Locum Consultant in Medicine Elderly

About the Service

The Complex Older People’s Service plays a pivotal role across the patient pathway, delivering:

• Acute frailty services at the front door, in close collaboration with the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Team
• A range of specialist clinics supporting older people with complex medical need
• Inpatient care across three consultant‑led teams on a dedicated ward
• Virtual wards supporting and managing patients in the community

Over the coming year, we anticipate further expansion of:

• Virtual ward services
• Silver triage
• Specialist outpatient and clinic‑based services

The successful appointee will contribute to:

• Acute frailty services
• Virtual wards
• Specialist clinics
• Inpatient care

You will be committed to delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care and to supporting the ongoing development of innovative service models. As a major teaching hospital with close academic links to UCL, the role offers excellent opportunities for involvement in teaching, training, quality improvement, and research.

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and forward‑thinking clinician with a strong interest in inpatient care, acute frailty, virtual wards, and outpatient services to join our well‑established multidisciplinary team. The service currently comprises 11 consultants and a consultant nurse, supported by junior doctors, therapists, and specialist nursing colleagues.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease
• World‑class support services, including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net‑zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.