Consultant in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

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

Main duties of the job

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.

Person Specification

Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • 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

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence or relevant research

Clinical, Management & Administrative Experience

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development

Teaching & Research Experience

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • 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

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).

Closing Date: 28 July 2026

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