Consultant Geriatrician with Opportunities for Sub-specialty Interests
4 days ago
Romford
Consultant Geriatrician with Opportunities for Sub-specialty Interests – Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is expanding its forward-looking Geriatrics services and is seeking enthusiastic Consultant Geriatricians to join the team. The closing date is 06 August 2026. Applications are welcomed from general Geriatricians and from consultants with sub-specialty interests, including Dementia, Delirium, Orthogeriatrics, Medical Education, Research and Movement Disorders. You will work across acute and community settings, supporting service transformation for older people across North East London. The role spans Acute Geriatrics services at Queen's and King George Hospitals and the Ageing Well Centre at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. The department is looking at ways to improve care for Frail and Older patients and so the post goes beyond traditional ward based care and provides real scope to develop services, pathways, partnerships, education, and population-level outcomes for frail older adults. • Lead inpatient care on an acute geriatric ward, typically caring for around 15 patients, • Deliver Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment through community and urgent assessment clinics at the Ageing Well Centre, • Support and develop admission avoidance initiatives, including the Consultant-led Frailty Virtual Ward and Frailty Line, • Contribute to service development across Geriatrics, aligned to a sub-specialty area of interest Depending on experience and interest, duties may also include: • Development of Dementia, Delirium, or Orthogeriatric pathways, • Participation in Movement Disorders clinics and advanced therapy MDTs, including DBS and botulinum toxin clinic, • Leadership in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education All post holders will: • Supervise and teach junior doctors, IMTs, GP trainees, fellows, and registrars, • Participate actively in clinical governance, audit, teaching, and quality improvement BHRUT works in collaboration with the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) as it develops a growing research portfolio within Geriatrics across East London. There are opportunities to: • Collaborate on research focused on healthy ageing, frailty, and long-term conditions, • Contribute to the development of academic Geriatrics within the Trust, • Support innovation, evaluation, and evidence-based service redesign We are an organisation committed to improving care and patient outcomes. We have implemented a new electronic patient record and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites – King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments serving over 330,000 people last year. We are campaigning to transform the A&E at Queen's and reduce corridor care. We are proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre, and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We are part of the North East London Cancer Alliance. We run a Women\u2019s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub, open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our staff strength and diversity include 8,400 staff from 146 countries; many can work flexibly and over 400 are on Ofsted-accredited apprenticeship programmes. We are proud to be a London Living Wage employer. We are looking for consultants who: • Hold, or are within six months of, a CCT in Geriatric Medicine, GIM considered, • Are passionate about integrated, person-centred care, • Value multidisciplinary working and strong community and system partnerships, • Want opportunities to innovate, teach, influence, and lead service change For sub-specialty roles, you should demonstrate interest or experience aligned to your chosen area. You will deliver care and help redesign it. Whether your passion is Frailty, Dementia, Delirium, Orthogeriatric, Education, Movement Disorders, or Research, this is an opportunity to shape the future of Geriatric Medicine in East London. We welcome your application. Please indicate sub-specialty of interest in your application. Please note that this advert may close prior to the advertised closing date, to streamline shortlisting process • 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, • 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.), • Current ALS certificate 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. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust #J-18808-Ljbffr