Shape the Future of Geriatric Medicine in Cornwall.
Lead Innovation. Transform Care. Make a Lasting Impact.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is embarking on one of the most exciting periods of transformation in Older People's Services and Frailty Care. With significant investment, an ambitious vision, and a commitment to redesigning services around the needs of an ageing population, there has never been a better time to join our team.
We are seeking forward-thinking Consultant Geriatricians who want more than a traditional consultant role. This is an opportunity to become a key architect of the future of frailty, Parkinson's disease, stroke and community-based eldercare services across Cornwall.
Working within a progressive and highly collaborative multidisciplinary team, you will have the freedom to shape services, develop new pathways and drive innovation across acute, community and integrated care settings. Whether your passion is acute frailty, orthogeriatrics, movement disorders, dementia, stroke, community geriatrics or surgical liaison, we will support you to develop and grow your specialist interests.
Be Part of a Service Redesigning Care for Older People
Our vision goes beyond hospital walls.
From our award-winning frailty model and dedicated Frailty Take service, through to community rehabilitation, Parkinson's disease services, stroke care and integrated multidisciplinary working, we are creating seamless pathways that deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
As a Consultant Geriatrician at RCHT, you will have the opportunity to:
Lead service transformation and quality improvement initiatives.
Develop pioneering approaches to frailty and complex care.
Shape emerging specialties such as surgical liaison and perioperative medicine.
Influence countywide care pathways alongside primary care, community and social care partners.
Participate in research and innovation programmes, particularly within Parkinson's disease and frailty services.
Training of resident doctors
Build Your Career Around Your Passions
We recognise that exceptional consultants thrive when given the opportunity to pursue what inspires them.
Rather than fitting candidates into a predefined role, we will work with you to design a job plan that reflects your skills, interests and ambitions. We actively encourage leadership in service development, innovation, education, research and quality improvement
New consultants benefit from enhanced SPA time, dedicated mentoring and a supportive consultant body committed to professional growth and development.
A Truly Integrated Countywide Service
Our Older People's Services team delivers care across acute hospitals, community hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and outpatient settings, creating one of the most integrated geriatric medicine services in the South West.
You'll work alongside:
Expert Consultant Geriatricians with specialist interests across the breadth of elderly medicine.
Dedicated Frailty, Parkinson's Disease and Stroke specialist nurses.
Community Parkinson's teams and rehabilitation partners.
Allied Health Professionals and Old Age Psychiatry colleagues.
Research, education and quality improvement teams driving continual advancement of services.
Academic, Educational and Research Excellence
Consultants play a key role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and have opportunities to become involved in academic programmes, research studies and educational leadership.
Our established links with tertiary centres, including North Bristol NHS Trust, and active Parkinson's disease research portfolio create exciting opportunities for clinical innovation and collaborative working.
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Exceptional Career. Extraordinary Lifestyle.
Imagine finishing a ward round and being on a surfing beach, coastal path or sailing boat within minutes.
Cornwall offers a lifestyle that is increasingly difficult to find elsewhere—world-class natural beauty, vibrant communities, excellent schools, shorter commutes and genuine work-life balance. Whether you are relocating alone or with family, Cornwall provides the opportunity to build both an outstanding career and an exceptional quality of life.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
Identity Checks
Professional registration and qualification checks
Employment history and reference checks
Work health assessments
Criminal record check standards
Right to work checks
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We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Agency interest will not be considered until this advert has closed.
