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    EG181766 - Consultant Geriatrician, Fixed Term - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

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    NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

    NHS Grampian

    Fixed Term Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

    EG181766

    We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and forward-thinking full time, 12 month Fixed Term Consultant in Geriatric Medicine to develop and deliver high quality care for older people living with frailty in NHS Grampian. The Grampian region, from the mountains to the sea, provides opportunities for an excellent quality of life. Aberdeen combines all the amenities of a large city with easy access to spectacular surrounding countryside and a range of outdoor pursuits. The city benefits from high quality schools and facilities for further education.

    This is an exciting opportunity to join a community facing service focused on 'home first' principles. We provide early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment on a 25-bedded Geriatric Assessment Unit in the Emergency Care Centre of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The performance of this unit has been recognised nationally in the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) Acute Hospital Outcomes report. Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) Project | The Institute of Applied Health Sciences | The University of Aberdeen ).

    We are developing new areas of working, so candidates with special interests will be accommodated and supported as much as possible.

    We are looking to expand our team to further develop our well-established community services. We have longstanding relationships between GP practices and Community Hospitals using a linked-geriatrician alignment model, in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. We have an established Hospital at Home service, which has been Consultant-led since March 2021, with plans to develop Hospital at Home throughout Aberdeenshire.

    This Consultant role has the potential to be tailored to individual skills and interests, but key areas of work will include:

  • Early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment on our 25-bedded Geriatric Assessment Unit, working as part of a highly functioning multidisciplinary team.
  • 1 in 12 weekday and weekend on-call
  • Additional area(s) of special interest. Option include Community Geriatrics, Hospital at Home, Orthogeriatrics, Surgical & Medical Liaison, Rehabilitation, Parkinson's disease
  • There is a strong culture of education, research, quality improvement, and service design within the department. The successful post holder would have ample non-clinical time in the job plan to support delivery against these ambitions. We have strong links with the University of Aberdeen and an active research team led by Clinical Chair in Medicine of Old Age We welcome applicants from those wishing to work flexibly or less than full time. We are committed to endorsing a diverse and inclusive team.

    Full registration with a licence to practise with the GMC is required. (licence to practise must be in place prior to starting in post). For more information visit

    Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry on the GMC Specialist Register from date of interview.

    Alternatively, applicants should possess a CESR / CESR (CP).

    Applications from doctors with appropriate specialist training and experience who are not listed on the GMC Specialist Register can be considered for a Locum Consultant post (up to 12 months) if no substantive Consultant appointment is made. Whilst in locum employment, an application to obtain a CESR / CESR (CP) and entry onto the Specialist Register can be made.

    Interested candidates, who are encouraged to visit the department can contact Dr Sarah Alder, Medical Lead, Department of Medicine for the Elderly. Telephone: , or by email: Candidates can also contact Julie Warrender, Interim Chief Nurse and Lead for Frailty. Telephone , or by email:

    Apply for this post by visiting and search for the above Ref No.

    Closing date 13/5/24,

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    NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

    As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.



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