Locum Consultant - Geriatrician

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Frimley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Locum Consultant in Geriatrics to cover maternity leave in the Older People's Medicine department. Responsibilities include daily ward rounds, teaching medical students, and participating in research. Candidates must have Full GMC Registration and a CCT in Geriatric Medicine. The position offers development opportunities and supports a healthy work-life balance. Experience in movement disorders is welcomed, and there is no on-call responsibility.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Commitment to inclusivity

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration is essential for this role.
• CCT in Geriatric medicine and GIM required or within 6 months.
• Experience in inpatient and outpatient geriatric medicine is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Daily consultant presence on the acute wards.
• Teaching and development of medical students and trainees.
• Participation in research and audit activities.

Skills

Leadership of professional bodies or committees

Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team

Evidence of written communication in publications

Experience of teaching medical students and junior trainees

Good spoken and written English

Education

Full GMC Registration

CCT in Geriatric medicine and GIM

MD/PhD

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term Locum Consultant to join our Older People's Medicine department to cover maternity leave, provisionally from 1st March 2026 until 31st October. The post is to cover a general geriatric ward with 22 patients and to contribute to frailty sessions.

Main duties of the job

We expect daily consultant presence on the acute wards with daily MDT board rounds and review of new admissions and unwell patients and twice weekly ward rounds. We support a 7-day acute frailty service and frailty virtual ward as well as weekly ward rounds of our community inpatients.

We would welcome any applicants with movement disorder experience. There is no requirement to contribute to the GIM rota and no on-call responsibility.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

Teaching and development of medical students and trainees is an integral part of the role as well as participation in research and audit activities in the department. Duties may also include teaching, lectures or workshops for other departments, nurses, GPs and others.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Full GMC Registration
• CCT in Geriatric medicine and GIM (or within 6 months of achieving at the time of application
• MD/PhD
• CCT in another medical speciality

Experience

• Delivery of inpatient and outpatient geriatric medicine
• Involvement in unselected medical take
• Involvement in the design of services/pathways.
• Ability to make decisions at the level of a Consultant
• N/A

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to function as a specialty Consultant and lead a team of junior trainees
• Ability to organise and manage a clinical service
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of good spoken and written English
• Experience of teaching medical students and junior trainees
• Leadership of professional bodies or committees
• Evidence of written communication in publications
• Post graduate qualifications in medical education

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.