Trust Doctor in Palliative Medicine

NHS Jobs; Leeds; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is recruiting for a Consultant in Specialist Palliative Care to join the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust SPCT, providing medical input and joint reviews across LTHT sites.

You will manage a personal caseload, contribute to project work, and collaborate with St Gemma’s community nurse specialists and other stakeholders to drive service development.

Applicants should have relevant qualifications and be eligible to work in the UK.

Job description

Contact Information

For questions about this job, contact: Name: Dr Adam Hurlow Position: Joint Clinical Lead Email: [e-mail] Phone number: 01132066133 Shortlisting Date: 23rd November 2026 Interview Date: 1st December 2026 Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Why you should join our team

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT) provides specialist palliative care across the whole of LTHT, but predominantly at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) & St James’s University Hospital (SJUH) sites. Together these sites provide 2000 beds and include a major cancer centre. The SPCT aims to promote excellence in palliative and end of life care for all LTH patients. We work in an advisory capacity, assessing approximately 2000 patient referrals for SPC per annum in addition to providing general telephone advice. Alongside symptom management and holistic needs assessment, considerable time is spent coordinating complex end of life decisions, often involving multiple teams and carers, and concerning hospital treatments of uncertain benefit. The postholder will join a multi-professional team of 4 consultants; 3 specialty doctors; up to 2 specialty trainees; up to 2 GP trainees; a CNS team; an End-of-life care team, 2 specialist physiotherapists and a specialist pharmacist.

What you will bring to the role

The post holder will utilise their excellent clinical, communication and team working skills and knowledge to provide medical input to the multiprofessional specialist palliative care team across LTHT; including medical advice and joint reviews as well as managing a personal caseload. In addition, they will undertake defined project work contributing to and evaluating the Emergency Department specialist palliative care in-reach pilot. They will be able to work with the hospital palliative care team, St Gemma’s community nurse specialists and wider stakeholders to understand activity, outcomes, implementation and cross-organizational working, and to contribute to the analysis and interpretation of findings, service learning and recommendations for future development.

Additional Information

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are…. Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities: People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.