Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

Job summary

We are looking to appoint an experience Locum Consultant in Geriatrics to join our Frailty team for a fixed period until April 2027.

We are proud to have an excellent acute frailty service and we have an enthusiastic and dynamic team of Consultants and Associate Specialists working closely together to deliver our overarching Frailty Strategy, aiming to improve the care of all patients living with frailty in Guildford and Waverley.

We are continuing to work to provide seamless care for our patients. For those with emerging or stable frailty we aim to provide standardised proactive Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and for those with frailty crisis, an effective alternative to admission including Urgent Crisis Response (UCR), Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) and Hospital at Home (H@H) / virtual wards.

We have established the Guildford and Waverley Frailty Academy which has embedded education and training across the local system and within the acute Trust. We have developed internal trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Portfolio route training programmes (formerly CESR route) to support workforce development.

We are looking to innovate with local partners in delivery of a local strategy to develop our workforce and make it fit to meet the needs of our ageing population.

Main duties of the job

We would welcome applicants with experience in posts relevant to Geriatric medicine with a wide range of experience in Geriatric medicine specialty areas including community work (Hospital at Home, community wards, proactive care MDTs / clinics), acute frailty, rehabilitation, orthogeriatrics and stroke.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.

We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients' homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.

To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

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