Locum Consultant Geriatrician and Physician

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Wales; On-site; GBP 85,000; Part time

Job summary

A major UK healthcare provider is seeking a Locum Consultant Geriatrician & Physician for a part-time role at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. This position, lasting six months, involves supporting the Acute Geriatrics team, handling acute patients in various settings, and participating in the on-call rota. The ideal candidate will have GMC registration, broad experience in General Medicine, and strong communication skills. This opportunity includes a competitive salary of £84,884 per annum for a 7-session commitment.

Qualifications

• Broad training and experience in General Medicine with relevant specialty experience.
• Experience of working in a Peri-operative setting.
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding of its role in practice improvement.
• Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation.
• Ability to critically appraise research.
• Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors.
• Evidence of effective leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Acute Geriatrics team in patient reviews.
• Work in the Emergency Department and Acute Medicine footprint.
• Participate in the acute general internal medical on-call rota.

Skills

Effective team working

Effective communication skills

Education

Full GMC registration

Job description

Locum Consultant Geriatrician and Physician

The closing date is 01 January 2026

Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant Geriatrician & Physician based at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, to work with existing Consultant Geriatrician colleagues. This locum post is part-time, working 7 sessions per week, and is for a fixed‑term period of six months whilst covering a vacancy and pending recruitment to a new post in the future.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is recognised as a teaching centre of excellence in a wide range of clinical services.

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for Wales. The basic salary for this post is £84,884 per annum for a 7‑session commitment.

Applicants should preferably either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within three months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview.

Applicants must ensure they provide names and contact details of referees covering at least the last 3 years of their employment/training history in full. In addition, applicants who are currently or have most recently been employed as a substantive Consultant or as a Locum Consultant in post for more than 12 months must also provide the name of their Medical Director as an additional referee.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will support the Acute Geriatrics team and will undertake specialist geriatrics retrieval, review patients as required in the Emergency Department and Acute Medicine footprint, and undertake ward rounds on the Older Person's Acute Medical unit. They will work closely with the nurses and therapists in the Frailty Intervention Team and will carry the acute geriatrician phone. They will also undertake clinical reviews with the support of a resident doctor of Physician Associate.

The second part of the post offers a novel opportunity to further develop a POPs model within the Health Board, working with the Lead Geriatrician in the surgical department alongside specialist nurses and wider MDT members.

The post holder will participate in the acute general internal medical on‑call rota on a 1:16 basis.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10‑year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise

Experience

• Broad training and experience in General Medicine with relevant specialty experience
• Experience of working in a Peri‑operative setting

Skills

• Evidence of effective team and multidisciplinary working
• Effective and demonstrable communication skills

Clinical Governance

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
• Evidence of proactive engagement with appraisal and revalidation (or equivalent)

Research

• Ability to critically appraise research

Teaching

• Evidence of teaching medical students and resident doctors

Management

• Evidence of effective leadership skills

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.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board