Job summary
Locum Community Consultant in Palliative Medicine Fixed-Term 4 Months, 1st September 2025 - 5th January 2026 Part -Time, 6.5PAs
We are seeking a Part Time Fixed Term community consultant in Palliative Medicine for the South Camden and Islington Community Palliative Care Team - 6.5PAs. September 1st 2025 - January 5th 2026. There are on call duties aligned to this post.
We are open to candidates who may need a delayed start date or trainees interested in an acting up position, so Doctors on the specialist register for SPC or ST trainees eligible to act up are welcome to apply.
This post sits within the Camden, Islington and UCLH Palliative Care Service.
We are committed to providing opportunities forflexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Caroline Stirling, Community Lead Consultant
Tel: 020 3447 7140, Email: caroline.stirling@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
Medical consultants within the Service work primarily within the South Camden and Islington community palliative care service, and in addition to clinical care, each are closely involved with strategic development and service improvement, as well as the advancement of relationships with key colleagues. The aims of the post are to provide an efficient and responsive clinical service to the community patients requiring supportive and palliative care; the post holder will join a team of 3 community consultants ( 2 medical, 1 nursing) to develop relationships and improve the care of patients and provide cross clinical cover within other areas of the specialist palliative care service (including the UCLH hospital palliative care team). This is a part time fixed term consultant role of 6.5 PAs. All DCC are within the community setting.
About us
You will be part of a busy proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team providing excellent care to patients and relatives. It is an inspiring and supportive place to work , with plenty of opportunities for education and training and personal development. The Camden, Islington and UCLH Palliative Care Service is a well-established specialist palliative care service that has gained recognition for its innovative, integrated and comprehensive care provision. The service delivers a Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) Service throughout University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and within the local communities of South Camden, North East Westminster and Islington. It has a 7 day a week 9am-8pm visiting on call service to these areas. The service has a robust programme of service improvement, audit and education and meets regularly to develop and deliver these.The service works closely with primary care and other specialist palliative care providers within NCL ICS and is a member of PallE8, and the UCL Palliative Care Research Consortium. It is a training unit for specialty registrars and undergraduates.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide clinical care to patients and those important to them within South Camden, and Islington (and a small part of Westminster) The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialists and other colleagues in the team, as well as colleagues within the wider service and throughout the Trust, and will liaise with professionals within the community - GPs, Community Nursing and other specialist Teams (e.g. Respiratory, Learning difficulties, Heart Failure, Dementia etc), and within St Pancras Hospital (St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit, Camden Virtual ward etc) as well as neighbouring hospitals as needed.
To provide clinical cross cover for SPC consultants in the service who work in UCLH as needed..
To work closely with the clinical lead for the service, as well as the leads for the community team. Represent Palliative Care at relevant clinical and strategic meetings (e.g. NCL Specialist Palliative Care provider group, PallE8, GP Multidisciplinary meetings, Cross community meetings)
To attend and contribute to the community specialist palliative care MDT meeting each week.
To provide clinical supervision and educational supervision to trainees working within the team, as well as educational support and teaching to members of the nursing team undertaking advanced practice (e.g non-medical prescribing, physical assessment) and to visitors to the team. Out-of-hours service
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide clinical care to patients and those important to them within South Camden, and Islington (and a small part of Westminster) The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialists and other colleagues in the team, as well as colleagues within the wider service and throughout the Trust, and will liaise with professionals within the community - GPs, Community Nursing and other specialist Teams (e.g. Respiratory, Learning difficulties, Heart Failure, Dementia etc), and within St Pancras Hospital (St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit, Camden Virtual ward etc) as well as neighbouring hospitals as needed.
To provide clinical cross cover for SPC consultants in the service who work in UCLH as needed..
To work closely with the clinical lead for the service, as well as the leads for the community team. Represent Palliative Care at relevant clinical and strategic meetings (e.g. NCL Specialist Palliative Care provider group, PallE8, GP Multidisciplinary meetings, Cross community meetings)
To attend and contribute to the community specialist palliative care MDT meeting each week.
To provide clinical supervision and educational supervision to trainees working within the team, as well as educational support and teaching to members of the nursing team undertaking advanced practice (e.g non-medical prescribing, physical assessment) and to visitors to the team. Out-of-hours service
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- Approved Clinician status
- Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practice
- MRCP (UK) or recognised equivalent
Desirable
- An additional postgraduate qualification of relevance to the work
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register (applicants who expect to CCT expected within 3 months of interview date are welcomed
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and empathic skills
- The highest ethical and professional standards
- Ability to work under pressure
- Be skilled at encouraging and giving feedback
- Ability to work on own initiative
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent skills in specialist palliative care
- Proven ability to efficiently manage patients with complex physical, psychological, spiritual and social problems and to respond sensitively to the needs of carers
- Proven ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team and support others to flourish
- Proven ability to lead clinical care across professional and organisational boundaries
- Experience of working within the community
- Ability to work with sensitivity within a multicultural society
- An understanding of the principles and practical applications of clinical governance systems, education, quality improvement etc
- Understanding of the drivers influencing NHS and commercial health care providers and current and proposed national organisational changes
- Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical and academic setting
- Ability to act as a consistent reference point in a team and to take a leadership role
- Ability to prioritise workload, to delegate responsibilities as appropriate
Desirable
- Ability to support advanced practitioners from other professional groups develop new skills
- Higher qualification in medical education
- Completed training to be a clinical and or educational supervisor
- Proven experience of management in a clinical area
- Experience working with user led groups to enhance service delivery
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- Approved Clinician status
- Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practice
- MRCP (UK) or recognised equivalent
Desirable
- An additional postgraduate qualification of relevance to the work
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register (applicants who expect to CCT expected within 3 months of interview date are welcomed
Personal Skills & Qualities
Essential
- Excellent communication and empathic skills
- The highest ethical and professional standards
- Ability to work under pressure
- Be skilled at encouraging and giving feedback
- Ability to work on own initiative
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent skills in specialist palliative care
- Proven ability to efficiently manage patients with complex physical, psychological, spiritual and social problems and to respond sensitively to the needs of carers
- Proven ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team and support others to flourish
- Proven ability to lead clinical care across professional and organisational boundaries
- Experience of working within the community
- Ability to work with sensitivity within a multicultural society
- An understanding of the principles and practical applications of clinical governance systems, education, quality improvement etc
- Understanding of the drivers influencing NHS and commercial health care providers and current and proposed national organisational changes
- Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical and academic setting
- Ability to act as a consistent reference point in a team and to take a leadership role
- Ability to prioritise workload, to delegate responsibilities as appropriate
Desirable
- Ability to support advanced practitioners from other professional groups develop new skills
- Higher qualification in medical education
- Completed training to be a clinical and or educational supervisor
- Proven experience of management in a clinical area
- Experience working with user led groups to enhance service delivery
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).
