Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic Palliative Medicine Consultant to join the Trafford Community Specialist Palliative Care Team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive community consultant post based with Trafford Community Specialist Palliative Care Service and linking with St. Ann's Hospice including Hospice Out-patient session and Hospice 2nd On-call.

This post has an NHS contract held by Trafford Local care Organisation, with an honorary contract with St Ann's Hospice. Palliative Medical governance and Consultant support will be through St. Ann's Hospice.

Main duties of the job

This Consultant in Palliative Medicine will play a key role in the development and delivery of high quality equitable palliative care services for the patients and families within Trafford Community.

The appointee will work in collaboration with the Trafford Community Specialist Palliative Care Service and St. Ann's Hospice to facilitate the seamless co-ordination of palliative care services for patients between care settings.

The Consultant will provide senior medical specialist palliative care assessment and management for patients and their families working as part of the specialist palliative care Multi-professional Team both in Trafford Community and St. Ann's Hospice.

The post holder will provide medical leadership within the Trafford Specialist Palliative Care Service, providing clinical advice and support for other members of the service as well as wider community colleagues.

The post holder will support the operational and strategic development of the Trafford Service with the service leads.

The Consultant will encourage and facilitate non-clinical activities, such as education and training, audit and quality improvement.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Date posted

05 March 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

349-LCO-7010686*

Job locations

MacMillan Wellbeing Centre

Trafford General Hospital, Moorside road

Urmston

M41 5SN


Job description

Job responsibilities

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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Job description

Job responsibilities

e

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS / MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Full registration with GMC and licence to practice
  • CCT in Palliative Medicine (or within 6 months at the time of interview) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Desirable

  • MD / PhD

Experience / Knowledge

Essential

  • Training and work experience in Specialist Palliative Medicine in hospital, hospice and community settings
  • Work experience in Oncology and the community setting
  • Expert knowledge and experience of symptom control in malignant and non-malignant conditions
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients at consultant level
  • Understanding of current NHS initiatives related to palliative and end of life care.
  • Up to date knowledge of relevant literature.

Desirable

  • Specialist interest in a field within specialist palliative care

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients and other healthcare professionals
  • Ability to form good professional relationships with patients and staff and work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Time management skills and ability to organise and manage patient priorities and workload
  • Strong clinical and strategic leadership skills
  • Demonstrates flexible approach with ability to motivate others
  • IT skills
  • Commitment to MDT working and to be an enthusiastic team member

Desirable

  • Advanced communication skills training

Training

Essential

  • Experience in leading education and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level
  • Commitment to supporting education within the multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of supervising junior colleagues

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Participation in and leadership of audits and quality improvement projects
  • Publications relevant to Palliative Medicine
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • Core research skills with ability to embrace a research culture
  • Understanding of clinical risk management

Desirable

  • Peer reviewed research publications
  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Other

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Car owner with full driving licence
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS / MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • Full registration with GMC and licence to practice
  • CCT in Palliative Medicine (or within 6 months at the time of interview) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Desirable

  • MD / PhD

Experience / Knowledge

Essential

  • Training and work experience in Specialist Palliative Medicine in hospital, hospice and community settings
  • Work experience in Oncology and the community setting
  • Expert knowledge and experience of symptom control in malignant and non-malignant conditions
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients at consultant level
  • Understanding of current NHS initiatives related to palliative and end of life care.
  • Up to date knowledge of relevant literature.

Desirable

  • Specialist interest in a field within specialist palliative care

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with patients and other healthcare professionals
  • Ability to form good professional relationships with patients and staff and work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Time management skills and ability to organise and manage patient priorities and workload
  • Strong clinical and strategic leadership skills
  • Demonstrates flexible approach with ability to motivate others
  • IT skills
  • Commitment to MDT working and to be an enthusiastic team member

Desirable

  • Advanced communication skills training

Training

Essential

  • Experience in leading education and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level
  • Commitment to supporting education within the multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of supervising junior colleagues

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Participation in and leadership of audits and quality improvement projects
  • Publications relevant to Palliative Medicine
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • Core research skills with ability to embrace a research culture
  • Understanding of clinical risk management

Desirable

  • Peer reviewed research publications
  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Other

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Car owner with full driving licence

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).

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.

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

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

MacMillan Wellbeing Centre

Trafford General Hospital, Moorside road

Urmston

M41 5SN


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

MacMillan Wellbeing Centre

Trafford General Hospital, Moorside road

Urmston

M41 5SN


Employer's website

https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Nursing

Paula Parr

paula.parr@mft.nhs.uk

07929746464

Date posted

05 March 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

349-LCO-7010686*

Job locations

MacMillan Wellbeing Centre

Trafford General Hospital, Moorside road

Urmston

M41 5SN


Supporting documents

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