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Geriatrician, a

In the care of the elderly, a vital role you play. With an aging population, the demand for geriatricians increases, yes. Preventing, diagnosing, and treating age-related ailments, your skills will be needed, hmmm.
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Curious about being a geriatrician, a? Here's the honest picture - what you'd really do, what you'd earn, and every way in. No need to decide anything yet.

What you'd actually do

Responsible for comprehensive care of elderly patients, you are. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, you must. Individual treatment plans, tailored to the needs of the elderly, create you will. Assessments, prescriptions, and family support, your duties include, hmmm.
1Conducting geriatric assessments and diagnoses, you will.
2Creating individual treatment plans for elderly patients, you must.
3Collaborating with care staff and other professionals, essential it is.

Career progression & pay

01
Getting in

Junior Geriatrician

£50,000
Medical degree
Begin your journey in a clinic or practice, you will.
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Building up

Geriatric Specialist

£80,000
Specialist training
More responsibility you will take on, yes.
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At the top

Senior Geriatrician

£120,000
Years of experience
A leading expert in your field, you will be.

Degrees that lead here via Medicine and Dentistry

Apprenticeships that lead here

No apprenticeship standard maps directly yet - the university or college route is the main way in.

Who hires - top UK employers

NHS
The National Health Service of the UK, comprehensive care it provides.
Bupa
Private healthcare provider focusing on the elderly, it is.
Care UK
Healthcare services across the UK, it offers.

How to get in - your routes

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