Locum ST4+ General and Geriatric Medicine

Royal Berkshire; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire is recruiting three Locum ST4+ registrars in General and Geriatric Medicine to cover maternity leave from December 2026 to 2 February 2027. Posts span the Mortimer ward, a specialist hip fracture unit at Emmer Green, and our surgical liaison service.

The posts involve on-call medical registrar duties, potential RACOP reviews, and collaboration with consultants and the multidisciplinary team to optimise care for older frail patients.

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent required.
• Full GMC registration required.
• Stage 1 of Internal Medicine Training completed.
• Advanced Life Support certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Attend consultant and own ward rounds.
• Support frail older patients in the hip fracture unit.
• Gather collateral history from patients, families, or GPs.
• Collaborate with MDT to promote rehabilitation goals.
• Participate in best interest meetings for cognitive impairment cases.
• Review elderly care ward referrals and RACOP.
• Contribute to on-call rota for unselected medical take.

Skills

General geriatric medicine

NHS experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Stage 1 Internal Medicine Training

Advanced Life Support

Job description

Locum ST4+ General and Geriatric Medicine

We are looking to appoint three geriatric medicine registrars to work at ST4+ level in General and Geriatric Medicine from December 2026 until 2nd February 2027. These vacancies has arisen as a result of the need for maternity cover.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate keen to pursue a career in geriatric and general medicine. The posts are spread over a 28-bedded male elderly care ward (Mortimer), a specialist hip fracture unit (Emmer Green), and our surgical liaison service. There will be a commitment to the medicine on-call rota, including hospital at night shifts. There is an opportunity to review patients in the Rapid Access Clinic for the Older Person (RACOP), reviews of older and frail patients under the care of other specialties within the hospital, as well as contribute to the peri-admission reviews of hip fracture patients. The three teams work under the supervision of consultants, many of whom who rotate every 8 weeks. Typically, there are 2 consultants allocated to a team at any time. Mortimer and Emmer Green also have specialty doctors as well as IMT, GPVTS, and foundation programme trainees, and a Physician's Assistant. The surgical liaison post is supported by 2 Physician's Assistants.

The post holder will also be on call as medical registrar for the unselected medical take as per rota.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

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We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC/eligible for registration
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• Completion of Stage 1 of Internal Medicine Training programme
• Advanced Life Support certificate

Clinical Experience & Skills

• Experience in General and Geriatric Medicine
• Evidence of achievement of CT2/IMT2/3 competencies by the start date of the post; or able to demonstrate achievement of the necessary equivalent competencies
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience.

Clinical Knowledge

• Evidence of experience in acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take
• Specific management of geriatric syndromes including Dementia

Audit Management & IT

• Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines.
• Undertake audits and present data as required.
• Good IT skills, use of patient and hospital database.
• Completion of Quality Improvement Project

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.