Locum ST4+ General and Geriatric Medicine

The Methodist Church in Britain; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Locum ST4+ registrar in General and Geriatric Medicine to cover maternity leave from December 2026 to early February 2027. The post involves ward rounds, reviewing frail older patients and coordinating care with families, with on-call duties including hospital at night.

The role requires MRCP (UK) or equivalent, completion of Stage 1 IMT, and full GMC registration or eligibility, with experience in general and geriatric medicine and ability to

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
• Completion of Stage 1 of Internal Medicine Training programme.
• Full GMC registration or eligible for registration.
• Experience in general and geriatric medicine.
• Evidence of CT2/IMT2/3 competencies by the start date, or equivalent competencies.
• Experience in acute medical specialties, including managing patients on the unselected medical take.

Responsibilities

• Attend consultant and own ward rounds.
• Work alongside the consultant to provide expertise to frail older patients under the hip fracture unit.
• Contribute to peri-admission reviews of hip fracture patients.
• Gather collateral history from patients, families or GP.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to help patients achieve rehabilitation goals.
• Attend and contribute to best interest meetings with families of patients with cognitive impairment to plan future care.
• Review elderly care ward referrals and older, frail patients under other specialties, as per rota.
• Attend RACOP (Rapid Access Clinic for the Older Person) as per rota.
• Undertake medicine on-call rota responsibilities, including hospital at night.
• Cover the unselected medical take as medical registrar on call, as per rota.

Skills

Clinical governance

Audit & data presentation

IT skills

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Completion of Stage 1 of Internal Medicine Training programme

Job description

Locum ST4+ registrar post in General and Geriatric Medicine at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, covering maternity leave for three roles from December 2026 to early February 2027. The work centres on ward rounds, reviewing frail older patients and planning future care with families, and taking part in on-call shifts including hospital at night. Posts are spread across a 28-bed male elderly care ward, a hip fracture unit and surgical liaison, with rotating consultant supervision. Candidates need GMC registration or eligibility and MRCP.

What the job involves

• Attend consultant and own ward rounds
• Work alongside the consultant to provide expertise to frail older patients under the hip fracture unit
• Contribute to peri-admission reviews of hip fracture patients
• Gather collateral history from patients, families or GP
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to help patients achieve rehabilitation goals
• Attend and contribute to best interest meetings with families of patients with cognitive impairment to plan future care
• Review elderly care ward referrals and older, frail patients under other specialties, as per rota
• Attend RACOP (Rapid Access Clinic for the Older Person) as per rota
• Undertake medicine on-call rota responsibilities, including hospital at night
• Cover the unselected medical take as medical registrar on call, as per rota

What’s required

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• Completion of Stage 1 of Internal Medicine Training programme

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration or eligible for registration

Experience

• Experience in general and geriatric medicine
• Evidence of CT2/IMT2/3 competencies by the start date, or equivalent competencies
• Experience in acute medical specialties, including managing patients on the unselected medical take

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines
• Undertake audits and present data as required
• Good IT skills, including use of patient and hospital databases

Nice to have

• Advanced Life Support certificate
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience
• Specific management of geriatric syndromes, including dementia
• Completion of a quality improvement project