Job summary
The hospital specialist palliative care team works across the hospital sites at both Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital, working alongside a number of specialities as an advisory service. The Palliative Care Department has an office base at The Queen's Centre, Castle Hill Hospital and another at Hull Royal Infirmary. In 2024, the team received 2376 referrals. The team comprises of Consultants in Palliative Medicine, a Speciality Doctor & Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialists in Palliative Care - three Band 7 (2.5 WTE), five band 6 CNS (WTE 4.6), a team administrator co-ordinator (35 hours per week) and a Speciality Doctor (1WTE). The multi-disciplinary team is supported by the chaplaincy service, Macmillan social workers, Cancer Psychological Service, pain management anaesthetist with an interest in cancer pain, pharmacy and therapies. The Macmillan hospital specialist palliative care nursing team provides 7-day cover across all the Hull hospitals. The team offer face-to-face assessments for inpatients as well as supporting families, carers and ward teams. There are board rounds three times a week within the hospital to discuss all new patients and those with complex needs and we participate in other monthly specialist MDTs including the heart failure MDT.
Main duties of the job
Two posts are open for applications with a focus on developing the integration of community specialist palliative care services in both Hull and East Riding localities with community services and specialist palliative care partners. The opportunity has arisen from vacancy arising from a previous post and additional innovations in delivery of community services. The specific posts can be tailored to suit a successful candidate's interests and the job plans are offered as examples. There are opportunities to develop individual interests in specific disease types, or collaboration with partners providing care to particular groups (for example homelessness team, prison). Candidates are strongly encouraged to contact the team and discuss their personal areas of interest and expertise.
The post would suit a good team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The primary focus will be on providing specialist palliative care input in the community but there is the opportunity to also have sessions (to be agreed within the consultant team) within either the acute hospital or Dove House Hospice.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information on this advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMB BS or equivalent qualification
- oMRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Professional Registration
Essential
- oGMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both elective and emergency within specialty
- oAbility to take full & independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- oOncology experience in addition to that required to fulfil specialist training
- oExperience with end stage organ failure in addition the that required to fulfil specialist training
- oExperience of working in primary care
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrable leadership & managerial skills
- oAbility to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist services
- oAbility to organise and manage patient priorities
- oAbility to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
- oExperience of audit management
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMB BS or equivalent qualification
- oMRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Professional Registration
Essential
- oGMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer an expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both elective and emergency within specialty
- oAbility to take full & independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
- oOncology experience in addition to that required to fulfil specialist training
- oExperience with end stage organ failure in addition the that required to fulfil specialist training
- oExperience of working in primary care
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrable leadership & managerial skills
- oAbility to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist services
- oAbility to organise and manage patient priorities
- oAbility to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
- oExperience of audit management
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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).
