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Job requirements
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national level.
- Other
Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues
- Other
Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
- Other
Good leadership skills
- Other
Prepared to live within 10 miles or 30 minutes of Whipps Cross Hospital
- Skills
Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Skills
Experience of supervising medical staff
- Skills
Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff.
- Skills
Ability to manage staff and resources effectively.
- Skills
Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs nurses and other agencies.
- Knowledge
Detailed knowledge of Geriatrics and G(I)M and of the specialist skills required for this post.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients
- Knowledge
Understanding of modern medical curricula and commitment to life-long learning
- Experience
Higher specialist training in Geriatrics and G(I)Medicine
- Experience
Broad experience in Geriatrics and G(I)M
- Qualifications
MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification
- Qualifications
Full GMC Registration with license to practice
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Ability to organize and deliver a teaching programme.
- Experience
Experience in service development
- Experience
Current ALS certificate
- Qualifications
Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
- Qualifications
Appropriate higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent)
Job overview
Locum Consultant in Geriatrics (Acute)
10 PA
Fixed Term 6 months
Whipps Cross University Hospital
Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of the Barts Health NHS Trust Group is looking for a full time Consultant Geriatrician to join our Older People’s Services (OPS) team based predominantly on the Whipps Cross Hospital site.
The posts offer an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and to develop new models of working and services that support all older people attending the hospital and within the local community. Whipps Cross Hospital serves a local population with a high degree of frailty and within the Barts Health Group is being developed to be a centre for Geriatric Medicine.
Main duties of the job
This post will enable the post-holder to participate in reshaping local acute frailty services delivery and contribute to the departmental 5-year strategy plan.
Whipps Cross Acute Frailty Service is well-established and considered an example of outstanding practice by the CQC in their last inspection in 2019. Healthwatch Waltham Forest rated the inpatient Acute Frailty Unit as ‘Outstanding’ on their last visit in 2020. The post-holder will have the opportunity to work with a motivated multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding care and meet the dynamic needs of an expanding older population in the borough.
This post also forms part of the redevelopment of Geriatric Medicine at Whipps Cross University Hospital and gives the post-holder a unique opportunity to collaborate in the redevelopment of the hospital itself.
You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council wth license to practise.
Detailed job description 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 Locum Consultant in Geriatrics (Acute) with Barts Health NHS Trust in 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 6 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 14 Dec 2026.
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