# Locum Consultant in Geriatrics (Acute) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-geriatrics-acute/1cc9093b-2fa0-4d32-b2f3-a44b0f087d8d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-geriatrics-acute/1cc9093b-2fa0-4d32-b2f3-a44b0f087d8d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Geriatric Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-12-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-28T12:50:44.296Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Geriatric_Medicine/Geriatric_Medicine-v8400068 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8400068?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national level. - Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues - Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work - Good leadership skills - Prepared to live within 10 miles or 30 minutes of Whipps Cross Hospital ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. - Experience of supervising medical staff - Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff. - Ability to manage staff and resources effectively. - Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs nurses and other agencies. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Detailed knowledge of Geriatrics and G(I)M and of the specialist skills required for this post. - Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients - Understanding of modern medical curricula and commitment to life-long learning ### Experience **Essential** - Higher specialist training in Geriatrics and G(I)Medicine - Broad experience in Geriatrics and G(I)M **Desirable** - Ability to organize and deliver a teaching programme. - Experience in service development - Current ALS certificate ### Qualifications **Essential** - MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification - Full GMC Registration with license to practice **Desirable** - Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.) - Appropriate higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent) ## Documents - [ps (pdf, 181.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10731334) - [jd and ps (pdf, 519.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10731333) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.