Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Geriatrician

The closing date is 13 April 2026

Job summary

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Hospital are inviting applicants to apply for a consultant geriatrician post in the Department of Health Services for Elderly People (HSEP) at the Hampstead site.

The successful applicant will be joining a group of 9 dynamic, forward looking consultants to deliver high quality care for older patients.

Applicants will be expected to have suitable experience in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine (GIM). On call is for acute geriatric medicine on a 1 in 10. There is also a commitment to teaching and educationally supervising medical students.

Interview Dates to be confirmed.

Main duties of the job

This role will be predominantly focused on delivering a consultant-led liaison service to frail and complex patients on the HSEP (Health Services for Elderly People) ward and developing our frailty liaison service. Clinical supervision and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level will also be an important aspect of this role.

The appointee will also work closely and in partnership with our Acute Medicine colleagues as well as the wider multidisciplinary team.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Details

Date posted

23 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per annum plus London weighting

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

391-RFL-7873889

Job locations

Royal Free Hospital

Pond Street

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document which will provide a more detailed description of role and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential

  • On GMC registered Medical Practitioner
  • GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC's specialist register
  • Appropriate Royal College Membership

Desirable

  • MD, PHD

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

  • oExtensive experience in geriatric medicine
  • oExperience in admission avoidance and community geriatrics
  • oDemonstrable commitment to multidisciplinary team working
  • oComprehensive knowledge of current issues in General Medicine
  • oExperience of and commitment to audits
  • oIT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/Management skills

Essential

  • oAble to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
  • oHave proven skills in leading, motivating, developing, and managing the performance of colleagues
  • oKnowledge of finance/budgets
  • oManagement of staff

Teaching & Training

Essential

  • oExperience of teaching and training undergraduates /postgraduates and junior medical staff

Academic achievements research/publications

Essential

  • oEvidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level

Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential

  • oExcellent written communications, ability to build rapport, work with others
  • oEmpathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of clients
  • oAble to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
  • oAble to work as part of a team

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Language

Essential

  • Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level

Others

Essential

  • Member of a Medical Defence organisation
Person Specification

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential

  • On GMC registered Medical Practitioner
  • GMC specialist registration or within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC's specialist register
  • Appropriate Royal College Membership

Desirable

  • MD, PHD

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

  • oExtensive experience in geriatric medicine
  • oExperience in admission avoidance and community geriatrics
  • oDemonstrable commitment to multidisciplinary team working
  • oComprehensive knowledge of current issues in General Medicine
  • oExperience of and commitment to audits
  • oIT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/Management skills

Essential

  • oAble to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
  • oHave proven skills in leading, motivating, developing, and managing the performance of colleagues
  • oKnowledge of finance/budgets
  • oManagement of staff

Teaching & Training

Essential

  • oExperience of teaching and training undergraduates /postgraduates and junior medical staff

Academic achievements research/publications

Essential

  • oEvidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level

Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential

  • oExcellent written communications, ability to build rapport, work with others
  • oEmpathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of clients
  • oAble to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
  • oAble to work as part of a team

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Language

Essential

  • Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level

Others

Essential

  • Member of a Medical Defence organisation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

Pond Street

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free Hospital

Pond Street

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Service Lead

Dr Devkishan Chauhan

devkishan.chauhan@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

23 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year Per annum plus London weighting

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

391-RFL-7873889

Job locations

Royal Free Hospital

Pond Street

Hampstead

NW3 2QG


Supporting documents

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