Job Overview
An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term Locum Consultant to join our Older People's Medicine department to cover maternity leave, provisionally from 1st March 2026 until 31st October. The post is to cover a general geriatric ward with 22 patients and to contribute to frailty sessions.
Main duties of the job
We expect daily consultant presence on the acute wards with daily MDT board rounds and review of new admissions and unwell patients and twice weekly ward rounds. We support a 7-day acute frailty service and frailty virtual ward as well as weekly ward rounds of our community inpatients.
We would welcome any applicants with movement disorder experience. There is no requirement to contribute to the GIM rota and no on-call responsibility.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Teaching and development of medical students and trainees is an integral part of the role as well as participation in research and audit activities in the department. Duties may also include teaching, lectures or workshops for other departments, nurses, GPs and others.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
Full GMC Registration
MRCP (UK)
CCT in Geriatric medicine and GIM (or within 6 months of achieving at the time of application
Desirable criteria
MD/PhD
Other post-graduate degree
CCT in another medical speciality
Experience
Essential criteria
Delivery of inpatient and outpatient geriatric medicine
Involvement in unselected medical take
Involvement in the design of services/pathways.
Ability to make decisions at the level of a Consultant
Desirable criteria
N/A
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
Ability to function as a specialty Consultant and lead a team of junior trainees
Ability to organise and manage a clinical service
Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
Evidence of good spoken and written English
Experience of teaching medical students and junior trainees
Desirable criteria
Leadership of professional bodies or committees
Evidence of written communication in publications
Post graduate qualifications in medical education
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates' investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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