Locum Consultant Physician – Geriatric Medicine & Acute Frailty: Sponsorship Available

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

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Job summary

The post is designed to improve the care of older medical patients, particularly at the beginning of an episode of illness and improve the interface between Community Geriatrics and the Acute Trust in West Kent. It will provide 7.5 DPAs of geriatric medicine with 1 DPA allocated for out of hours GIM responsibilities and 1.5 SPAs, with the understanding that this will be reviewed as the successful candidate takes on educational supervision responsibilities, leadership or research.

The successful applicant will work as a team of Consultant Geriatricians, having the opportunity to work within the Acute Frailty Units and in-patient wards as both sites. As a department we operate a ward based system within the Medicine and Emergency Care Division, with a dedicated medical team on each ward. There would be the opportunity for outpatient work to support the acute frailty and post -discharge review of patients.

Main duties of the job

The Trust was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and the Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North of East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population.

The Trust’s major hospitals are The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and The Maidstone Hospital in Kent’s County Town. The Trust’s Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust’s Chairman is Dr Annette Doherty, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director Dr Sara Mumford. The Chief of Service for Medicine and Emergency Care is Dr Simon Webster. The Clinical Director for Acute & Geriatric Medicine is Dr Katy Davies. The Clinical Lead for Care of the Elderly is Dr Owen Ingram.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS (or equivalent)
  • Registered with GMC
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Entry on the GMC specialist register for Geriatrics via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
  • Broad experience in Geriatric Medicine

Desirable

  • Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
  • Other degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
  • A sub-specialist interest complementary to those of the current Consultant staff
  • ALS Instructor

Audit/QIP

Essential

  • Understand the principles of audit/quality improvement

Desirable

  • Evidence of participation in audit projects

Research

Essential

  • An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature

Desirable

  • Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals

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: 20 November 2026

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