Palliative Consultant

St Luke's Hospital - Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

St Luke's Hospital - Singapore is seeking a Palliative Care Consultant to provide specialist palliative care across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. The role emphasizes holistic, patient-centred care, integrating palliative principles into general medical services, and advancing the hospital's palliative care strategy in line with national priorities.

You will lead clinical governance, design education programmes, mentor the palliative care team, and collaborate across services to

Qualifications

• Clinical leadership experience in palliative care settings.
• Ability to design and deliver education programmes in palliative care and communication.
• Experience in building multidisciplinary team capacity and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist palliative care consultations, including complex symptom management and end-of-life care.
• Lead and mentor junior doctors and palliative care team members.
• Design and deliver structured education programmes in palliative care, communication skills, and end-of-life management.
• Build palliative care competencies across the hospital through teaching and interprofessional learning.
• Lead development and implementation of palliative care policies, pathways, and SOPs.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives and outcome measurement related to end-of-life care.
• Support compliance with accreditation, regulatory, and clinical governance requirements.
• Promote safe, ethical, and evidence-based palliative care practices across services.
• Strengthen integration between hospital, community partners, home care, and hospice services.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Education programme design

Interprofessional collaboration

End-of-life care

Education

Basic Medical Degree

Postgraduate qualifications in palliative medicine

Job description

The Palliative Care Consultant provides specialist palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. The role focuses on holistic, patient-centred care, integration of palliative principles into general medical services, capacity building of the multidisciplinary team, and advancement of SLH’s palliative care strategy in line with national priorities.

Responsibilities:

Clinical Care & Education

• Provide specialist palliative care consultations, including complex symptom management,
• goals-of-care discussions, and end-of-life care.
• Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to junior doctors and palliative care team members.
• Design and deliver structured education programmes in palliative care, communication skills, and end-of-life management.
• Build palliative care competencies across the hospital through regular teaching, case discussions, and interprofessional learning.

Clinical Governance & Quality Improvement

• Lead and contribute to development, review, and implementation of palliative care clinical policies, pathways, and SOPs.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives, audits, and outcome measurement related to end-of-life care.
• Support compliance with accreditation, regulatory, and clinical governance requirements.
• Promote safe, ethical, and evidence-based palliative care practices across services.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of palliative care service models
• Strengthen integration between hospital, community partners, home care, and hospice services to ensure seamless transitions of care.
• Participate in service evaluation, research, and grant-funded initiatives where appropriate.
• Support strategic planning to meet evolving palliative care needs in a geriatric and sub-acute population.

Requirements:

• Basic Medical Degree and postgraduate qualifications registrable with Singapore Medical Council.
• Advance specialist training in palliative medicine, will be requirement for the above position
• Committed and passionate in the care of patients who are in their end-of-life journey and those with multiple physical, psycho-emotional and social needs.

The successful candidate can expect a competitive remuneration package, and the opportunity to work in a collegial, nurturing and stimulating environment.