Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine

CNWL; London; On-site; GBP 99,000 - 132,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Part-Time Locum Community Consultant in Palliative Medicine. This role involves delivering high-quality care in the community, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and contributing to service improvement. The position offers flexible working options and aims to support career development.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in specialist palliative care required.
• Ability to manage complex patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care to community patients.
• Lead clinical care across professional boundaries.

Skills

Excellent communication

Empathic skills

Ability to work under pressure

Leadership

Education

Primary Medical Degree

Full GMC Registration

MRCP (UK)

Job description

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Main area Palliative Medicine Grade Consultant YC73 Contract Fixed term: 4 months (Post starting September 1st) Hours Part time - 6.5 sessions per week (Includes on call) Job ref 333-G-CC-LC-000A1

Site UCLH Palliative Care Team Town London Salary £99,532 - £131,964 per annum pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

Locum Community Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Fixed-Term 4 Months, 1st September 2025 - 5th January 2026

Part -Time, 6.5PAs

We are seeking a Part Time Fixed Term community consultant in Palliative Medicine for the South Camden and Islington Community Palliative Care Team - 6.5PAs. September 1st 2025 - January 5th 2026. There are on call duties aligned to this post.

We are open to candidates who may need a delayed start date or trainees interested in an acting up position, so Doctors on the specialist register for SPC or ST trainees eligible to act up are welcome to apply.

This post sits within the Camden, Islington and UCLH Palliative Care Service.

We are committed to providing opportunities forflexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

For more information, please contact:

Dr Caroline Stirling, Community Lead Consultant

Tel: [phone], Email: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

Medical consultants within the Service work primarily within the South Camden and Islington community palliative care service, and in addition to clinical care, each are closely involved with strategic development and service improvement, as well as the advancement of relationships with key colleagues. The aims of the post are to provide an efficient and responsive clinical service to the community patients requiring supportive and palliative care; the post holder will join a team of 3 community consultants ( 2 medical, 1 nursing) to develop relationships and improve the care of patients and provide cross clinical cover within other areas of the specialist palliative care service (including the UCLH hospital palliative care team). This is a part time fixed term consultant role of 6.5 PAs. All DCC are within the community setting.

Working for our organisation

You will be part of a busy proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team providing excellent care to patients and relatives. It is an inspiring and supportive place to work , with plenty of opportunities for education and training and personal development. The Camden, Islington and UCLH Palliative Care Service is a well-established specialist palliative care service that has gained recognition for its innovative, integrated and comprehensive care provision. The service delivers a Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) Service throughout University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and within the local communities of South Camden, North East Westminster and Islington. It has a 7 day a week 9am-8pm visiting on call service to these areas. The service has a robust programme of service improvement, audit and education and meets regularly to develop and deliver these.
The service works closely with primary care and other specialist palliative care providers within NCL ICS and is a member of PallE8, and the UCL Palliative Care Research Consortium. It is a training unit for specialty registrars and undergraduates.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide clinical care to patients and those important to them within South Camden, and Islington (and a small part of Westminster) The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Specialists and other colleagues in the team, as well as colleagues within the wider service and throughout the Trust, and will liaise with professionals within the community - GPs, Community Nursing and other specialist Teams (e.g. Respiratory, Learning difficulties, Heart Failure, Dementia etc), and within St Pancras Hospital (St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit, Camden Virtual ward etc) as well as neighbouring hospitals as needed.

To provide clinical cross cover for SPC consultants in the service who work in UCLH as needed..

To work closely with the clinical lead for the service, as well as the leads for the community team. Represent Palliative Care at relevant clinical and strategic meetings (e.g. NCL Specialist Palliative Care provider group, PallE8, GP Multidisciplinary meetings, Cross community meetings)

To attend and contribute to the community specialist palliative care MDT meeting each week.

To p rovide clinical supervision and educational supervision to trainees working within the team, as well as educational support and teaching to members of the nursing team undertaking advanced practice (e.g non-medical prescribing, physical assessment) and to visitors to the team. Out-of-hours service

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Primary Medical Degree
• Approved Clinician status
• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practice
• MRCP (UK) or recognised equivalent
• An additional postgraduate qualification of relevance to the work
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register (applicants who expect to CCT expected within 3 months of interview date are welcomed

Personal Skills & Qualities

• Excellent communication and empathic skills
• The highest ethical and professional standards
• Ability to work under pressure
• Be skilled at encouraging and giving feedback
• Ability to work on own initiative

Experience, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent skills in specialist palliative care
• Proven ability to efficiently manage patients with complex physical, psychological, spiritual and social problems and to respond sensitively to the needs of carers
• Proven ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team and support others to flourish
• Proven ability to lead clinical care across professional and organisational boundaries
• Experience of working within the community
• Ability to work with sensitivity within a multicultural society
• An understanding of the principles and practical applications of clinical governance systems, education, quality improvement etc
• Understanding of the drivers influencing NHS and commercial health care providers and current and proposed national organisational changes
• Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical and academic setting
• Ability to act as a consistent reference point in a team and to take a leadership role
• Ability to prioritise workload, to delegate responsibilities as appropriate
• Ability to support advanced practitioners from other professional groups develop new skills
• Higher qualification in medical education
• Completed training to be a clinical and or educational supervisor
• Proven experience of management in a clinical area
• Experience working with user led groups to enhance service delivery

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.