Consultant Geriatrician- Cardiac Liaison | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 to £139,882 per annum WTE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, W12 0HS |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7388889/290-COND100 |
Summary
This is an opportunity to join the expanding team of speciality geriatricians embedded within the tertiary cardiology service at Hammersmith hospital. We are a dynamic group, running this pioneering service for patients with multimorbidity in this leading cardiac centre, with an expanding role across the department’s many activities.
This post is based at the Hammersmith hospital, with acute unselected take for general internal medicine at St Mary’s hospital. The postholder will be a Geriatrician, with subspeciality interest in cardiology and will provide inpatient care on C8 ward, general and speciality outpatient clinics, reviews of inpatients across the cardiac directorate and MDT support. The postholder will support the training of residents in geriatrics, as well as offer teaching to medical students and nurse practitioners. There will be opportunities for clinical governance activities, service development and research. An interest in rehab/prehab for cardia procedures is encouraged.
The postholder will manage an inpatient integrated cardiogeriatrics ward, together with a second consultant. They will be responsible for the day to day running of the ward, complex discharges, MDTs and family meetings. The postholder will undertake reviews of complex inpatients across the directorate to support complex decision making, frailty and multi-morbidity assessments. The postholder will manage outpatients focussing on general and cardio-geriatrics. The postholder will undertake acute unselected take at St Mary’s hospital. The postholder will support residents and medical students in the department and will participate in ongoing governance and quality improvement activities. There will also be opportunities for research, based on interest and previous experience.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Full JD is provided-Royal College approval is currently pending
• - Managing the 18 bed Hammersmith hospital cardio-geriatrics ward, together with a second geriatrician and providing Monday-Friday consultant ward rounds, discharge MDTs, complex discharge and family meetings, as well as clinical support to the resident team
• - MDT support across cardiac to support decision making and provide speciality input for complex cases
• - Liaison across other HH cardiac inpatient areas, providing frailty, complex-comorbidity, delirium, cognition and other geriatric syndrome assessments
• - Geriatrics and cardio-geriatrics outpatients
• - Leading the cardiac rehabilitation programme
• - Acute unselected take at St Mary’s hospital
This advert closes on Sunday 31 Aug 2025