Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Specialist Grade Doctor in Fraity and Ageing Medicine

The closing date is 15 July 2025

Job summary

This post is to support the acute frailty services, specifically working within the Frailty Assessment Base (FAB), Frailty Intervention Team (FIT), and the Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) units. The role is aimed at improving standards and outcomes for older adults (>65 years old) presenting with acute frailty syndromes

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will help support and develop the acute frailty services in collaboration with colleagues across FAB, FIT, and FSDEC. The postholder will also contribute to a liaison service within the Medical bed base when frail patients are identified. The aim is to provide Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to these patients in line with national guidance and best practice, supporting systems and pathways to improve outcomes for this patient cohort.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£96,990 to £107,155 a year PA PR

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7200385

Job locations

Hull Royal Infirmary

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • oValid ALS certificate

Desirable

  • oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
  • oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
  • oMRCP or equivalent

Professional Registration

Essential

  • oFull Registration with the GMC

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
  • oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • oMinimum of 12 years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained part time)
  • oAt least 6 years' experience in a relevant specialty

anagement and Administration Experience

Essential

  • oAbility to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
  • oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
  • oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

  • oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential

  • oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
  • oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
  • oEvidence of participation in audit
  • oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

  • oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
  • oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
  • oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
  • oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
  • oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

  • oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • oValid ALS certificate

Desirable

  • oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
  • oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
  • oMRCP or equivalent

Professional Registration

Essential

  • oFull Registration with the GMC

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
  • oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • oMinimum of 12 years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained part time)
  • oAt least 6 years' experience in a relevant specialty

anagement and Administration Experience

Essential

  • oAbility to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
  • oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
  • oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

  • oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential

  • oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
  • oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
  • oEvidence of participation in audit
  • oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

  • oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
  • oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
  • oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
  • oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
  • oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
  • oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

  • oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant in Frailty and Ageing

Dr Yoghini Nagandran

yoghini.nagandran@nhs.net

01482328541

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£96,990 to £107,155 a year PA PR

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7200385

Job locations

Hull Royal Infirmary

Hull

HU3 2JZ


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