Locum Consultant Orthogeriatrician | Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2025 |
| Location: | Kingston, KT2 7QB |
| Company: | Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7258430/396-2802-MS |
Summary
This post offers an exciting opportunity to join the Orthogeriatric Service as a locum Consultant for 12 months. The service has undergone significant investment and has a very well-established ward based clinical team, delivering excellent care to our Orthogeriatric patients. The service will shortly be going live with our Fracture Liaison Service, identifying patients at risk of fracture and commencing preventative care and treatment.The orthogeriatric team will lead this service, working collaboratively with our rheumatology and community based partners.
The Trauma and Orthopaedic admissions unit has 36 beds and is well supported by an integrated multidisciplinary team, led by two Orthogeriatric Consultants who are responsible for assessing and managing the majority of unscheduled emergency elderly care orthopaedic admissions to the unit throughout the week. Our ward based clinical team is well established and prides itself in being patient focused. We are looking to attract enthusiastic, high calibre candidates who are passionate about delivering first-class compassionate care. With training and skills across orthogeriatric medicine, an interest in falls prevention and bone health this role would be an exciting opportunity to develop skills, mobilise change and improve patient’s clinical outcomes.
Our working model for the Orthogeriatric Consultants delivers alternating trauma ‘take’ weeks, with the vision to provide fragility community outreach and outpatient clinics to support discharge planning for some of our must vulnerable patients.
The Orthogeriatric team work closely with the Orthopaedic Surgeons, Anaesthetic Consultants and the wider Care of the Elderly team, with combined Risk & Governance structures to promote shared learning.
This position has arisen due to maternity leave cover, so this is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established team. The post does not include on call commitments, and the service would be happy to consider part time applications.
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust is a thriving hospital, located close to Richmond Park, Kingston town centre and central London and is readily accessible by public transport. Our Acute Assessment Unit is comprised of 50 assessment beds and is developing a Same Day Emergency Care Unit for our Acute Emergency Care outpatients and day cases. This unit is fed directly by GP referrals and also from our Emergency Department which is a Trauma Centre seeing over 100,000 attendances per year. There are 350 acute adult inpatient beds and a 12 bedded ITU.
Further details are available on the attached JD.
Interested applicants are invited and encouraged to contact one of the following to discuss the job in detail or arrange an informal visit:
Mr John Dabis, Clinical Lead
020 8934 3793
Mobile 07736 309510
Dr Sara Stefanini,
020 8934 3793/ 2359
Consultant Orthogeriatrician.
Jennie Coulbeck (DGM)
020 8934 3793 Mobile 07775 011350
Matron Aira Chico
020 8546 7711 Blp: 802/ ext: 3523
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025