Consultant Geriatrician

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A London-based NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Consultant Geriatrician to shape elder care in North East London. This role involves leading inpatient care, participating in community-based assessments, and contributing to service development. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to patient-centred care and a desire to improve frailty services. Flexible working arrangements and teaching opportunities are available.

Benefits

Teaching opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Support for research and leadership development

Qualifications

• CCT in Geriatric Medicine (or within 6 months).
• Experience in Acute Frailty Services.
• Broad experience in Geriatrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead inpatient care for acute geriatric ward.
• Participate in community-based assessments.
• Support innovative admission avoidance initiatives.

Skills

Compassionate, patient-centred care

Team collaboration

Service improvement

Education

MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification

Entry on the GMC Specialist Register

Higher specialist training in Geriatrics

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Consultant Geriatrician to join our growing team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT). This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of care for older adults across North East London, working within our newly opened Ageing Well Centre at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub, alongside our Acute Geriatrics Wards at Queen's and King George Hospitals.

This role will appeal to consultants who are passionate about integrated care, community links, and improving independence for frail older people, while also contributing to the continued transformation of our services.

Main duties of the job

• Lead inpatient care on one of our acute geriatric wards, typically caring for 15 patients.
• Participate in community-based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and urgent assessment clinics at the Ageing Well Centre.
• Support innovative admission avoidance initiatives such as our Consultant-led Frailty Virtual Ward and the new Frailty Line.
• Contribute to service development across the span of Geriatrics services in a sub-specialty area of interest.
• Provide supervision and teaching for junior doctors, IMTs, GP trainees, fellows, and registrars.
• Play an active role in clinical governance, audit, and continuous service improvement.

About us

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and, in recognition of our progress, we’ve been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford, an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch, and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries – live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We’re seeking a consultant who:

Holds (or is within 6 months of) a CCT in Geriatric Medicine (GIM considered). Is committed to compassionate, patient-centred care. Enjoys working within a multi-disciplinary team and across system boundaries. Has an interest in service improvement and leadership in frailty services.

What we offer

Opportunities to develop subspecialist interests in clinical areas such as dementia, falls, orthogeriatrics, and perioperative medicine as well as non-clinical areas such as education. Teaching opportunities with undergraduate and postgraduate doctors. Support for research, QI, and leadership development. Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.

If you want to be part of a Trust that is transforming care for older people and shaping a more proactive, integrated approach to frailty we’d love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register (or eligibility for entry within 6 months of date of Advisory Appointments Committee) for either Geriatric Medicine or G(I)Medicine by CCT
• Higher specialist training in Geriatrics and G(I)Medicine
• Experience in Acute Frailty Services
• Broad experience in Geriatrics and G(I)M

Desirable

• Ability to organize and deliver a teaching programme
• Appropriate higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent)
• Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
• Experience in service development
• Current ALS certificate

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