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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
290-COND100
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hammersmith Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£105,504 to £139,882 per annum WTE
Closing
31/08/2025 23:59

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Consultant Geriatrician- Cardiac Liaison

Consultant

Job overview

This is an opportunity to join the expanding team of speciality geriatricians embedded within the tertiary cardiology service at Hammersmith hospital. We are a dynamic group, running this pioneering service for patients with multimorbidity in this leading cardiac centre, with an expanding role across the department’s many activities.

This post is based at the Hammersmith hospital, with acute unselected take for general internal medicine at St Mary’s hospital. The postholder will be a Geriatrician, with subspeciality interest in cardiology and will provide inpatient care on C8 ward, general and speciality outpatient clinics, reviews of inpatients across the cardiac directorate and MDT support. The postholder will support the training of residents in geriatrics, as well as offer teaching to medical students and nurse practitioners. There will be opportunities for clinical governance activities, service development and research. An interest in rehab/prehab for cardia procedures is encouraged.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will manage an inpatient integrated cardiogeriatrics ward, together with a second consultant. They will be responsible for the day to day running of the ward, complex discharges, MDTs and family meetings. The postholder will undertake reviews of complex inpatients across the directorate to support complex decision making, frailty and multi-morbidity assessments. The postholder will manage outpatients focussing on general and cardio-geriatrics. The postholder will undertake acute unselected take at St Mary’s hospital. The postholder will support residents and medical students in the department and will participate in ongoing governance and quality improvement activities. There will also be opportunities for research, based on interest and previous experience.

Working for our organisation

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 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. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full JD is provided- Royal College approval is currently pending

  • -          Managing the 18 bed Hammersmith hospital cardio-geriatrics ward, together with a second geriatrician and providing Monday-Friday consultant ward rounds, discharge MDTs, complex discharge and family meetings, as well as clinical support to the resident team
  • -          MDT support across cardiac to support decision making and provide speciality input for complex cases
  • -          Liaison across other HH cardiac inpatient areas, providing frailty, complex-comorbidity, delirium, cognition and other geriatric syndrome assessments
  • -          Geriatrics and cardio-geriatrics outpatients
  • -          Leading the cardiac rehabilitation programme
  • -          Acute unselected take at St Mary’s hospital

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
  • On GMC’s Specialist Register or within 6 months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
  • Appropriate Royal College Membership

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential criteria
  • Comprehensive clinical experience in Geriatrics and liaison Geriatrics
  • Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
  • IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/ Management Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
  • Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
  • Management of staff
  • Knowledge of finance and budgets

Teaching/ Training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Academic achievements

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Language

Essential criteria
  • Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Bozena Sobien
Job title
Business Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

For more details on this vacancy please contact-

Dr Shuli Levy

Consultant Geriatrician, Cardiology Liaison

Governance lead, Cardiac Directorate, WCCS

Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust  

[email protected] | 020 331 33531 | 07813 172289

Secretary: [email protected] | 020 331 11564

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Telephone
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