Six-month locum consultant post in the Frailty team at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, running to April 2027 within an acute frailty service. The work centres on assessing and managing frail patients across hospital and community settings, including same-day emergency care, Hospital at Home and virtual wards. The post suits a geriatrician with broad experience across community, acute frailty, rehabilitation, orthogeriatrics and stroke, and carries on-call duties. Fit turns on GMC specialist registration in geriatrics and clinical leadership experience.
What the job involves
- Deliver standardised proactive Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for patients with emerging or stable frailty
- Provide alternatives to admission for frailty crises, including Urgent Crisis Response, Frailty Same Day Emergency Care and Hospital at Home
- Manage patients across community work, including Hospital at Home, community wards and proactive care MDTs and clinics
- Work within the acute frailty service across the Frailty team of Consultants and Associate Specialists
- Contribute to delivery of the Frailty Strategy and local workforce development
- Cover on-call duties
What’s required
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent
- Provider status in ATLS, APLS or ALS, or willingness to obtain within 6 months of interview
- Educational Supervisor qualification, or willingness to obtain within 6 months of interview
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration and licence to practise
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatrics (or relevant specialty) via CCT or Portfolio Pathway
Experience
- 12 years experience in geriatric medicine or specialties relevant to geriatric medicine
- Wide experience of managing patients with frailty
- General internal medicine
- Significant evidence of experience in clinical leadership
- Relevant experience of managing medical emergencies
Nice to have
- MRCP or equivalent
- Experience or qualification in clinical leadership
- Higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
- Appraisal qualification
- Active interest in quality improvement or research
- Commitment to clinical innovation
What’s offered
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing programme
- Support for career development
- Access to development opportunities through the group model with Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine employer: The Methodist Church in Britain
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
