Job summary
We are excited to announce an available position for a substantive Palliative Consultant and Clinical Lead at Ashford and St. Peters Hospital in Chertsey. This opportunity entails a 10 PA (7DCC-3SPA) role, with remote on-call duties falling under category A medium intensity, providing an additional 5% uplift.
At our hospital, we take pride in maintaining a dedicated palliative and end-of-life care team, fostering a friendly, flexible, and cohesive group. This team plays a vital role in offering invaluable inreach, support, and guidance across all areas of the hospital. We firmly believe in providing the best holistic environment possible for our patients, carers, and families, and to that end, our service is further bolstered by a well-resourced palliative care ward and clinical nurse specialist team.
In the capacity of a consultant and clinical lead, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the department's objectives. These objectives encompass an unwavering commitment to enhancing the quality of care for patients with specialist palliative care needs and end-of-life care needs. Additionally, we strive to improve access and identification to our palliative care service and promote seamless coordination of care for patients in the North West Surrey area including collaboration with the Surrey heartlands ICS and Charitable Organisations that provide hospice care.
Main duties of the job
As a Consultant at Ashford & St Peter's Hospital, you will be entrusted to deliver clinical, educational, and managerial services of the highest professional standard to the Department. Collaborating with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team, your focus will be on providing a well-led service for patients, encompassing diagnosis, investigations, treatment, and management in accordance with Trust policies and best practices.
You will be actively involved in education, research, audit, and clinical governance activities, collaborating with a diverse, multi-disciplinary workforce across the department. As part of your commitment to excellence, you will actively participate in the professional training of both medical and non-medical staff within the department. This includes contributing to teaching sessions for other hospital staff, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate staff, with an emphasis on supervising junior medical personnel. Verification of teaching certification will be required to support these endeavors.
Additionally, you will play a vital role in supporting recruitment, appraisal, development, and mentoring activities for the multi-disciplinary, multi-professional team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and growth.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Palliative Medicine Consultant will provide:
- Clinical leadership and specialist strategic guidance to ASPH NHS Foundation Trust for the future delivery of SPC
- Essential membership of the palliative care multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Leadership in specialist education
- Strategic guidance End of Life Care
- Innovative working across the acute and community and enable care to be given in the right place and at the right time.
- Named consultant for SPC beds in a dedicated ward
Clinical Leadership
- Clinical leadership and management of specialist palliative care services
- Clinical and strategic leadership end of life care
- Leading and supporting the development of specialist palliative care services in and across all settings
- Leading service developments and change initiatives such as reducing length of stay by rapid discharge pathways and reducing inappropriate admissions
- Participating and leading on quality improvement initiative such as the End of Life Care CQUIN
- Leading and participating in local, regional and national quality assurance processes eg NACEL
- Leading on governance issues relating to appraisal and revalidation for palliative medicine colleagues
- Making a major contribution to the management of clinical risk and patient safety from their medical perspective
- Strategic contribution and clinical support to local commissioning groups/clinical commissioning groups/health boards primarily CSH Surrey
- Strategic leadership within local networks such as palliative care and cancer alliances
- Strategic leadership and development of local services in the hospice and community settings
- Contributing to the development of local and national policy and guidance eg NICE guidance
- Involvement in and response to concerns and complaints around end of life care in the acute sector
- Leading and participating in local, regional and quality assurance processes eg frailty hubs and heart failure community teams
- Supporting the development of generalist palliative care provision and services in care/residential
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Palliative Medicine Consultant will provide:
- Clinical leadership and specialist strategic guidance to ASPH NHS Foundation Trust for the future delivery of SPC
- Essential membership of the palliative care multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Leadership in specialist education
- Strategic guidance End of Life Care
- Innovative working across the acute and community and enable care to be given in the right place and at the right time.
- Named consultant for SPC beds in a dedicated ward
Clinical Leadership
- Clinical leadership and management of specialist palliative care services
- Clinical and strategic leadership end of life care
- Leading and supporting the development of specialist palliative care services in and across all settings
- Leading service developments and change initiatives such as reducing length of stay by rapid discharge pathways and reducing inappropriate admissions
- Participating and leading on quality improvement initiative such as the End of Life Care CQUIN
- Leading and participating in local, regional and national quality assurance processes eg NACEL
- Leading on governance issues relating to appraisal and revalidation for palliative medicine colleagues
- Making a major contribution to the management of clinical risk and patient safety from their medical perspective
- Strategic contribution and clinical support to local commissioning groups/clinical commissioning groups/health boards primarily CSH Surrey
- Strategic leadership within local networks such as palliative care and cancer alliances
- Strategic leadership and development of local services in the hospice and community settings
- Contributing to the development of local and national policy and guidance eg NICE guidance
- Involvement in and response to concerns and complaints around end of life care in the acute sector
- Leading and participating in local, regional and quality assurance processes eg frailty hubs and heart failure community teams
- Supporting the development of generalist palliative care provision and services in care/residential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships
Desirable
- Leading a change or innovation in the workplace with a multi-disciplinary team.
Skills
Essential
- Highly skilled in the management and treatment of patients admitted to the specialty.
Desirable
- Evidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience.
Teaching
Essential
- Medical and/or non-medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience.
Leadership and Management
Essential
- Evidence of previous active participation in leadership and management activities
- Ability to inspire and motivate others.
Desirable
- Experience of managing budgets/financial elements and staff
Research
Essential
- Evidence of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians or organisations.
Desirable
- Publication in peer reviewed journals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships
Desirable
- Leading a change or innovation in the workplace with a multi-disciplinary team.
Skills
Essential
- Highly skilled in the management and treatment of patients admitted to the specialty.
Desirable
- Evidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience.
Teaching
Essential
- Medical and/or non-medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience.
Leadership and Management
Essential
- Evidence of previous active participation in leadership and management activities
- Ability to inspire and motivate others.
Desirable
- Experience of managing budgets/financial elements and staff
Research
Essential
- Evidence of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians or organisations.
Desirable
- Publication in peer reviewed journals.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
