Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Job summary

Salary Band: Negotiable according to current consultant salary scale plus London Weighting.

Hours: This is a part time post (6PAs) with a 1 in 9 second on call commitment (2% on call allowance).

There is flexibility regarding the number of PAs and working pattern please email or call us to discuss.

Contract: Fixed term, maternity cover (12 months)

Location: Royal Trinity Hospice, 30 Clapham Common Northside, London, SW4 0RN

The Opportunity

• We have an exciting opportunity for a 12-month maternity cover post at Royal Trinity Hospice, providing both inpatient and community care to a diverse population across central and southwest London.
• The post will primarily be inpatient focussed but with support to a bustling community team, including a recently launched rapid response service.
• The post holder will be working within a dynamic and supportive team of 4 other consultants to deliver high quality clinical care at Englands oldest hospice.
• The post would suit a newly qualified consultant looking for a supportive first role, or equally a more seasoned consultant looking for a new experience. There may also be scope to offer the post as an acting up opportunity for a trainee coming towards the end of their specialty training.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Excellence:Lead ward rounds and provide senior medical oversight for the Inpatient Unit (IPU), managing complex symptoms and end-of-life care. Royal Trinity Hospice has 26 beds across two wards; typically, one consultant covers each ward.
• MDT Leadership:Work collaboratively with nurses, AHPs, social work, spiritual care and psychiatric services to develop individualised, person-centred care plans. Chairing the weekly IPU IDT meeting and providing support for complex psychosocial meetings.
• Community support & Advice:Provide specialist advice to our community nursing and medical teams, local GPs, and hospital partners. Supporting complex case management and palliative care in hard to access groups. Provide senior clinical input for the hospice community IDTs and heart failure IDTs.
• On-Call:Participate in the consultant on-call rota (typically 1 in 9) providing face to face and remote support for the hospice IPU, and telephone advice only for St Georges, Chelsea & Westminster and Croydon hospitals, as well as The Royal Hospital of Neuro-disability.
• Education & Governance:The hospice has a range of resident and specialty doctors, giving opportunities for mentorship of junior medical staff and clinical / educational supervision of trainees. Participation in clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives will be encouraged.

About us

Royal Trinity Hospice is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. At Royal Trinity Hospice we promote FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement). We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

• We match Agenda for Change/NHS terms and conditions for maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• Length of service for those joining directly from another CQC regulated organisation (NHS, social care, hospice) is recognised in annual leave, maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• A pension scheme is offered with employer contributions of up to 7.5%or a continuation of your existing NHS pension
• A generous 27 days annual leave increasing to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus bank holidays (any bank holidays worked will be given back in lieu)
• Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans available
• Free eyesight test for DSE users and a contribution towards the cost of glasses
• 25% store discount in Trinity shops
• Life assurance cover
• Lots of opportunities to attend exciting and high-profile events e.g. a staff lottery to attend our regular biannual Gala dinner; participating in Royal visits, and the annual summer garden party
• Regular ballots for donated free tickets and prizes
• Access to courses of free counselling