Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 6 months (This post is fixed term for 6 months.)
- Hours
- Part time - 8 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 190-STH-24-215
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join our highly regarded specialist palliative care team. This is an 8PA fixed term post based at our Specialist Palliative Care Inpatient Unit at the Northern General Hospital. The successful candidate will join the established MDT on the Unit and contribute to teaching. There is no on call requirement with this post, and it is fixed term for 6 months.
We would welcome applications from candidates across the full spectrum of experience, from those who have recently completed training to those who have well-established careers.
Should any further vacancies arise shortlisted applicants will be considered.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide consultant responsibility for up to 9 inpatients to the specialist palliative care inpatient unit at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. This is an 18 bed NHS funded unit offering the full range of inpatient specialist care services including medical and nursing expertise, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, specialist pharmacy, chaplaincy, psychology and complimentary therapies. It is on the acute site with access to the full range of diagnostic and support services. There are close working relationships with the hospital palliative care support team, the specialist palliative care community team, the district nursing team and primary care. Referrals are accepted from community teams and for transfer internally from the acute hospital. We provide inpatient care for patients with malignant and non-malignant advanced progressive illness who have complex symptom control needs and specialist end of life care.
There is a citywide shared consultant on call service which also covers St Luke’s Hospice, however this post has no regular on call requirements associated with it. The post holder will work in collaboration with other Consultants in Palliative Medicine and the wider palliative care team to achieve service aims and support service developments in palliative care.
Working for our organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield, including cancer, spinal cord injuries, renal and cardiothoracic services. In addition to community health services, the Trust comprises five of Yorkshire’s best known teaching hospitals.
The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
The Northern General Hospital
Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
Weston Park Cancer Hospital
Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital
The Trust has a history of high quality care, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research. We strive to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and encourage our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ in order to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative job plan.
The successful candidate must be registered with the GMC with a valid licence to practice. For further information please visit the GMC website and click on the Registration and Licensing link. You will also have completed Specialist Training (or equivalent) and be entered on the Specialist Register of the GMC, or have a CCT date within six months of the date of interview.
Non-UK/EEA applicants should ensure they are aware of the recent changes to the Immigration rules. For further information on how this may affect your application visit the UK Government website.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust promotes Equality of opportunity and Diversity within the workplace.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Full registration (or eligible to be registered) with the GMC at time of appointment with a licence to practise.
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: (a) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview, or (b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR).
- MRCP or MRCGP or equivalent
- Relevant higher professional training
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualifications e.g. PGDip in Palliative Medicine
- Teaching qualification or relevant training (e.g. Cert Med Ed)
- MD or PhD
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Proven clinical experience in Palliative Medicine across different settings for a broad spectrum of life-limiting conditions and patients with complex needs.
- Management of and responsibility for own caseload, contribution to MDTs, and the provision of expert clinical opinion to colleagues in a variety of settings and clinical situations, including remotely as telephone advice.
- Ability to work as an independent practitioner in the Palliative Medicine.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of other relevant specialties, e.g. Primary Care, Anaesthetics, Oncology, Psychiatry
COMPETENCE AND SPECIAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable clinical competence in Palliative Medicine
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to gain trust and confidence of patients, carers and multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- Confident in performing daily tasks using electronic systems (e.g. Electronic Patient Records) and programmes (e.g. Microsoft Word, Outlook and MS Teams).
RESEARCH
Essential criteria
- Ability to critically assess published research and incorporate it into clinical practice where relevant.
Desirable criteria
- Publication of research studies in peer reviewed journals.
- GCP training certificate
TEACHING AND TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participating in CME/CPD in the last 12 months.
Desirable criteria
- Maintenance of CPD diary or portfolio
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively with administration and management colleagues.
- Evidence of the understanding of the systems and structures of NHS Management.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT
Essential criteria
- Experience in performing clinical audit.
Desirable criteria
- Training in service improvement methodology
- Completion and publication of a substantive audit project or service improvement project
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to contribute to successful team working.
- Demonstrates behaviour consistent with the STH PROUD values (see appendix).
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills, and an ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 James Davies
- Job title
- Lead Clinician, Palliative Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2266278
- Additional information
Professor Mark Cobb
Clinical Director
23 Claremont Crescent
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sheffield
S10 2JF
Tel: 0114 271 3327
Email: [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Medical HR Department
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1st Floor
8 Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2SB
- Telephone
- 0114 2712525
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