Locum Consultant Geriatrician | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

This is a 1 year Fixed-Term Maternity Leave Cover 10PA post (8 DCC, 2 SPA) based at St Mary’s Hospital Campus of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Medicine for the Elderly (MfE) services have evolved over recent years at St Mary’s Hospital so there is now a multiprofessional Acute Frailty Team and ED liaison service, in addition to the 48 acute MFE beds across 3 wards, outpatients and liaison work with multiple community services in West London. The acute frailty team requires daily consultant input and this post allows for year-round provision of acute frailty input on admissions wards and into the Emergency Department, and further to allow the development of Frailty OPRAC at the SMH site.

Start date

TBC

Contract Duration

12 months

Frailty service development is at the heart of the Trust's planning and operations, and the addition of this post holder will allow not only provide the requisite level of cover to maintain a constant service, but also the capacity to design and pilot improvements within the team. There is an active programme of audit and QUIP within and around the department and an active working group with the ED who have an appointed frailty lead. The post holder will be able to participate on local and regional working groups and CQUINs – we are currently signed up to the Frailty Assessment CQUIN in ED.

This post holder will work with 1 consultant colleagues in the frailty service and will be primarily based in the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit, providing acute frailty input to admitted medical patients. Additionally, supervision and collaboration with the emergency department-based Frailty Practitioners (ACPs) is a key component. There will also be opportunities for involvement in community and virtual ward input, and general medicine admissions / on-call shifts. Imperial College is fully committed to supporting flexible working and discussions are welcomed.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Medicine for the Elderly is a large tri-site specialty, comprising

Inpatient beds on all sites for frail, complex older patients requiring hospital care

A rehabilitation unit at the CXH siteAcute Frailty teams on both acute sites providing comprehensive geriatric assessment to all complex older patients admitted on the acute medical take

Dedicated Surgical liaison service – orthopaedics, vascular and GI surgery

Dedicated Cardiology and Renal liaison services

Community input to local care homes, Primary Care Network Frailty hubs, Virtual Wards and the Community Independence Service (CIS), an integrated health and social care provision to support older patients in the community

All services and care are based on the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and effective multidisciplinary working. They are aligned with the evidence base and national guidelines.

The Department of Elderly Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital is currently staffed by 4

Consultants

Dr Colin Mitchell (Falls, Divisional ICT lead)

Dr David James (Dementia lead)

Dr Susy Long (Chief Medical Examiner, Patient Safety Research)

Dr Sabaa Gauhar (Acute Frailty)

Dr Alvin Shrestha (Acute Frailty)

In addition, there are 5 surgical liaison geriatricians based at the St Mary’s site

This advert closes on Wednesday 20 May 2026