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Job overview
The successful candidate will rotate between an acute inpatient ward (max 13 beds) and the Front Door Frailty Team based in ED, delivering CGA in collaboration with the wider MDT, with a view to avoid unnecessary admissions and re presentation to hospital in frail older adults.
You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and be on the Specialist Register for Geriatric and General Medicine or within 6 months of obtaining CCT.
Main duties of the job
- Day to day clinical care of inpatients on base ward
- Lead daily board rounds and twice weekly MDMs on base ward
- Daily review of new and sick patients on base ward
- Attend family meetings on base ward
- Complete administrative work relevant to your clinical commitment
- Participation in unselected general medical on call rota
- Participation in departmental teaching, clinical governance and service development
- Prospective cover for colleagues during periods of absence and flexibility to work across all OPS clinical areas as needed
- Provide advice to colleagues related to OPS
- Supervise the Front Door Frailty Team based in ED, screen the ED bedboard for appropriate patients, and provide a senior review to all patients seen by the team
- Participation in undergraduate and postgraduate training
Fulfill requirements for regular appraisal and revalidation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
10 PAs are based on 7.5 PA DCC programmed activities a week. 1.5–2.5 of this should be assigned to dictating letters, attending multidisciplinary team meetings, seeing relatives, reviewing results and attending case presentations. Includes time for lunch and travel.
- SPA is Core SPA. This includes medical audit, CPD and appraisal. Additional SPA is allocated for teaching, supervision of trainees, clinical governance, and service development, taking SPA to a total of 2.5.
There is an expectation of continued professional development (CPD) and a commitment to revalidation.
You will be provided with secretarial support and an adequately equipped office with IT facilities.
There is an on call frequency of 1:18 weekdays and 1:12 weekends for General Internal Medicine (0.85 PA). The offsite on call commences at 8pm, when the onsite daytime consultant AAU shift finishes. It finishes at 9am the following morning. There is a commitment to a post take ward round from 8am. This is 2 hours on a weekday morning covering <75yo only and 4.5 hours on a weekend day covering all admissions. There is an expectation that the consultant will be on site during weekend days for at least 9 hours to allow for the morning post take and then an afternoon/ evening mid take round. The weekend consultant staffing consists of two General Internal Medicine consultants, a Cardiology consultant, and a Gastroenterology consultant for urgent Endoscopy cases. There will be consideration of time off in lieu for weekend working.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Good Communication Skills
- Record of Teaching at under and post graduate levels
- Record of Completed audit projects
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
- To have the ability and willingness to teach at all levels
- Team player
- Patient focused
- Adaptable to change
- Problem Solver
Desirable
- Evidence of multidisciplinary teaching
- Record of attendance at training for trainer courses
Knowledge
Essential
- A broad range of knowledge in other relevant disciplines
- Excellent knowledge in Geriatric medicine and acute medicine
Desirable
- Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio
Experience
Essential
- Experience in performing clinical audit
- Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practice where appropriate
Desirable
- NHS complaint handling
- Publication record in field of GIM, or Geriatrics
- Critical incident reporting
- Training in and experience of appraisal
- Risk management Training
Qualifications
Essential
- A higher specialist training scheme in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine
- Wide experience in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine
- MRCP UK
Desirable
- Higher Degree i.e MSc, PhD or equivalent
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Geriatric Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 10 Aug 2026.
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