Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Consultant Geriatrician to join our growing team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT). This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of care for older adults across North East London, working within our newly opened Ageing Well Centre at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub, alongside our Acute Geriatrics Wards at Queen's and King George Hospitals.
This role will appeal to consultants who are passionate about integrated care, community links, and improving independence for frail older people, while also contributing to the continued transformation of our services.
Main duties of the job
- Lead inpatient care on one of our acute geriatric wards, typically caring for 15 patients.
- Participate in community-based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and urgent assessment clinics at the Ageing Well Centre.
- Support innovative admission avoidance initiatives such as our Consultant-led Frailty Virtual Ward and the new Frailty Line.
- Contribute to service development across the span of Geriatrics services in a sub-specialty area of interest.
- Provide supervision and teaching for junior doctors, IMTs, GP trainees, fellows, and registrars.
- Play an active role in clinical governance, audit, and continuous service improvement.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we've been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Were seeking a consultant who:
Holds (or is within 6 months of) a CCT in Geriatric Medicine (GIM considered).Is committed to compassionate, patient-centred care.Enjoys working within a multi-disciplinary team and across system boundaries.Has an interest in service improvement and leadership in frailty services.
What we offer
Opportunities to develop subspecialist interests in clinical areas such as dementia, falls, orthogeriatrics, and perioperative medicine as well as non clinical areas such as education.Teaching opportunities with undergraduate and postgraduate doctors.Support for research, QI, and leadership development.Flexible working arrangements to support worklife balance.
If you want to be part of a Trust that is transforming care for older people and shaping a more proactive, integrated approach to frailty wed love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Were seeking a consultant who:
Holds (or is within 6 months of) a CCT in Geriatric Medicine (GIM considered).Is committed to compassionate, patient-centred care.Enjoys working within a multi-disciplinary team and across system boundaries.Has an interest in service improvement and leadership in frailty services.
What we offer
Opportunities to develop subspecialist interests in clinical areas such as dementia, falls, orthogeriatrics, and perioperative medicine as well as non clinical areas such as education.Teaching opportunities with undergraduate and postgraduate doctors.Support for research, QI, and leadership development.Flexible working arrangements to support worklife balance.
If you want to be part of a Trust that is transforming care for older people and shaping a more proactive, integrated approach to frailty wed love to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential
- MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register (or eligibility for entry within 6 months of date of Advisory Appointments Committee) for either Geriatric Medicine or G(I)Medicine by CCT
- Higher specialist training in Geriatrics and G(I)Medicine
- Experience in Acute Frailty Services
- Broad experience in Geriatrics and G(I)M
Desirable
- Ability to organize and deliver a teaching programme
- Appropriate higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent)
- Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
- Experience in service development
- Current ALS certificate
Person Specification
Qualifications and experience
Essential
- MRCP or Equivalent Specialist qualification
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register (or eligibility for entry within 6 months of date of Advisory Appointments Committee) for either Geriatric Medicine or G(I)Medicine by CCT
- Higher specialist training in Geriatrics and G(I)Medicine
- Experience in Acute Frailty Services
- Broad experience in Geriatrics and G(I)M
Desirable
- Ability to organize and deliver a teaching programme
- Appropriate higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent)
- Evidence of participation in research (peer reviewed publications etc.)
- Experience in service development
- Current ALS certificate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
