Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

Job Summary

We are recruiting a Locum consultant geriatrician for a 12 month fixed term period (ending 7 February 2027) to join our Frailty Team delivering integrated holistic care spanning both acute and community settings. The post holder's primary duty will be to develop pathways and enhance the reactive frailty services, UCR, virtual wards, ED front door and Mary Seacole Unit. The post holder will have opportunities to support the integrated frailty service and be involved in providing reactive and proactive care across the acute and community areas.

There will also be responsibilities in supervising and teaching trainees and medical students, as well as nursing and allied health professionals of the MDT. The post holder will drive forward developments, improving the quality of care delivered to patients with a focus on maximising people s independence and supporting their return to their usual place of residence wherever possible. You will receive peer support from fellow Consultants working across the frailty services in Epsom General Hospital and Surrey Downs Health and Care and be fully supported by an integrated management team helping you to drive forward change.

We request that successful applicants must have relevant UK and NHS experience in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine with full GMC registration and already have CCT, or be within 6 months of obtaining their CCT.

• Consultant geriatrician as part of the Frailty Team covering the following clinical areas:
  Community reactive services (UCR and VW) — providing clinical advice and leadership to the MDT. This may involve home visits of complex patients and liaising with other colleagues in the acute hospital, community teams and primary care. The post holder will provide presence at the team huddles and hold clinical responsibility for the caseload (varies between 10-12 UCRs and 50-70 patients on VW).
  
  This is supported by a team that can be made up of GPs, specialty doctors, trainees, ACPs, PAs, nurses and therapists.
• Emergency Department (ED) — provision of clinical leadership within Front Door Team. The post holder will be supported by the MDT, including junior doctors with the expectation that they will review approximately 4 new patients per day. There is also an expectation to in-reach to other medical wards to support early discharge of patients that could be managed on the virtual ward.
• Mary Seacole Unit — The post holder will provide leadership for junior colleagues as well as all other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) present on the ward.

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations. We are committed to person-centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes the GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network;

CSH Surrey;
Epsom and St Helier s University Hospitals NHS Trust; and Surrey Council County.

Historically there have been boundary lines between organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we are united in our mission to provide great care. Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed to enable local people to receive the care they need in the right environment, by bringing together our expertise to improve patient care and access to the right support, care and treatment.

We work to the same values to translate into better care for our residents.

Date posted: 28 January 2026

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade:
Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per year, 10 PA

Contract:

Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number: 343-LCON-207-B

Job locations:
Surrey Downs Health & Care, Dorking Road, Epsom, KT18 7EG

Job responsibilities:

The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.

• To at all times comply with the GMC guidance on Good Medical Practice, as amended or…