Hospice Clinical Service Lead

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) Clinician to bring their extensive experience and knowledge to this senior role as Hospice Clinical Service Lead for the Salisbury Specialist Palliative Care Service. This post will be fully funded by Salisbury Hospice Charity but is currently managed within the NHS.

This senior position will lead Salisbury Specialist Palliative Care Services both strategically and operationally, providing strong, professional, and visibleleadership. You will work closely with the Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) Consultant Lead, Medicine Directorate, Salisbury Hospice Charity, and the Executive team of the two other hospices within BSW to steer and drive SPC Services and influence continuous improvement within the service and across the wider Integrated Care System (ICS).

This is a new post to provide senior leadership within the service to oversee local service provision during a time of transformational change of community services. To represent the service locally, regionally and nationally, working alongside the executive teams of Dorothy House Hospice and Prospect Hospice, to make sure Salisbury SPC Service is able to recognise the dynamic and evolving needs of our community and respond to emerging opportunities and challenges.

Main duties of the job

To lead the Salisbury Specialist Palliative Care Service (SSPCS), to transform the service in line with local, regional and national needs.

Work alongside the CEOs and Directors of Patient Services at Dorothy House Hospice and Prospect Hospice to develop palliative and end of life care across BSW through collaboration and to ensure equity of services.

To represent the Salisbury Specialist Palliative Care Service at the Southwest Palliative and End of Life Care Network, being part of the wider regional community responding to National directives

Work closely with the charity to provide a direct link between the clinical service, SFT management and the charity in order for the charity to properly fulfil its fundraising capabilities within our community.

Leadership during a period of transformational change in community services, with a new Community Service provider (HCRG). HCRG aims to deliver a new model of healthcare provision in the community with stronger integration with hospitals, hospices, primary care and voluntary sector organisations.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here were driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Dont just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.