Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine

NHS Jobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated clinician to provide an efficient and responsive clinical service for patients needing supportive and palliative care. The role emphasizes high-quality, multidisciplinary care across hospital and community settings with leadership and teaching responsibilities.

You will engage in rota and on-call planning, contribute to service improvement, and promote compassionate, person-centred end-of-life care while coordinating

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient and responsive clinical service for patients requiring supportive and palliative care.
• Deliver high-quality specialist palliative care within hospital and community settings.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support patients and relatives across the palliative care pathway.
• Participate in rota arrangements for the palliative care service as required.
• Provide clinical leadership and guidance within the palliative care team.
• Support education, training, and development opportunities for colleagues within the service.
• Contribute to the coordination and delivery of a 7-day visiting and on-call service, if applicable.
• Engage in service-wide quality improvement, innovation, and integrated models of care.
• Provide specialist advice and support to other healthcare professionals managing palliative care needs.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings to review patient needs and optimise care planning.
• Ensure continuity and safety of patient care through effective documentation and communication.
• Promote a compassionate, person-centred approach to end-of-life care across all clinical interactions.

Job description

Provide an efficient and responsive clinical service for patients requiring supportive and palliative care. Deliver highquality specialist palliative care within the hospital and community settings. Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support patients and relatives across the palliative care pathway. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key colleagues across community and hospital services. Participate in crossclinical cover within other areas of the specialist palliative care service, including liaison with hospital teams. Contribute to strategic development and service improvement initiatives across the palliative care service. Participate in rota arrangements for the palliative care service as required. Provide clinical leadership and guidance within the palliative care team. Support education, training, and development opportunities for colleagues within the service. Contribute to the coordination and delivery of a 7day visiting and oncall service, if the department has such arrangement in place. Engage in servicewide quality improvement, innovation, and integrated models of care. Provide specialist advice and support to other healthcare professionals managing palliative care needs. Participate in multidisciplinary meetings to review patient needs and optimise care planning. Ensure continuity and safety of patient care through effective documentation and communication. Promote a compassionate, personcentred approach to endoflife care across all clinical interactions.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust