Locum Consultant Geriatrics and Frailty

at  Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust

Locum Consultant Geriatrician (with Recruitment & Retention premia)
Do you have an interest in Geriatric Medicine?
We are currently rebuilding our substantive Geriatric Consultant team, which you could be part of. This is a great opportunity for consultants who hold a CCT to start immediately with a view to becoming substantive. We will also welcome applications from non-CCT doctors and we will provide the opportunity of support with your CESR application or other educational requirements. We offer opportunities to work in sub specialist interests, which will be discussed with you at interview.
To attract the best applicants, we have put together a significant remuneration package.
In addition to your salary, we are offering an additional £5,000 payment for each of year of tenure – up to a maximum of two years.
We will offer a relocation package and additional support to you and your family especially if you are appointed from overseas.
There will be flexible working opportunities as well as being able to undertake agile working.
Where we can during the tenure of the contract there will be options to undertake funded opportunities in either education or research.
Exciting opportunity to work within our brand new St Georges Wellbeing Hub- Ageing well.
We are one of the largest Acute trusts in the UK with specialist services in Acute frailty, virtual ward, falls, dementia and orthogeriatric.
As part of an investment to improve and develop our geriatric/ frailty facilities within the Trust, we are looking for enthusiastic innovative professionals to be part of the journey to lead and shape our team, so we can succeed in becoming one of the best Geriatric units in the country.
Joining as a consultant in BHRUT, you will play a crucial role in delivering success across the Clinical Group which consists of 8 Acute Elderly wards and 2 frailty units.
The post holder will have a base ward, in one of the Acute Elderly Units, and will be supported and responsible for the supervision of junior medical staff including trainees. The successful post holder will be supported to undertake formal training in educational supervision.
In addition to acute elderly ward, the successful post holder will also participate in the Acute Frailty Unit to deliver early comprehensive geriatric assessments and management of our elderly care admissions to ED.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and BARTS Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients .
The Acute Frailty Unit functions as a medical assessment unit specific for older patients. There is a full dedicated MDT and junior medical support. There is a morning and afternoon MDT board round handover, followed by medical review of frailty unit patients. All patients on the frailty unit have their care led by the geriatricians on duty and specialist referrals are well serviced by visiting specialties including cardiology, haematology, etc as needed.
The post holder will contribute to the development of the Frailty Service, establishing an effective multi-disciplinary team, to provide early comprehensive geriatric assessment and management to meet the needs of frail older patients at BHRUT.
The post holder will build on the existing good relationships with primary and community care services, in order to identify risk factors for our frail and elderly patients, to be signposted to services that will support them to maintain their independence.
The job plan is anticipated to contain 10.6 Programmed Activities per week, consisting of 7.85 DCC + 2.75 SPA. There is also a 1:8 weekend commitment and the hours are resident Saturday 08.00 – 20.00 and Sunday 08.00 – 16.00. The consultant will be given 1 day off in lieu post weekend working. The out of hours commitment (weekdays and weekends) is remunerated additionally as 1 PA.
To find out more about the key responsibilities, the specific skills, experience you’ll need to make an informed decision to apply for this role, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification within the attachments. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application.
Our team are looking for a skillful and passionate colleague with broad Geriatric Medicine expertise and an enthusiasm for change and service development, as we continue to develop the key components of our integrated system of care within frailty.
If you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us. We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Please contact Khalid Haque via email khalid.haque@nhs.net should you require an informal chat.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Ayesha Mahmood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 861

Please refer the Job description for details