Consultant in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine
hace 8 días
Carshalton
Main area Geriatric and General Internal Medicine with an interest in Frailty/Integration Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (General Internal Medicine on call shifts, will be rostered as part of the 10 PAs per week) Job ref 343-CON-286-A Site St Helier Hospital Town Carshalton Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/10/2026 At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values. This is a Consultant in Frailty appointment anticipated to commence as soon as possible. This 10 PA post with GIM on calls will be based flexibly across both St Helier Hospital and the place of Sutton, and will support the further development of integrated services for people with frailty. Expertise in any sub-speciality, which enhances the Trust’s reputation, would also be desirable. Expertise or a desire to develop sub specialty interest including Orthogeriatrics, Parkinson’s disease (working in conjunction with the Neurology team), dementia, falls, frailty, surgical liaison or elderly syncope (for which the Trust has a tilt table service) is particularly welcomed. We are looking to recruit Consultants in Geriatric Medicine to join our already established team at St Helier, with a specialist interest in developing cross-system integrated frailty services. The work model is centred on the Sutton ‘place’ and will comprise a split in clinical time, delivering care both at the ‘front door’ and specialist short stay areas of the St Helier’s Hospital site as well as into the community setting working directly both with the Sutton Health and Care @Home service which provides rapid response MDT services and also with the wider proactive MDT services being developed through the four Primary Care Networks of Sutton. AAC Interview Date: 2nd October 2026 The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients. 1. To at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time., 2. To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times., 3. To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Divisional Medical Director., 4. To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director., 5. On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction)., 6. To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme., 7. To be responsible for the Clinical Management of in and out patients under your care. St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce. Clinical 1. To share in the organisation and provision of high quality clinical care for people with frailty within the Trust, 2. To assess and review people with frailty within the setting of the Medical Assessment Hub, Acute Medical Unit, CDU, ED, OPSSU and in the community when required, 3. To facilitate the early discharge of patients if clinically appropriate, by using where necessary, community teams, 4. To actively participate and be engaged in daily multidisciplinary team meetings, 5. To provide senior support and input into clinical decisions taken by junior medical staff, 6. To ensure the provision of accurate and timely communication between the Acute Medical Unit, other units within the Trust (including critical care), and in primary or intermediate care settings, 7. To work to provide smooth, timely and appropriate transfer of patients to appropriate settings within the Trust and local community, 8. To participate in the development and implementation of care pathways for older patients presenting with frailty to the acute hospital, 9. To participate in the out of hours medical on-call rota at evenings and weekends (the intensity is site dependent), such on-call including assuming clinical responsibility for the care of all medical patients within the Trust (including those outside of the Acute Medical Unit) Teaching & Training 1. To share responsibility with other Consultants for the recruitment, appointment and supervision of junior medical staff in accordance with Trust policies., 2. To devote time on a regular basis for teaching and training of junior medical staff, contributing as appropriate to post-graduate and continuing medical education., 3. To devote time, through agreement on a regular basis for teaching and training of medical students as part of agreed teaching arrangements with the Foundation School. Management & Governance 1. To be responsible for the management, appraisal and discipline of junior doctors who are attached to you, after taking appropriate advice, where appropriate., 2. To maintain personal and professional development. The post holder will be expected to register with their respective Royal College for the purpose of CME/CPD and to fulfil the requirements of that registration., 3. To provide advice, as required to the Executive and Trust board, General Practitioners and other interested parties, on the provision of planning of clinical services locally, regionally and nationally in keeping with confidentiality agreements relating to Trust business., 4. To co-operate in the present framework agreement of management arrangements., 5. To fully participate in Clinical Governance arrangements across the Trust including participation in clinical audit, research (where appropriate), pursuing an agreed agenda with colleagues and the Trust Board and fully co-operating in implementing the results in order to achieve best practice., 6. To participate, on at least an annual basis in consultant appraisal and job planning reviews., 7. To comply with Trust policies and procedures where appropriate., 8. To ensure that all intellectual property rights of the Trust are observed. • Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient, • Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence, • Work as one team – communicate, collaborate and share, • Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening, • Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC, • Entry on to the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT in geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, • Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCP, • MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence or relevant research, • High standard of clinical skill and expertise in General Medicine, • Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for General Medicine, • Audit/Research experience, • Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT/CESR, • Supervision of post-graduate trainees, • Personal time management skills, • Clinical Governance, • Ability to organise inpatient and outpatient waiting lists, • Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development, • Experience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees, • Ability to teach clinical skills, • Ability to contribute to change management, • Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems, • Ability to critically review research, • Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/postgraduates, • Experience of supervising junior doctors, • Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups, • Ability to supervise postgraduate research References Please provide a minimum of 3 years’ employment and/or education history , including professional email addresses (not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks. Closing date To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications. Safeguarding and DBS Checks We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name Dr Mohammed Sheikh Job title Clinical Lead, St Helier Care of the Elderly Team Email address mohammad.sheikh6@nhs.net Telephone number 020 8296 2947 #J-18808-Ljbffr
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