Community Frailty Consultant

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Main area: Medical and Dental Grade Medical & Dental: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

10 sessions per week (Part time/ Job share working patterns will be considered)

Job ref: 824-ONW-6929277-A

Site: Sudbury Centre for Health and Care, Vale Farm Town London

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum, plus London Zone Allowance (£2,162 per annum)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 13/04/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.

Job overview

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust is seeking a dynamic and compassionate Community Frailty Consultant to lead and deliver high-quality care across Brent and Harrow.

This pivotal role provides clinical leadership for the Urgent Care Response Teams (Rapid Response), Enhanced Care Home Team (ECHT), Integrated Case Management (ICM), and Falls Services. You will be the clinically accountable clinician, working with multidisciplinary teams to prevent hospital admissions, manage complex cases, and deliver seamless, patient-centred care.

You will be responsible for delivering excellent clinical outcomes, taking accountability for patient care, and providing guidance and leadership.

Your structured weekly schedule will balance clinical responsibilities and management duties, allowing for efficient time management while prioritising high-quality care.

We are proud to offer a supportive environment where your skills and leadership can thrive.

If you are a dedicated and forward-thinking clinician with a passion for community healthcare and frailty management, we would love to hear from you.

To be considered for this role, you must be a fully registered member of the General Medical Council with a current license to practice. You should be on the Specialist Register for Geriatric Medicine or within six months of obtaining your Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at the time of interview.

Main duties of the job

As a Community Frailty Consultant, you’ll be responsible for delivering excellent clinical outcomes, taking full accountability for patient care, and providing guidance and leadership to the Urgent Care Response team. This role also involves ensuring the integration of services across Brent and Harrow, two ethnically diverse boroughs with growing populations.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead innovative services that improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital admissions.
• Work with diverse populations in Brent and Harrow, contributing to community health and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with skilled multidisciplinary teams and health and social care partners.
• Be part of a Trust that values professional development, collaboration, and quality care.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
• Car lease scheme.
• Flexible working options.
• Training, support, and development in your career.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

• MBBS (or equivalent)
• MRCP (or equivalent) full registration with GMC
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register (via CCT/CESR/ECR)
• Higher degree (MSc, MD, or PhD) or equivalent, Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians.

Experience

• Experience in care of the elderly, and A&E/urgent care settings.
• Experience in managing frailty, acute disease, and chronic conditions such as heart failure, COPD, dementia, and depression.

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to work under pressure and manage demanding workload.
• Commitment to patient confidentiality, adhere to confidentiality requirements.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Flexible, caring and empathetic.
• Aware of needs of patients, relatives and carers.
• Ability to handle change and unexpected urgent requirements.
• Knowledge of community support services and interest in maintaining patients in the community through the biopsychosocial model.

Key Attributes

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and efficiently oversee multiple medical teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, patients and external stakeholders.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

• Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
• Race Equality Network
• Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.