Job summary
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Palliative Care (fixed term)
Locum Consultant
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced individual to join the well established, consultant led specialist palliative care services in Bradford. The individual will lead the existing service and be integral to its expansion in accepting referrals from primary care. Marie Curie REACT identifies, reviews and manages patients with acute palliative care needs through a presence in the Emergency Department and an acute palliative medicine virtual ward in the community. The post is funded until 31st May 2025. We are actively seeking permanent funding for the project.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join the five consultants currently working in the hospital, community and hospice. The 3 specialist palliative care services in Bradford work closely together to deliver high quality, integrated palliative care to a culturally and ethnically diverse population. There are strong links with the Yorkshire palliative medicine training scheme and the local GP training scheme.
- Acting as medical director of the hospice
- The medical care of all inpatients
- Medical input to the day therapy unit and outpatient clinics
- Clinical admission policies in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team
- Contributing to and developing the existing clinical governance programme
- Liaison with hospital services and primary care teams as appropriate
- Supervision, training and appraisal of junior medical staff
- Arranging the on-call duties
- Input to educational activities
- Contributing to local and national strategic planning within Marie Curie
Working for our organisation
The Trust is committed to improving the working lives of its staff; we aim for a flexible approach to working hours and have a number of family friendly policies.
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The consultants clinically based at the Marie Curie Hospice are responsible for:
- Acting as medical director of the hospice
- The medical care of all inpatients
- Medical input to the day therapy unit and outpatient clinics
- Clinical admission policies in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team
- Contributing to and developing the existing clinical governance programme
- Liaison with hospital services and primary care teams as appropriate
- Supervision, training and appraisal of junior medical staff
- Arranging the on-call duties
- Input to educational activities
- Contributing to local and national strategic planning within Marie Curie
Additional nonclinical responsibilities such as strategic planning, training of junior staff, acting as hospice Medical Director and clinical governance are divided by negotiation amongst the consultants. It is not anticipated that this postholder would be required to act as Medical Director during this contract.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBChB or equivalent
- MRCP or FRCS of equivalent to specialty (UK) or equivalent
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) or equivalent
- CCT or within 6 months of CCT date
- On Specialist Register with GMC and continue to hold a licence to practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of completing an approved period of training in Palliative Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Established consultant practice with evidence of service development
- Evidence of working within the interface between acute and community services
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to perform the requirements of the post
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Commitment to working cooperatively and collaboratively with other health professionals and organisations
- Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
- Ability to interpret and analyse data and write reports
- Teaching and education of other professions
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
- Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
- Computer skills
- Training in delivery of educational programmes
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 Clare Rayment
- Job title
- Palliative Medicine Consultant & REACT consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01274 36 4035
- Additional information
Dr Clare Rayment - [email protected] , 01274 36 4035
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