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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Locum Consultant Geriatrician

The closing date is 13 June 2025

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Job summary

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care for older adults? Would you like to be part of a supportive, innovative, and multidisciplinary team in a friendly teaching community hospital?

We are looking for a dynamic and compassionateLocumConsultant Geriatricianto join our expanding frailty and community services at Moseley Hall Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to shape services for older people across the hospital and wider community, while contributing to teaching, quality improvement, and clinical leadership.

Main duties of the job

The Role

You will provide senior clinical leadership to inpatient and/or community-based geriatric services, with opportunities to contribute to:

  • Virtual wards and Urgent Community Care Response
  • Teaching and mentorship of medical students and trainees
  • Quality improvement and service innovation

What We're Looking For

  • GMC registration with a licence to practise
  • Entry on the Specialist Register in Geriatric Medicine (or within 6 months of CCT)
  • A commitment to compassionate, collaborative care
  • An interest in shaping the future of integrated geriatric services

We are proud of our inclusive culture and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Why Join Us?

  • Innovative Practice: We are developing integrated frailty pathways that span acute, community, and primary care settings.
  • Teaching & Research: We have strong links with Aston University and welcome involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research.
  • Flexible Working: We support job planning that promotes work-life balance, portfolio careers, and opportunities to lead service development.
  • Multidisciplinary Excellence: Work alongside experienced nurses, therapists, pharmacists, and primary care colleagues to deliver holistic care.
  • Career Development: We offer personalised professional development, including support for CESR candidates and new consultants.

Details

Date posted

02 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7217098-ASR

Job locations

Moseley Hall Hospital

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Ready to make a difference?

Job Description attached.

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Dr Salim Dawood

Clinical Lead Geriatric Medicine Dr Zacchaeus Falope, Divisional Medical

Director of Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation Division.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ready to make a difference?

Job Description attached.

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Dr Salim Dawood

Clinical Lead Geriatric Medicine Dr Zacchaeus Falope, Divisional Medical

Director of Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation Division.

Person Specification

shortlisting

Essential

  • oFull GMC registration and license to practice
  • oMRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • oEntry on GMC Specialist Register (Geriatrics & GIM) or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview

Desirable

  • oExperience in community or intermediate care settings
  • oUnderstanding of NHS structures and community care pathways
  • oInterest or experience in research or service evaluation

Experience

Essential

  • oBroad experience in Geriatric Medicine /Care of Older Person or General Internal Medicine
Person Specification

shortlisting

Essential

  • oFull GMC registration and license to practice
  • oMRCP (UK) or equivalent
  • oEntry on GMC Specialist Register (Geriatrics & GIM) or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview

Desirable

  • oExperience in community or intermediate care settings
  • oUnderstanding of NHS structures and community care pathways
  • oInterest or experience in research or service evaluation

Experience

Essential

  • oBroad experience in Geriatric Medicine /Care of Older Person or General Internal Medicine

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Moseley Hall Hospital

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Moseley Hall Hospital

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Geriatrician/Clinical Lead

Dr Salim Dawood

salim.dawood@nhs.net

01214666402

Details

Date posted

02 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7217098-ASR

Job locations

Moseley Hall Hospital

Alcester Road

Birmingham

B13 8JL


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