Locum Consultant Geriatrician

Job Summary

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Geriatrician to provide maternity leave cover from February 2026 within the expanding Care of Older People team at Musgrove Park Hospital. The post offers a supportive, multidisciplinary environment with 17 consultant colleagues, strong links to community services, and opportunities to shape innovative models of frailty and older adult care. The role includes delivering specialist inpatient and outpatient geriatric medicine, contributing to front door frailty services, ortho geriatrics, dementia and delirium care, movement disorders, and liaison work with surgical, oncology, and cardiology teams. Teaching, clinical supervision, audit, and quality improvement are integral parts of the position, with additional SPA time available for educational roles. Subspecialty development is encouraged, particularly in frailty, dementia, heart failure, movement disorders, and surgical liaison. The Trust is recognised for...