Consultant - Palliative Medicine | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Aylesbury

This is a new post as part of our service development to improve specialist palliative care in the emergency department and at the hospital ‘front door’. The focus will be on acute palliative care and our aim is to optimise symptoms early on and avoid admission where appropriate. The post holder will work alongside the four current palliative medicine consultants in the well-established palliative care service.

The post holder will be based at Florence Nightingale Hospice and is expected to work across BHT sites as per their job plan. Flexibility will be required depending on service development and demand. It is proposed that the 5 consultants will ultimately rotate through, and lead on, different service areas over fixed periods of time. However, the focus for this post will be on acute care at the front door.

General Conditions of Appointment:

• The Trust requires the successful candidate to have and maintain full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) and to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of a doctor as set down by the GMC.
• The successful candidate will be required to live within 10 miles of ‘principal place of work’ at the Trust (Wycombe Hospital / Stoke Mandeville Hospital / Amersham Hospital), or 30 minutes travelling time when on call.

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

The department is keen to accommodate special interests, and the team is happy to discuss and consider appropriate changes in the weekly job plan. Research and audit ideas are encouraged. There is a departmental audit programme, and the post-holder will be expected to be actively involved in quality improvement projects.

The on-call service is shared with our colleagues in East Berkshire, on a 1:8 rota currently, which is paid as a supplement of 5% and will be shown on the job plan. The post holder will be expected to deliver and contribute to education and training across Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust and primary care. The successful applicant will be supported in becoming a clinical and educational supervisor with adequate provision in their job plan.

The post-holder will be required to comply with Trust and GMC standards for appraisal and revalidation, including continuing professional development.