Locum Consultant Geriatrician(UK Visa Sponsorship)

Automotive Jobs, Health and Care
Uk
December 30, 2025
£109725 - £145478 / year
Full Time Permanent
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Job Description

The Opportunity

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Geriatrician to join our expanding and forward-thinking Care of Older People (COOP) team at Yeovil District Hospital.

This role sits within a supportive, innovative, and inclusive department that values flexibility, individuality, and professional development. You will deliver high-quality inpatient and outpatient care for older adults while contributing to acute, frailty, and specialist services. There is strong encouragement to develop and grow sub-specialty interests, alongside opportunities for teaching, leadership, and service development.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for older people and enjoy working in a collaborative, progressive environment, we would be delighted to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Consultant Geriatrician, you will:

  • Deliver specialist geriatric care across inpatient and outpatient settings
  • Contribute to the acute and frailty take, including Front Door Frailty and 7-day working

Support and develop services such as:

  • Ortho-Geriatrics
  • Osteoporosis
  • Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders
  • Dementia and Delirium
  • Take part in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and service redesign
  • Teach, supervise, and mentor junior doctors and multidisciplinary colleagues
  • Participate in job planning, appraisal, mandatory training, and departmental leadership

Working With Us

You will be part of a friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team, supported by:

The Trust actively supports:

  • Flexible and job-share working patterns
  • Work-life balance
  • Tailored job planning to suit individual interests and career goals
  • Why Join Somerset NHS Foundation Trust?
  • We are proud to be a Trust that puts people first—both patients and staff.

What we offer

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • NHS Pension Scheme for long-term security
  • Generous annual leave entitlement
  • Ongoing career development and training
  • Blue Light Card discounts for everyday savings

Excellence in Care and Training

  • Rated Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission
  • Highest GMC training score in the South West
  • Strong academic links with Bristol and Peninsula Medical Schools
  • Award-winning teaching, supervision, and mentorship programmes

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine
    (or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview)

Essential Experience and Skills

  • Broad experience managing complex older patients across acute and community settings
  • Experience in teaching, supervision, and multidisciplinary working
  • Strong communication, leadership, and organisational skills

Safeguarding and Right to Work

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Applicants requiring Skilled Worker visa sponsorship are welcome to apply.

Criminal record checks for overseas applicants:
 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Right to work in the UK:
 https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work

Why Somerset?

Somerset offers an exceptional quality of life, combining beautiful countryside, stunning coastlines, and historic towns, with easy access to Bristol, Bath, Exeter, and London (around two hours away). Affordable housing, excellent schools, and a welcoming community make it an ideal place to build both a career and a home.

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