Specialty Doctor

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic healthcare organization is looking for a motivated Specialty Doctor to join their Specialist Palliative Care Team in Bolton. The position involves providing high-quality care, managing complex symptoms, and working within a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will receive comprehensive training and contribute to the development of palliative services in both community and hospital settings.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for training and development

Supportive induction process

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering complex, sensitive information.
• Knowledge of specialist palliative care in various settings.
• Expertise in pain relief and symptom control.

Responsibilities

• Work with Consultants to provide Specialist Palliative Care.
• Assess and monitor patients' conditions.
• Manage complex symptoms and support advance care planning.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively

Effective time management

Empathy

Interest in teaching

Education

MBCHB or equivalent

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, consultant led Specialist Palliative Care Team that prides itself in delivering high quality care, in the right place, every time. The post holder will be joining the service at a time of exciting change and development to improve the provision of Palliative and End of Life Care to the residents of Bolton.

We areseeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Specialty Doctor to work within the Specialist Palliative Care team across the community and hospital setting - specific setting may flex with the needs of the service. The position will be a developmental role that allows the post holder to gain the skills, knowledge and competencies required to work as a Specialty Doctor in Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care.The service is part of the Community Services Division which provides a multitude of services within Bolton. Experience of working in the community setting is not essential as the successful candidate will receive a full supportive induction when they join the Division and the team.

The post holder will contribute to the provision of Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care to the people of Bolton with advanced, life shortening disease under the supervision of the Consultants in Palliative Medicine.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with the Consultants in the hospital and community settings to provide and develop Specialist Palliative Care, ensuring continuity of care for patients.

They will work with the multi-professional team - contributing to the ongoing assessment. They will provide and monitor care in line with service pathways, as agreed with the

supervising clinician. They will assess and monitor the condition and the health needs of people patients within their care on a continual basis, in partnership with the multi-professional team.

They will act in accordance with the GMC Code of conduct and NHS terms and conditions of service will apply.

About us

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

At Bolton our patients and people are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence formaternity, neonataland care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The aims of the Trust are to improve the health of our people and provide the best possible care and ensure that our staff have pride in their work. Staff are valued and we can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development.

Royal Bolton Hospital currently has approximately 600 inpatient beds, serving the population of Bolton and neighbouring areas. It is one of the busiest hospitals in the NW for emergency admissions. It has a cancer unit, with close links to the Christie Hospital. It has an oncology unit providing clinics and chemotherapy, and an Acute Oncology service.

Bolton is distinctive in its variable nature with a wide range of cultures, deprivation and health. Bolton has wide variation in measures of deprivation across the Borough which overall are wider than the national average.

Job responsibilities

Currentlythe medical team consists of two Consultants in Palliative Medicine and one Specialty Doctor who work closely together to provide seamless clinical care and leadership to all facets of Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care within Bolton.

They Post holder will deliver clinical interventions across care settings providing advice,education and support to patients, those important to them, and other health care professionals. They will manage complex symptoms, support the prevention of inappropriate admissions to hospital and promote Advance Care Planning. In addition, they will be able to contribute to the development of services, teaching and research. Active participation in audit is expected and is supported by an active Clinical Effectiveness Department.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Primary Medical Qualification
• MBCHB or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
• Knowledge and experience of multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care within hospital, community and hospice settings
• Expert knowledge and experience of pain relief and symptom control
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teams
• Experience of clinical audit and change management
• Teaching experience in different settings

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team, using empathy and enhanced communication skills
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with patients, those important to them and colleagues
• Have effective time management skills and the ability to prioritise
• Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping
• Ability to demonstrate empathy, to motivate, to enable and to be sensitive to diverse individual needs.
• Interest in teaching

Knowledge

• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
• Good Understanding of clinical governance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Clinical Lead Palliative and End of life Care