Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Locum Geriatric Medicine Consultant to join our team and provide daily consultant-led care on Kew Ward. You will maintain responsibility for an inpatient cohort, lead ward rounds, and contribute to discharge planning and complex patient reviews.

The role involves MDT participation, supervision of junior staff, and involvement in SPAs for service development.

Qualifications

• CCT/equivalent in Geriatric medicine/Neurology/ Acute medicine (or within six months of CCT) or on the Specialist Register.
• The candidate should have full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• MRCP or equivalent
• Higher degree e.g. PhD or MD
• Research experience
• Previous QIP experience
• Acute Internal Medicine SCE

Responsibilities

• Provide daily consultant-led care for patients on Kew Ward with timely assessment and discharge planning.
• Maintain clinical responsibility for approximately 17-20 inpatients.
• Undertake regular consultant ward rounds and board rounds.
• Review and provide specialist advice for medical outliers and facilitate transfers.
• Lead and participate in MDTs, family meetings and discharge planning discussions.
• Supervise junior medical staff and provide senior clinical decision-making support.
• Review ward referrals and provide consultant advice for complex patients.
• Undertake administrative duties related to inpatient care and governance.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement during SPA time.

Skills

Geriatric medicine

Teaching experience

Audit/clinical research

Clinical governance

Education

CCT in Geriatric medicine/Neurology/Acute medicine

GMC Registration with licence to practice

MRCP or equivalent

Higher degree (PhD/MD)

Research experience

Previous QIP experience

Acute Internal Medicine SCE

Job description

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

The closing date is 18 November 2026

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit a dynamic and passionate a Locum Geriatric Consultant, who will join the existing team of supportive and dedicated Consultant colleagues, all of whom embrace Trust values.

Our shared ambition is to deliver outstanding clinical care, high-quality services and strive to improve the care of our patients in the boroughs of Richmond, Hounslow and the surrounding areas.

Main duties of the job

• Provide daily consultant-led care for patients on Kew Ward, ensuring timely assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and safe discharge.
• Maintain clinical responsibility for a cohort of approximately 17-20 inpatients.
• Undertake regular consultant ward rounds and board rounds to support effective patient flow and length-of-stay management.
• Review and provide specialist advice for medical outliers across the Trust and facilitate transfer to the most appropriate clinical area where required.
• Lead and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, family meetings, discharge planning discussions, and Best Interests Meetings.
• Supervise junior medical staff and provide senior clinical decision-making support.
• Review ward referrals and provide consultant advice for complex patients.
• Undertake administrative duties associated with inpatient care, clinical governance, and documentation.
• Participate in service development and quality improvement activities through dedicated Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) time.

About us

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have over 6,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

In 2020 Trust was rated by the Care Quality Commission as Outstanding in the well-led and use of resources domains and Good in the safe, effective, caring, and responsive domains. The Trust as a whole was Good, but the Chelsea site was Outstanding.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.

Job responsibilities

General Responsibilities as Locum Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• CCT/equivalent in Geriatric medicine/Neurology/ Acute medicine (or within six months of CCT) or on the Specialist Register
• The candidate should have full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
• MRCP or equivalent
• Higher degree e.g. PhD or MD
• Research experience
• Previous QIP experience
• Acute Internal Medicine SCE

Experience

• Broad experience in Acute and General Medicine
• Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff
• Experience of audit / clinical research
• Understanding of the NHS and its organisation
• Completed publications in appropriate journal(s)
• Previous experience in Orthogeriatrics

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.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience£113,565 - £150,569 per annum plus London Weighting allowance