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
Employer heading

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
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
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
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
1st Floor Education Centre
Charing Cross Hospital
W6 8RF
- Telephone
- 07789 171 622
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