Dorset County Hospital is currently undergoing expansion with a complete emergency floor redesign and rebuild. This opens an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic geriatrician to join our team and contribute to a bespoke pathway for frail older people admitted to hospital.

We would like to recruit a geriatrician with a passion for excellent care to join our team of consultants, specialist doctors, advance practitioners, nurse consultants and speciality doctors. We are flexible, supportive and inclusive. New consultants are supported with a mentor.

Dorset County Hospital is a 350 bed District General Hospital with a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services.

The successful applicant will participate in the delivery and development of services for older people in our hospital. Their timetable will be tailored to individual skills and subspeciality expertise, but likely to focus on working with existing colleagues in front door frailty.

We provide daily geriatrician led ward rounds on the medical admissions unit, frailty SDEC services, a 38 bed inpatient frailty unit, an acute stroke unit and associated rehabilitation and outpatient stroke services, orthogeriatric and general surgical liaison services, Parkinson's disease service.

We have close links with colleagues working in our local community hospitals with some colleagues working across the two areas providing some sessions for inpatient care in these hospitals. Our multidisciplinary department is working together towards becoming Dorset County Hospital's Centre of Excellence for the Care of Older People.", At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per annum with additional on call supplement