Consultant in Palliative Medicine - South Worcestershire

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are delighted to invite applications for a full-time consultant in Palliative Medicine. The successful candidate will join three existing Palliative Medicine consultant posts employed by the Trust, forming a supportive team who provide inpatient and community care across the county, participating in a Cat A 1:7 on-call rota.

This post is based at St Richards Hospice in Worcester. The post-holder will work alongside the Hospice Clinical Director across Hospice inpatient services and an area of South Worcestershire community, and additionally will provide Specialist Palliative Care advice to the community hospitals in Worcester, Evesham, Malvern, Pershore and Tenbury.

There are ample opportunities to develop particular interests and a thriving ICS Palliative Network. We will provide you with resources to progress your career and a range of wellbeing support. We promote flexible working in a multitude of different ways; applicants seeking a less than full time appointment are welcomed

AAC will be held on 26 October 2023.

Job description pending Royal College approval.

Main duties of the job

Lead consultant for the St Richards Hospice community CNS team, including a weekly MDT meeting

Support and advice for an area of South Worcestershire. Includes domiciliary and outpatient consultations, remote consultations and telephone advice for patients and healthcare professionals.

Shared consultant leadership for up to 17 hospice in-patient beds including an inpatient MDT meeting and weekly ward round with advice to ward staff as needed.

Specialist palliative care advice for the community hospitals of Worcester, Pershore, Malvern and Evesham. Sites visited on a rotational basis to support care led by advanced clinical practitioners and Trust employed doctors.

Support and advice to the HWHCT employed CNS for the Tenbury area and community hospital

Supervision of non-medical prescribers and medical trainees, acting as educational/clinical supervisor as needed.

Teaching and training of healthcare professionals

Audit and quality improvement activity to promote SPC community based services

About us

We are community hospitals, neighbourhood teams and community health services across Worcestershire and the provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We work in partnership with other organisations to keep our community well at home for as long as possible.

We provide services for people of all ages, across a range of settings, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions.

We have an open and supportive culture, recognised by the CQC and other external regulators. We want you to thrive, offering you every opportunity to develop. We will support you; help you fulfil your ambitions with a varied and flexible training programme; and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We endeavour to offer an attractive work-life balance, with flexibility in our approach to help you get the most out of your career.

We provide our staff with direct access to a wealth of resources to support their wellbeing, from our Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, to wellbeing festivals or access to free online exercise classes.

At the core of our values, we are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights. We take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in delivering best patient care and the employment of our staff.

We would encourage you to visit the Trusts Recruitment Microsite, click the Employer Website link.

Date posted

05 October 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-5177

Job locations

St. Richards Hospice

Wildwood Drive

Worcester

WR5 2QT

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC.
MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview, Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or
European Community Rights

Experience

Essential

Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Experience of working within and in leading the Palliative Care multi-disciplinary team
Advanced communication skills

Desirable

Management/Leadership qualification
Teaching qualification
Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals
Evidence of having undertaken original research

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC.
MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview, Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or
European Community Rights

Experience

Essential

Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Experience of working within and in leading the Palliative Care multi-disciplinary team
Advanced communication skills

Desirable

Management/Leadership qualification
Teaching qualification
Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals
Evidence of having undertaken original research

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).

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