Consultant in Palliative Care Medicine | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a compassionate Consultant to join their Specialist Palliative Care Team. This role involves delivering high-quality, person-centred care across hospital and community settings. The successful candidate will have a medical degree and specialized training in Palliative Medicine, along with strong collaboration and emotional intelligence skills. Join a team known for its compassion, respect, and commitment to excellence in care, while shaping the future of palliative services in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive team environment

Opportunity for professional development

Qualifications

• Registered clinician with experience in palliative care.
• Ability to deliver person-centred care in diverse settings.
• Desire to support patients and families through difficult times.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality specialist palliative care.
• Strengthen partnerships across Hull and East Riding.
• Shape integrated care for individuals with complex needs.

Skills

Compassionate care

Clinical excellence

Emotional intelligence

Collaboration

Education

Medical degree

Specialized training in Palliative Medicine

Job description

If you believe thathowwe care is just as important aswhatwe do, this role offers a deeply meaningful opportunity to make a lasting difference.

Following new funding, we are expanding our team to further strengthen the support and continuity of care we provide to patients and their families. We’re now inviting a dedicated Consultant to join ourSpecialist Palliative Care Team, serving acrossHull Royal Infirmary,Castle Hill Hospital, and thewider community.

Our department is built on compassion, respect, and teamwork - values reflected in our remarkablylow staff turnover, with colleagues who have individually served forover 14 and 17 years. This continuity speaks to the strong sense of belonging and purpose our team shares.

You’ll be part of amultidisciplinary servicecomprising Consultants in Palliative Medicine, Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialists (Bands 6–7), and a dedicated administrator, supported by colleagues in chaplaincy, social work, psychology, pharmacy, pain management, and therapies. In 2024 alone, the service received2,376 referrals, highlighting both the scale and trust placed in our team.

We understand that palliative care is as individual as the people who provide it. That’s why we offerflexibility to shape your rolearound your interests and expertise. You may wish to:

• Broaden your experiencethrough rotation across hospital, community and hospice settings, or
• Deepen your expertiseby focusing on a particular area of care - whether that’s working in acute, community, or specialist services such as homelessness, prisons, or specific disease pathways.

Whatever your path, you’ll be supported within a compassionate, values-led environment that honours both patients and staff, while playing a vital role in:

• Delivering high-quality, person-centredspecialist palliative carein the community and/or hospital settings.
• Strengthening partnerships across Hull and East Riding, helping to shape truly integrated care for those with complex needs

About You

We are looking for a compassionate, collaborative clinician who brings clinical excellence and emotional intelligence in equal measure. If you take pride in the privilege of supporting patients and families through some of life’s most significant and challenging moments, and value being part of a team that does the same, then this role offers you the opportunity to contribute to a service defined by empathy, expertise, and integrity - and to help shape the future of palliative and end of life care within a deeply committed team.

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.

For more information on this advertised role, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026