Locum ST4+ Geriatric & General Medicine – Maternity Cover

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust is seeking three geriatric medicine registrars at ST4+ level for maternity cover from December 2026 to 2 February 2027. The posts are spread across a 28-bedded male elderly care ward (Mortimer), a specialist hip fracture unit (Emmer Green), and a surgical liaison service, with on-call duties including hospital at night.

The posts offer exposure to rapid access clinics for the older person, reviews of frail patients across specialties, and peri-admission

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration or eligible for registration.
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
• Completion of Stage 1 of Internal Medicine Training programme.
• Experience in General and Geriatric Medicine.
• Evidence of achievement of CT2/IMT2/3 competencies by start date or equivalent.
• Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines; Undertake audits and present data; Good IT skills, use of patient and hospital database.
• Desirable: Advanced Life Support certificate.
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience.

Responsibilities

• Attend Consultant and own ward rounds.
• Work with 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.

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Completion of Stage 1 of Internal Medicine Training programme

Advanced Life Support certificate

Job description

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust is seeking three geriatric medicine registrars at ST4+ level for maternity cover from December 2026 to 2 February 2027. The posts are spread across a 28-bedded male elderly care ward (Mortimer), a specialist hip fracture unit (Emmer Green), and a surgical liaison service, with on-call duties including hospital at night.

The posts offer exposure to rapid access clinics for the older person, reviews of frail patients across specialties, and peri-admission