Job vacancy: Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Pallaitive Medicine
Grade: YM72
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 259-MED0718WXH

Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Whipps Cross Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59

Consultant in Palliative Medicine

YM72

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is primarily inpatient unit focussed, with the additional requirement of supporting community outpatients and home visits for patients within the Waltham Forest catchment area.

The post holder will be supported by the hospital palliative care network consultants and join the regional on-call rota for out of hours palliative care consultant-led support and advice.

10 PAs are available; applicants interested in a full-time post or in a less than full time post (minimum 6PAs) are encouraged to apply.

There may be opportunity to develop new and exciting partnerships with local hospice palliative care service providers in view of the hospital redevelopment plans.

The job description opens with an introduction to the palliative care services, the Margaret Centre (MC), and then follows with an introduction to the Waltham Forest Community.

You must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full and specialist registration (with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration/ or entry into the specialist register within 6 months of the interview)
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• MRCP/ FRCP or evidence of equivalent qualification and/or experience
CESR

Desirable criteria

• Higher research degree (MD, PhD, MD (Res))
• Accredited Educational Supervisor
• Other qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Have experience in the management of resources
• Evidence of experience in Specialist Palliative Care in different settings
• Experience of teaching a variety of styles and to various audiences
• Able to take responsibility of service without direct supervision

Desirable criteria

• Excellent publication record

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of broad-based knowledge and experience in specialised palliative care in different settings

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of leadership
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and with colleagues at different locations.
• Good oral and written communications skills
• Ability to relate to colleagues and other professionals and communicate between specialities and disciplines.

Other

Essential criteria

• Other qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification and family members and all the members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Good knowledge of, and the ability to use, spoken and written English.
• Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods to respond to questions and queries

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

London Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage Foundation

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Dr Ananda Chapagain

Job title

Clinical Director

Email address

[email protected]

Additional information

Informal discussions are encouraged, and you are invited to contact:

Dr Ananda Chapagain, [email protected] Clinical Director

Dr Claire Dow, [email protected] Consultant Divisional Director.

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Consultant in Palliative Medicine

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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