Consultant Geriatrician, 3 posts (1 x Senior Health, 2 x Virtual Ward)NHS

Job summary

We are advertising three Consultant Geriatrician posts:

• 1 WTE Consultant Geriatrician, Senior Health post working within the Acute Senior Health Unit (ASHU) and OPAL teams, providing specialist geriatric input to support the assessment, management, and ongoing care of older people with complex needs in the acute setting.
• 2 WTE Virtual Ward Consultant Geriatrician post supporting the delivery of an integrated frailty pathway across acute and community services, with a core focus on the development and delivery of the Hospital at Home model, enabling high-quality care closer to patients' homes.

We welcome candidates to submit a single application for these posts and indicate whether they would like to be considered for one or both roles, including their preferred post(s).

Main duties of the job

• 1 WTE Consultant Geriatrician, Senior Health post

They will hold clinical responsibility for half of the patients on this 28 bedded ward. With the multidisciplinary team, the appointee will provide Geriatric Medicine and comprehensive geriatric assessment to older adults with frailty admitted to the ward aiming for rapid, safe discharge home through integrated working with the local community trust.

• 2 WTE Virtual Ward Consultant Geriatrician post

These postholders will lead reactive frailty care across St George's and Wandsworth & Merton CLCH (Community Trust) by providing clinical leadership and senior decision-making across a joint caseload. They will be supported by an MDT from a range of professional backgrounds including ACPs, GP, nurses, therapists and admin. The role will complement admission avoidance at the front door through close alignment with ED, Senior Health and Acute Medicine departments including Same Day Emergency Care.

Job description

Please see the job description for a full breakdown of the main responsibilities for these positions.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.