Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with a friendly, dynamic and proactive palliative care multi-disciplinary team, with person-centred, value-based care at the core of all we do.
Working between the spectacular Yorkshire Dales and the cosmopolitan centres of Bradford and Leeds, you will join the existing team of three consultants providing specialist palliative medicine to a diverse population across Airedale General Hospital, Sue Ryder ManorlandsHospice and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven community services.
We welcome applications from candidates in Palliative Medicine who are single or dual accredited with internal medicine. This post is advertised as a 5.5 PA substantive consultant post (all Palliative Medicine).
Further information can be found in the Job description.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a comprehensive, high-quality service to patients with Specialist Palliative Care needs from the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven (AWC) health economy.
2. To be responsible for the clinical management of all patients under your care.
3. To provide a service across hospital, hospice and community settings (in collaboration with the other consultants and clinicians in palliative care).
4. To support clinical teams in primary and secondary care to develop and deliver high quality care to people where a palliative approach is appropriate.
5. To contribute to the strategic development of palliative and end of life services across AWC and the wider Bradford District and Craven health and care partnership.
6. To undertake in so far as practicable duties as defined within the job plan and in agreement with your clinical director and lead clinician for Palliative Medicine.
7. To partake in non-resident, category A consultant, second on-call when required. (7 day block, 1 in 8, from 5pm Friday. Potential change to a lower frequency on-call or to each of the Airedale consultants taking a year off "on call" every 4 years, on a rotational basis.
8. To ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution.
9. To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of any Trust and Sue Ryder resources that you use and influence.
10. To be professionally accountable to the Trust's Chief Medical Officer.
11. To contribute to teaching, supervision, quality improvement, quality assurance andclinical governance, job planning, and where appropriate service development. Attendance at the Trust's Corporate Induction, ongoing participation in both Trust and Sue Ryder mandatory training and engagement with CPD are expected (Supporting Professional Activities).
12. To maintain clinical effectiveness through attendance at governance and strategy meetings, undertaking and/or supervising quality improvement and assurance projects, to ensure recognised specialty standards are met and implemented including NICE, NACEL, APM, and relevant hospital and Sue Ryder policies.
13. To ensure all GMC registration and licensing is up to date and to engage with revalidation and the National Appraisal Scheme for Consultant Medical Staff.
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information can be found on the attached Job Description and Person specification or by contacting:
Manley du Preez, Patient Services Manager: manley.dupreez@nhs.net
Airedale General HospitalSkipton Road, SteetonKEIGHLEY, BD20 6TDTelephone: (01535) 295302
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information can be found on the attached Job Description and Person specification or by contacting:
Manley du Preez, Patient Services Manager: manley.dupreez@nhs.net
Airedale General HospitalSkipton Road, SteetonKEIGHLEY, BD20 6TDTelephone: (01535) 295302
Person Specification
Clinical
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent
- Possession of MRCP, MRCGP or equivalent
- Possession of CCST / CCT in Palliative Medicine (or be within 6 months of obtaining) or equivalent
Desirable
- Possession of a higher degree (MSc, PhD; MD) or MPhil
Ability to contribute to teaching by
Essential
- Lecturing, small group teaching, one to one supervision
Desirable
- Distance learning or other modern learning methods
Research
Essential
- Research in a particular aspect of healthcare education / clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience within a research team
Skills
Essential
- Effective NHS management, training and organisational skills in respect of people, prjojects and negotiations.
Desirable
- Effective NHS management, training and organisational skills in respect of budgets
Effective communication skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills and ability to express complex ideas easily and simply in reports, paper and letters
- Communicatecomprehensibly with the health and educational community; users and carers.
- Self-motivated, with evidence of ability to work independently
- Effective IT skills (email, e-results system and e- discharge)
- Ability to develop excellent external relationships with otehr NHS providers, community and socail care agencies
Desirable
- Translatehealth,educationalandresearch conceptsintotermsunderstoodbynon- research professional people
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant experience in organisation and undertaking of clinical audit / appraisal
- Appreciation and understanding of the role of management in the modern NHS
Person Specification
Clinical
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent
- Possession of MRCP, MRCGP or equivalent
- Possession of CCST / CCT in Palliative Medicine (or be within 6 months of obtaining) or equivalent
Desirable
- Possession of a higher degree (MSc, PhD; MD) or MPhil
Ability to contribute to teaching by
Essential
- Lecturing, small group teaching, one to one supervision
Desirable
- Distance learning or other modern learning methods
Research
Essential
- Research in a particular aspect of healthcare education / clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience within a research team
Skills
Essential
- Effective NHS management, training and organisational skills in respect of people, prjojects and negotiations.
Desirable
- Effective NHS management, training and organisational skills in respect of budgets
Effective communication skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills and ability to express complex ideas easily and simply in reports, paper and letters
- Communicatecomprehensibly with the health and educational community; users and carers.
- Self-motivated, with evidence of ability to work independently
- Effective IT skills (email, e-results system and e- discharge)
- Ability to develop excellent external relationships with otehr NHS providers, community and socail care agencies
Desirable
- Translatehealth,educationalandresearch conceptsintotermsunderstoodbynon- research professional people
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant experience in organisation and undertaking of clinical audit / appraisal
- Appreciation and understanding of the role of management in the modern NHS
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).
