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Consultant in Geriatric Medicine
| Posting date: | 15 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 April 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9391-25-0747 |
Summary
This is a replacement consultant post. This post will be based at our Hampstead site. Applicants will be expected to have suitable experience in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine (GIM). The successful applicant will deliver and develop high-quality care for older patients in several different clinical settings. The appointee will deliver a consultant-led liaison service to frail and complex patients on the medical admission units, providing comprehensive geriatric care. The appointee will also undertake ward rounds, conduct board rounds and multidisciplinary meetings. The appointee will be responsible to ensure timely discharge planning for older patients. The appointee will be expected to support the training of junior doctors. Development of sub-specialty interests are encouraged. Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity. Provision of equitable leave cover for HSEP consultant colleagues. Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education. The appointee will work closely and in partnership with our acute medicine and specialty colleagues. Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine or be within 6 months of obtaining Certificate of Completion of Training or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR). As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. The Royal Free London has a strong reputation for innovative service delivery and training and research.