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Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Aptitude for teaching and training.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to cover out of hours on call.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Demonstrable commitment to multidisciplinary team working.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Positive approach to lessons learnt.
- Skills and Aptitudes
IT Skills
- Skills and Aptitudes
Presentation skills
- Experience and Knowledge
Clinical training and experience as required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in Acute and/or General (Internal) Medicine and Infectious Disease
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
- Experience and Knowledge
Experience of and commitment to medical audit
- Experience and Knowledge
Current ALS provider
- Royal Free Shared Commitments
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
- Education and Professional Qualifications
MBBS or equivalent
- Education and Professional Qualifications
Registered with the GMC and within 6 months (at the scheduled time of the appointments committee) of being accepted for the specialist registers for Geriatric Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine
- Education and Professional Qualifications
MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Education and Professional Qualifications
Postgraduate medical degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
Job overview
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Hospital are inviting applicants to apply for a consultant geriatrician post in the Department of Health Services for Elderly People (HSEP) at the Hampstead site.
The successful applicant will be joining a group of 11 dynamic, forward looking consultants to deliver high quality care for older patients.
Applicants will be expected to have suitable experience in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine (GIM). On call is for acute geriatric medicine on a 1 in 10. There is also a commitment to teaching and educationally supervising medical students.
Main duties of the job
This role will be predominantly focused on TREAT(Triage and Rapid Elderly Assessment Team). The TREAT service delivers early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) for older adults presenting with frailty in line with NHS England Acute Frailty and British Geriatric Society guidance. The role will also support a consultant-led liaison service to frail and complex patients on the HSEP (Health Services for Elderly People) ward and developing our frailty liaison service. Clinical supervision and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level will also be an important aspect of this role. The appointee will also work closely and in partnership with our Acute Medicine colleagues as well as the wider multidisciplinary team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant in Geriatric Medicine with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Geriatric Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113565.00 to £150569.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Oct 2026.
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