Locum Consultant Physician – Geriatric Medicine | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A London-based healthcare trust is seeking a Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing comprehensive inpatient care, leading multidisciplinary teams, and evaluating service efficacy. Candidates must possess a medical degree and specialist training in Geriatric Medicine. This one-year position offers 11 programmed activities with full administrative support. The closing date for applications is Tuesday, 16 September 2025.

Benefits

Full secretarial support

IT-equipped office space

Qualifications

• Qualified physician with experience in Geriatric Medicine.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive inpatient care on the Elderly Care Unit.
• Evaluate the efficacy of services in clinical, operational, and financial terms.
• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Clinical expertise in Geriatric Medicine

Collaborative working

Education

Medical Degree

Specialist training in Geriatric Medicine

Job description

Overview

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HH) is an acute hospital located in the east London Borough of Hackney. The current Chairman is Sir John Gieve (Mary Elford will take over from 31st March 2025), and the Chief Executive is Ms Basirat Sadiq. Homerton became one of the first ten NHS Foundation trusts in the country in April 2004. This allows the Trust to secure certain freedoms to facilitate innovation in the way services are developed and provided. As well as our Trust Board, we also have a Council of Governors comprised of governors representing the local community. In 2011 the Trust integrated with City & Hackney Community Health Services thereby providing it with an opportunity to develop new service models and pathways that cross traditional organisational boundaries. Employing over 3000 people, the hospital has approximately 500 beds and manages a 50-bed nursing home, Mary Seacole Nursing Home, in Shoreditch, East London. In 2022, the Trust saw over 300,000 people in outpatient clinics, and over 126,000 people were treated in the Accident and Emergency department. The Trust also had contact with over 280,00 patients and clients within the community, often in their own homes. The Trust has a turnover in the region of £220 million, performs consistently well against national performance targets, and has an ambitious objective to increase its income to £300 million over the next few years.

Responsibilities

• To work collaboratively and pro-actively with all appropriate clinical colleagues within the Trust in developing and implementing an acceptable service model reflective of best practice
• To forge effective relationships with clinical colleagues outside the Trust to improve the coherence and integration of patient pathways
• To share responsibility with colleagues for providing evidence-based standards of care for all inpatients and outpatients
• To have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care
• To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners and all other external agencies
• To lead and co-ordinate the dedicated multi-disciplinary team appointed to support the service models to achieve effective rehabilitation and effective discharge management
• To deliver comprehensive ward rounds and weekly multi-disciplinary meetings to co-ordinate the delivery of high-quality patient care
• To deliver multi-disciplinary outpatient clinics to provide specialist support
• To participate fully in the management of the Care of the Elderly Department and liaise closely with the Clinical Lead, Service Manager and Divisional Operations Director
• To participate in corporate and singular responsibility for the management of junior medical staff.

Post details

Applications are invited from suitably qualified physicians for the post of Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine. The post will be based at Homerton University Hospital and the post-holder will have following core responsibilities:

• To provide comprehensive inpatient care on the Elderly Care Unit, with approximately 14 inpatients per ward round
• To assist the Trust in evaluating the efficacy – in clinical, operational and financial terms of the services
• Outpatient clinics are generally flexible to accommodate other clinical commitments, with profiles of between 2-3 new patients, and 3-5 follow-up patients

The post is offered on a basis of 11 programmed activities (10+ 1 GIM) for one year to cover maternity leave. Full secretarial support will be provided as well as suitably equipped office space with IT.

To achieve the departmental objectives the Trust is seeking a dynamic individual with highly developed leadership and communication skills and a commitment to multi-disciplinary and integrated working across specialty boundaries.

The Trust has the required arrangements in place, as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians, to ensure that all doctors have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports doctors going through the revalidation process.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Sep 2025.