Job summary
- Main area
- Geriatric Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7233068
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum (Pro-rata if LTFT)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine
Consultant
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
We are recruiting for a Geriatric Consultant to join our diverse and dynamic team. This is a substantive post within our Care of the Elderly Department (COE).
The post holder will join our established department of Consultants covering special interests including Stroke, Ortho-Geriatrics, Acute Geriatrics, Community Geriatrics, Adult Learning Disability, Quality Improvement (QI), Global Digital Exemplar (GDE), Dementia, Falls, Geriatric Surgical liaison, General Inpatients and more.
Main duties of the job
The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to:
· Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership on the base geriatric medicine ward or our frailty unit (Amber Ward)
· Lead the daily board rounds and see new admissions to the base geriatric medicine ward.
· Develop current geriatric medicine practice and patient pathways within North Middlesex Hospital and in conjunction with Clinical Director to further develop the service in line with best practice.
· Lead and contribute to the development of clinical guidelines in geriatric medicine, audit and other key aspects of the clinical governance agenda.
Working for our organisation
NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to:
· Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership on the base geriatric medicine ward or our frailty unit (Amber Ward)
· Lead the daily board rounds and see new admissions to the base geriatric medicine ward.
· Develop current geriatric medicine practice and patient pathways within North Middlesex Hospital and in conjunction with Clinical Director to further develop the service in line with best practice.
· Lead and contribute to the development of clinical guidelines in geriatric medicine, audit and other key aspects of the clinical governance agenda.
· Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
· Actively participate in the Department’s teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
· Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.
· Opportunity to develop a speciality interest within or outside of Geriatric Medicine if the post holder has an area of expertise and it is in alignment with the service requirements of the Trust. This is reflected in the diversity of specialty interests held by the 12 consultants in the department currently.
· SPA activities may include:
· Service Development – Geriatric medicine protocols and guidelines
· Developing joint protocols/pathways and clinical governance with A&E and other specialties
· Teaching medical students allocated to their ward and to those on the COE firm.
· Training junior doctors including clinical supervision
· Individual CME/CPD
· Any additional SPA activity will be agreed with the post holder and additional Quality and service SPA allocation will be given
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCP or equivalent medical degree
- Full GMC Registration
- CCST or CCT in Geriatric and General (Internal) Medicine or within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview or CESR in Geriatric and General (Internal) Medicine.
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies and frail older people
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Acute (Interface Geriatrics), Community Working, Ambulatory Care
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Experience on providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Arumugam
- Job title
- Clinical Director - Geriatric Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
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