Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine for the Elderly
- Grade
- MN37
- Contract
- Fixed term: 5 months (contract end date 31st August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-TDPA-007
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,170 - £67,610 per annum +LDN Weighting
- Closing
- 21/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Trust Grade Doctor in Elderly Medicine
MN37
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The post-holder will join the current team of junior doctors in the Elderly Medicine Department. They will be based on medicine for the elderly wards and rehabilitation wards.
Main duties of the job
This Medicine for the Elderly position involves leading multidisciplinary care on inpatient wards and the rehabilitation unit, including ward rounds, board rounds, MDT meetings, new patient reviews, and family discussions. Departmental duties entail regular radiology meetings, Grand Rounds, educational sessions, medical meetings and Falls clinic.
Working for our organisation
At St Marys Hospital there are currently three elderly care wards: Witherow (13 beds), Lewis Loyd (16 beds) and Thistlewaite (20 beds) for complex geriatric medical inpatients. The Acute Frailty service comprises two teams based on the first floor of the QEQM building, providing acute geriatric care for older patients on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU), Referrals are taken from all medical teams with the aim of providing early and effective comprehensive geriatric assessment and appropriate multidisciplinary specialist care where appropriate, working with community services to expedite discharge and streamline care. Consultants and junior medical staff are supported in multidisciplinary working by skilled nursing staff, therapists and the hospital discharge team. There is, in addition, a separate ortho-geriatric service based in Valentine Ellis Ward.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached job description for full details on duties, key responsibilities, and role expectations.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- On GMC Register with license to practice
- MBBS or equivalent
Academic achievements including research/publications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to level of appointment at ICHNT
Relevant experience
Essential criteria
- Must have at least completed Foundation training
- NHS work experience (not including observership)
Desirable criteria
- MRCP Part 2 (PACES)
- Advanced life support
- Experience at SHO level in Elderly Medicine
Language
Essential criteria
- Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfill the job requirements
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent in performing and teaching basic clinical procedures
- Ability to manage safely, and appropriately elderly patients
- Ability to manage acutely unwell patients and escalate care where needed
- Aware of own limitations, consults senior colleagues appropriately
Patient Focused Skills
Essential criteria
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client
- Ability to manage chronic and acute medical problems in frail older patients. Person centred approach
Desirable criteria
- Experience in breaking bad news and discussion regarding ceilings of care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Adrian Parke
- Job title
- Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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