Consultant in Palliative Medicine

The Methodist Church in Britain; Newsham; On-site; GBP 88,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme with employer cont.

Blue Light card eligibility

Flexible working arrangements

Benefits documents

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain seeks a Palliative Medicine Consultant to join the Oncology directorate, supporting Specialist Palliative Care and Enhanced Supportive Care on two sites with a colleague. The role centres on clinical care, on-call coverage and shared leadership of governance, audits and research.

GMC registration and entry on the Specialist Register (or CCT within six months) are required. A future rotation into lead clinician may be arranged through job planning.

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent required.
• GMC registration and licence to practise required.
• Experience in leading or participating in clinical governance, audits and research advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-standard clinical care under own responsibility.
• Hold full clinical responsibility with delegated supervision.
• Clinically manage patients needing palliative and enhanced supportive care across the Trust.
• Take part in clinical and service development and governance activities.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues and contribute to strategic direction.
• Share leadership of clinical governance and attend governance half-days.
• Contribute to clinical governance programmes and departmental audits.
• Participate in clinical trials and research to keep practice evidence-based.
• Prepare business cases for new therapies for approval.
• Represent colleagues at Trust committees and communicate with partners.

Education

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Full GMC registration & licence to practise

Job description

Palliative medicine consultant post in the Oncology directorate, supporting the Specialist Palliative Care and Enhanced Supportive Care services on both sites alongside the existing consultant. The work centres on clinical care of referred patients, including on-call and leave cover for colleagues, plus shared leadership of clinical governance, audit and research. A future rotation into the lead palliative care clinician role may be facilitated through job planning. GMC specialist register entry in palliative medicine, or training to CCT within six months of interview, is required.

What the job involves

• Provide high-standard care to patients under own clinical responsibility, including patients of consultant colleagues during on-call or leave cover
• Hold full clinical responsibility for patients in own care, with proper delegation and training of medical staff
• Clinically manage patients needing specialist palliative and enhanced supportive care across the Trust
• Take part in clinical and service activities and development across the Trust
• Work closely with medical, professional and managerial colleagues within and outside the specialty, and contribute to strategic direction
• Share leadership of clinical governance for the speciality, attending clinical governance half-days
• Take part in the Trust and Oncology Centre clinical governance programme
• Take part in departmental audit, sharing co-ordination and implementing change
• Take part in clinical trials and R&D to keep practice evidence based
• Prepare business cases for new or developmental therapies for network or Trust approval
• Sit on the Trust Consultants Committee and represent colleagues at committees
• Communicate widely with Trust, commissioning, GP and community partners, reporting to the Clinical Director

What’s required

Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register for palliative medicine by CCT or portfolio pathway, or training to CCT level, or within six months of CCT at interview

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in the specialty
• Working effectively in a multidisciplinary team and specialist palliative care unit
• Giving palliative care advice and support to healthcare professionals in hospital and community settings
• Taking full and independent responsibility for patients' clinical care

Skills & knowledge

• Enthusiasm for service development
• Organising and managing own workload
• Carrying out palliative care assessments on wards and in outpatient clinics
• Training and mentoring junior grade staff
• Using IT, including email, word processing and learning clinical systems

Nice to have

• Research degree in allied fields (MD/PhD)
• Experience in clinical audit and/or research
• Experience in medical education
• Experience in enhanced supportive care or equivalent
• Interest in and capacity to teach and learn from multidisciplinary colleagues
• Sound knowledge of NHS management structures and systems

What’s offered

• Generous annual leave
• NHS Pension Scheme membership with 23.7% employer contribution and life assurance
• Blue Light card eligibility
• Flexible working arrangements discussed to suit individual needs
• Further benefits set out in linked benefits documents