Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
These Consultant posts will be focused on providing high quality specialist palliative care and clinical expertise to patients in Dudley. Both posts will involve working closely alongside a team of well-established Clinical Nurse Specialists in specialist palliative care, and other palliative medicine consultants to provide this care, as part of an integrated Acute and Community Specialist Palliative Care service. Successful candidates will be expected to be involved in development and improvement of the service.
Main duties of the job
In conjunction with the other Consultants these posts will provide a consultant-led specialist palliative care service within the acute and community settings. Both posts will be based in the Acute setting but will provide support for community services as indicated in the job plans, through Caseload reviews, clinical advice and urgent home visits if required. Typically, 5 patients are seen per clinical session (PA) in the Hospital, either new referrals or follow up assessments, with additional advisory support (face to face or by telephone) regarding patient care to colleagues in other specialties. Some clinical session time is allocated specifically to MDT meetings. There is allocated office space in both the hospital and community base and access to IT equipment and software to all relevant clinical systems. Secretarial and administration support is shared across acute and community settings to enable the consultant post holder to engage in clinical and non-clinical activities.
Working for our organisation
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do to offer a high quality patient experience in a caring and supportive environment. This aligns with our vision of providing safe, caring and effective services because people matter.
This is an opportunity to join an NHS organisation that inspires its staff to innovate, with support and encouragement to continually develop. We expect all of our staff to demonstrate the Trust values of Care, Respect and Responsibility.
We believe healthcare is better when provided by supported and dedicated staff, so if you are innovative, forward thinking and dedicated to high quality patient care come and join our amazing team.
At the Dudley Group everyone is welcome, please ensure you have read our Recruitment Equality Statement included in the advert.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
Person specification
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Relevant professional qualifications
- • MRCP (UK) or recognised equivalent qualification
- • Eligible for entry in GMC specialist register (within 6 months)
Relevant knowledge and experience requirements
Essential criteria
- • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCST/CST
- • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients and offer expert clinical opinion in the specialty
- • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
Desirable criteria
- Training/experience in Palliative Medicine
- Appropriate higher degree relevant to palliative medicine (e.g. an MD or PhD, or equivalent)
Up-to-date knowledge of clinical issues related to speciality
Essential criteria
- • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- • Awareness of current developments and initiatives.
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Jane Reynolds
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01384 456111
- Additional information
For further information, please contact Dr Jane Reynolds via email - [email protected]
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