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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Geriatric Medicine to join a well-supported and forward-thinking service in the Greater London region. This role offers the chance to play a key part in enhancing and developing elderly care within a busy, collaborative environment.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care for elderly patients, including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness.
• Collaborate closely with colleagues in Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine, and Care of the Elderly to ensure consistent, optimal patient management.
• Participate in a 1-in-3 on-call rota for elderly medicine, with additional duties in General Internal Medicine where applicable.
• Contribute to service development, including the redesign of care pathways to meet the needs of the population served.
• Lead and supervise junior doctors and multidisciplinary team members, ensuring holistic and patient-centred care.
• Undertake administrative duties such as timely triage of referrals, completion of discharge summaries, and adherence to local and national care standards.
• Engage in audit, quality improvement, and teaching activitie

Person Specification

Qualifications – Essential

• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register, or within 6 months of achieving CCT in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.
• MRCP or equivalent.
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent.

Experience – Essential

• NHS Experience
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of general medical and elderly care problems.
• Experience in supervising junior doctors and teaching clinical skills.
• Proven ability to run efficient acute services and manage multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in audit and quality improvement.

Desirable

• Postgraduate thesis (PhD or MD).
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• IT skills and computer literacy.

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