Consultant in Palliative Medicine

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust invites a consultant to join its specialist palliative care service. You will provide inpatient/outpatient care, lead community palliation, and contribute to teaching and governance across hospital, hospice and home settings.

The role includes on-call duties, leadership of MDTs, and collaboration with GPs and community services. Requires GMC registration and a CCT or eligibility within six months of interview.

Qualifications

• MRCP/MRCGP/FRCR/FRCA or equivalent required.
• CCT or GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine at appointment, or within six months at interview.
• Full GMC registration required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care to patients in the specialist palliative care service (inpatients and outpatients).
• Lead specialist palliative care in the community around Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
• Provide clinical leadership in specialist palliative and end of life care across the Trust.
• Lead MDT meetings and attend cancer/non-cancer MDMs.
• Liaise with GPs and other health care agencies; participate in on-call rota.

Skills

Leadership

Teaching

Communication

Clinical governance

Team management

Education

MRCP, MRCGP, FRCR, FRCA or equivalent

CCT or GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine

Job description

Consultant post in the specialist palliative care service of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, within a four-consultant team covering two acute sites, a hospice and community care. The work centres on clinical care of referred inpatients and outpatients, leading community palliative care, teaching and clinical governance. The role spans hospital, hospice and home settings and includes consultant on-call cover. Candidates need full GMC registration and a CCT, or to be within six months of one at interview.

What the job involves

• Provide clinical care to patients referred to the specialist palliative care service, as inpatients and outpatients, with specialist advice and a referral service for Trust clinicians
• Lead specialist palliative care in the community around Hinchingbrooke Hospital alongside consultant colleagues, advising the community as needed
• Provide clinical leadership in specialist palliative and end of life care across the Trust
• Lead specialist palliative care MDT meetings and attend other cancer and non-cancer MDMs
• Liaise with GPs, community services and other health care agencies on a timely basis
• Take part in the consultant on-call rota and cover colleagues during absence and leave
• Provide professional supervision and management of junior staff
• Teach the multiprofessional team, including undergraduates, formally and informally
• Take responsibility for clinical audit and take part in national and local audit programmes
• Ensure serious untoward incidents, incidents and near misses are reported into risk management systems, and follow the health and safety policy
• Handle patient and user complaints with the Trust complaints department to ensure timely responses
• Apply NICE guidance, take part in clinical governance, contribute to service meetings, workforce streams and resource and performance management, and handle administration for patients and clinics

What’s required

Qualifications

• MRCP, MRCGP, FRCR, FRCA or equivalent
• CCT or equivalent and on the GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine at appointment, or held or due within six months at interview

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration

Experience

• Expertise across the full range of palliative medicine conditions
• Expert palliative care advice and support to professionals in hospice, hospital and community settings
• Understanding and experience of all aspects of clinical governance
• Experience of audit and management
• Experience of research, critical appraisal and applying research outcomes to clinical problems

Skills & knowledge

• Lead a multi-professional team and take full independent responsibility for patient care
• Evidence of managing priorities
• Evidence of management or leadership skills training
• Appropriate IT skills
• Teach clinical skills to trainees and multidisciplinary teams

Other

• Work in partnership to deliver a patient-centred service
• Caring and empathetic attitude to patients
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, hospital staff and other agencies

Nice to have

• Higher degree such as MA, MSc, PhD or MD
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Formal teaching qualifications