# Locum Consultant Gerontologist with Interest in Acute Frailty > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-gerontologist-with-interest-in-acute-frailty/97742c2c-df20-4203-97be-d8906795e944 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-gerontologist-with-interest-in-acute-frailty/97742c2c-df20-4203-97be-d8906795e944.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** PRUH - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum exc London Zone Allowance - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (40 Hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T15:40:56.255Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Kent/Kings_College_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Geriatrics_Frailty/Geriatrics_Frailty-v8205732 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8205732?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This unit (widely recognised as a regional exemplar in London) offers same-day emergency care from a 12-patient clinical unit. There is a wide multi-disciplinary team including a Frailty Nurse Consultant, Advance Care Practitioners, a dedicated Pharmacist, social workers and Age UK support. At present, the AFAU offers a 5-day service with a future plan for 7-day service delivery. The postholder will have the opportunity to join this fantastic team and provide excellent care to frail, older people using the networked opportunities to provide care closer to home. ### Main duties of the job The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for frail, older patient groups from Gerontology services, and to provide and develop frailty services to the Trust’s older patients. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues. - Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives. - Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues. - Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths. - Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s). - Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained. - Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation. **Desirable** - Teaching skills course/qualification ### Registration **Essential** - Full Registration with GMC - Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment - On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Dermatology Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered. ### Administration **Essential** - Experience in day-to-day organisation of Gerontology services in a busy Teaching Hospital - Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills - Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registerable medical qualification - Full MRCP **Desirable** - Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD) ### Training and Experience **Essential** - Wide experience in all aspects of Gerontology and General (Internal) Medicine culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC. ### Management and Leadership **Essential** - Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams **Desirable** - Management course and/or qualification ### Research and Publications **Essential** - Experience of clinical research. - Publication of relevant review articles or case reports. **Desirable** - Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Gerontology ### Audit and Quality Improvement **Essential** - Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. 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