We are delighted to seek applications for Consultant Geriatricians to work within our Medicine for Older People Team. There is a generous financial Welcome Payment (£22,000) available in addition to relocation expenses. subject to relevant terms and conditions.
These posts help deliver an integrated approach to managing the increasingly frail and complex patients within Salisbury and the surrounding rural area, based out of Salisbury Foundation Trust (SFT). Our Medicine for Older People team is currently modernising its care for frail elderly patients, with a new Acute Frailty Unit now established alongside dedicated Elderly Care wards. There is ongoing development of frailty SDEC services and integration of a Hospital@Home service. These services will be run alongside already established Orthogeriatrics, Parkinson's Disease (in hospital and community), Falls, Surgical Liaison, Rapid Access and Community services. Successful candidates will be involved with working within and leading these services, whilst also developing the services offered.
We would welcome applications from applicants looking for substantive or fixed term positions. This role will be 10 PAs working Monday to Friday, there is a requirement in this role to join our general medicine on call. Flexible working requests will be considered.
Interviews for this post will be face to face on Monday 9th March 2026.
Main duties of the job
We are keen to support applicants in developing their specialty interests with a view to providing and enhancing our current service provision. In particular, we have recently opened our new AFU / SDEC unit that functions alongside established Elderly Medicine wards, whilst further developments include enhancing the surgical liaison service, further establishing Hospital@Home and frailty services, therefore providing an integrated approach to acute and non-acute Geriatric Medicine encompassing community and hospital care. Post holders will have opportunities to work and develop across these areas, whilst an ethos of improving the service we can provide to Elderly frail patients is well established.
Please see our interactive candidate information pack for more information on this opportunity and working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: Candidate Information Pack
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job responsibilities
Please see our interactive candidate information pack for more information on this opportunity and working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: Candidate Information Pack
The successful candidate will be expected to take part in the acute medical on call rota at SFT on a 1:16 basis, as well as other clinical commitments such as acute care ward rounds, frailty same day emergency care, rapid access clinics, Specialist clinics (including Parkinson's disease and falls), and MDT meetings.
The post is advertised as full time (10 PAs), but less than full time or flexible working would also be welcomed.
There is also a generous relocation package available to candidates, up to a maximum of £8,000 (terms and conditions apply), as well as a £22 000 welcome payment (terms and conditions apply). Repayment clause applies to both the welcome payment and assistance with relocation. Payments for the £22,000 welcome payment will be made in two payments. An initial payment will be made at the point the individual commences employment with the Trust and then a further payment made 12 months after the initial joining date. This welcome payment is only open to applicants joining us as a full-time or part-time permanent Consultant Medicine for Older People.
A relocation payment of up to £8,000 in addition is also on offer to applicants who are joining us as a full-time or part-time permanent. This is not open to locum/fixed term contacts.Payment for relocation is paid once you have commenced with the trust and is subject to relevant terms and conditions.
Both the welcome payment and assistance with relocation are subject to repayment clause should you leave the Trust within a three year period. The repayment terms would be included in the offer and contract of employment as follows:-
If you leave within the first 12 months 100% to be repaid
If you leave within 12 to 24 months 60% to be repaid
If you leave within 24 to 36 months 30% to be repaid
Please see attached candidate information pack and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
GMC
* GMC registration
* Possession, or within 6 months of possession, of a CCT
Experience/Clinical Skills
* Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in General Adult Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Stroke Medicine, as well as some leadership skills and evidence of team working.
* Knowledge and application of up to date evidence based practice
Management Experience
* Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff
* Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors
Communications Skills
* Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication.
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.
£109,725 to £145,478 a year pro rata if part time
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