Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to:

• Provide clinical care to patients and those important to them within South Camden, and Islington (and NE 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.
• Provide clinical cross cover for SPC consultants in the service who work in UCLH as needed.
• Work closely with the clinical lead for the service, as well as the leads for the community and hospital 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)
• Attend and contribute to the community specialist palliative care MDT meeting each week.
• 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.

Hospital:

The purpose of this post is to provide clinical care and leadership within the UCLH Palliative Care Service as follows:

• Provide clinical care to patients within UCLH. The post holder will work closely with the with the inpatient lead for this team, Dr Jane Neerkin and inpatient lead clinical nurse specialist, Emily Anderson.
• Support Clinical Nurse Specialists and other colleagues in the team, as well as other colleagues within the wider service and throughout the Trust,liaising with professionals in the community as needed, such as GPs, community palliative care teams and community nurses.
• Work closely with the clinical lead for the service, Dr Rasha Al-Qurainy, as well as the leads for the surgery & cancer, medicine, and specialist hospital boards.
• Represent Palliative Care at relevant clinical and strategic meetings within the hospital.
• Share the clinical leadership with colleagues within the UCLH Palliative Care Team depending on demand.
• Actively contribute to the UCLH Supportive, Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy 2024-2028 agenda, working closely with relevant clinicians to optimise patient care, communication and use of hospital beds.

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, and inclusion on the Specialist Register (applicants who expect to CCT expected within 6 months of interview date are welcomed)

Desirable

• An additional postgraduate qualification of relevance to the work

Personal Skills & Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication and empathic skills
• The highest ethical and professional standards
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to both lead and be led as part of a team
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Be skilled at encouraging and giving feedback
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Enthusiasm to work within a changing environment
• Sound organisational skills

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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University College Hospital

London

NW1 2BU

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)