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Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

3 x Posts at Ealing Hospital 

We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join our friendly, supportive department. The posts will be based at Ealing Hospital.

This job involves day-to-day care of patients living with frailty on the Geriatric medicine wards, acute floors, Older Persons Rapid Access Clinic  (OPRAC) and within other specialist roles such as dementia care, Parkinson's care or surgical liaison.  

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing department, as we undergo an exciting period of expansion and service development. Dynamic, enthusiastic and team-oriented candidates with a passion for our specialty, who are keen to take an active role in service development, are invited to apply for this position. 

We are an enthusiastic and supportive team which is passionate about delivering high quality care to our patients, excellent educational opportunities for trainees, and in working collaboratively with the wider healthcare system.

This post attracts a 'Golden Hello' payment applicable to new applicants only taking a substantive post.  Details are below:

• £7,000 golden hello payment for new recruits to be paid in 12 equal instalments
• £12k recruitment and retention fee year 1, 2 & 3 (paid in equal monthly instalments) (new recruits)
• Successful candidates will be also eligible for a relocation allowance of £12,000 (if required)

JD Pending RCP Approval 

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Our department's aim is to enhance the health and wellbeing of our older population.  We deliver a comprehensive range of services across intermediate and secondary care with particular focus on early comprehensive geriatric assessment in the acute setting. Our services include:

• Specialist multidisciplinary care on our wards for older people.
• Comprehensive orthogeriatric service
• An Emergency Department Frailty Service
• OPRAC/SDEC outpatient clinics
• Surgical liaison service
• Parkinson's service

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.