Job responsibilities
To work together with
the other palliative medicine consultants in the provision of medical services
to patients of St Elizabeth Hospice, Ipswich Hospital, James Paget Hospital and
East Coast Community Healthcare and to support staff. To develop services and improve integrated
working between local Palliative Care providers (Hospice, Hospital and in the
wider community of the Integrated Care Systems).
Professional and Managerial
1.
On
call will be based on NHS terms and conditions, and will be at 5%. There is no
formal expectation of face to face reviews on call but should the consultant be
on site during that time then this time will be deducted from their clinical
PAs in the next week. The job plan will then be reviewed to determine if a
designated PA is needed for on call.
2.
To
assist in the supervision of junior medical and other staff in the hospice,
ensuring that medical care and practice follow professional guidelines and St
Elizabeth Hospice Policies and Procedures.
3.
To
support effective liaison and communication with relevant disciplines in
respect of all aspects of palliative and end of life care.
4.
To
attend multidisciplinary team meetings at St Elizabeth Hospice or in the
community (such as GSF meetings).
5.
To
establish and provide outpatient clinics and day services at St Elizabeth
Hospice or at other community sites as required and to undertake domiciliary
visits as necessary.
6.
To
be responsible with the other consultants for the admission, inpatient care and
discharge of patients at hospice inpatient sites.
7.
To
develop and maintain knowledge and skills to a level appropriate to the
responsibilities of the post.
8.
To
work with colleagues in the development and provision of education and training
in palliative care at St Elizabeth Hospice inpatient sites, Ipswich Hospital, James
Paget Hospital and the community.
9.
To
contribute to the initiation and conduct of research projects in Palliative
Care. Any agreed research activity will be in discussion with the medical
director with appropriate SPA allocated to support the research project from
existing SPA allowance or additional SPA if part time employees with less than
2.5 allocated SPAs. Sessions as researchers with local research units may
require acting as principle investigator
or chief investigator and to maintain good clinical practice (GCP) training.
10.
To
initiate and participate in audit regarding palliative and end of life care in
the hospice, hospital and community. The hospice supports the requirements for
continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the Royal College of
Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these
activities.
11.
To
represent the Hospice on local and national bodies as appropriate.
12.
Formal
consultant appraisal for revalidation will be completed by the hospice
appraisal team with St Elizabeth Hospice as the designated body with the
Medical Director of the Hospice as Responsible Officer.
13.
The
postholder will have administrative support from the Medical Team PA, the patient
services administrators and will have a dedicated laptop computer with
docking station facilities in a shared office and office facilities at
associated sites.
Service Development
14.
To
work alongside colleagues in the development of hospice policies, procedures and
services.
15.
There
will be opportunity for post holders to develop service roles that may include
appraisal and clinical supervisor roles. Appropriate SPA will be allocated to
support these activities if programmed SPA is insufficient.
General
16.
To
be a fully subscribed member of a recognised professional defence organisation
and to provide evidence of membership to the Hospice People and Culture
Business partner annually, or on request.
17.
To
work at all times within the policies and procedures of the Hospice, reviewing
same and contributing to their development as appropriate, and to ensure
compliance to same by other members of staff.
18.
In
conjunction with members of the Hospice Governance Committee and the Quality
Assurance and Improvement Group, to develop quality assurance and audit
policies to monitor medical standards of care and practice.
19.
To
develop and maintain personal contact with key professionals within local
health and social care providers and commissioners.
20.
To
promote St Elizabeth Hospice philosophy of care towards patients, relatives and
visitors.
21.
To
play an active part in the development and maintenance of good relationships
with all who do business with St Elizabeth Hospice.
22.
To
respect at all times the confidentiality of information covering patients,
staff and volunteers.
23.
To
contribute to and participate in the Hospice fundraising and public relations
programme when required.
24. To be responsible for
complying with the hospice Infection Control policies and clinical guidelines.
This may include working from home to optimise social distancing during a
pandemic
25. To have annual medical appraisal
as well as annual performance reviews.
26. To ensure training and
development needs detailed in your personal development plan are followed up and
the effectiveness of the acquired training and development evaluated in terms
of self, patient and service.
27.
To meet the Royal College of Physician
recommendations on appropriate completion of continuing professional
development activity and be committed to the GMC revalidation process
28.
To
be responsible and accountable for ensuring that all staff under your direction
comply with Hospice Infection Control policies and clinical guidelines
29.
To
conduct annual Performance Development Reviews, and progress reviews, for staff
in your charge (if applicable) and, through this process, to identify and
facilitate development opportunities to improve the performance of the
individual and the organisations.
30.
Ensure
training and development needs identified in the individuals personal
development plan are followed up and assist staff to identify their development
needs and to promote a learning culture.
31.
To
be responsible for the quality of data recorded. The data should be accurate,
legible (if hand written), recorded in a timely manner, kept up to date and
appropriately filed.
32.
All
employees must comply with the St Elizabeth Hospice Equal Opportunity Policy
and must not discriminate on the grounds of sex, colour, race, ethnic or
national origins, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation or
religious belief.
33.
Employees
have a responsibility to themselves and others in relation to managing risk, health
and safety and will be required to work within the policies and procedures laid
down by St Elizabeth Hospice. St
Elizabeth Hospice seeks to establish a safe and healthy working environment for
its employees and operates a non-smoking policy.
34.
All
employees have the right to work in an environment which is safe and to be
protected from all forms of abuse,
violence, harassment and undue stress.
All employees are responsible for helping to ensure that individuals do
not suffer harassment or bullying in any form.
All employees will be personally accountable for their actions and
behaviour in cases of complaint of harassment or bullying.
The post holder may on
occasion be asked to undertake other duties to help maintain the high standard
of care expected of a specialist palliative care service.
This job description is not necessarily
exhaustive and may be subject to review by the Medical Director in conjunction
with the postholder.
