effect from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 and all uplifts thereafter.

Location
Please note that it is a standard condition that all Trust staff may be required to work at any location within the Trust’s area, as needs of the service demand.

Equal Opportunities: The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of their religious belief, political opinion, race, gender, marital status, dependants, age, sexual orientation or disability.