At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a dynamic team to enhance palliative care across acute and community settings.
- Company: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, committed to outstanding healthcare.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working hours, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: No on-call commitment and potential for sub-specialty development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while advancing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Full GMC registration and experience in Palliative Medicine required.
The predicted salary is between 113565 - 150569 £ per year.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dynamic and motivated Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join our well-established North Cumbria Specialist Palliative care team which spans acute and community. This is an additional consultant post to increase the consultant support across our acute hospital sites in Carlisle and Whitehaven. There is an established End of Life Improvement Programme with Medical and Nursing leads in place. A key part of the role would be in contributing to the delivery of end of life improvement work and working collaboratively with stakeholders.
The successful candidate will join a team of consultants in Palliative medicine supported by nurse specialists in both acute and community. There are opportunities to develop sub specialty interest where this contributes to and complements the department and Trusts' service needs. There are undergraduate, postgraduate education and research opportunities available. There is no on-call commitment although this may change as services develop. The post is for 10PA however applicants wishing to work less than full-time will still be considered. Applicants are required to have full specialist registration in Palliative Medicine or be within 6 months of CCT/CESR.
This is a hospital based consultant role in palliative medicine. Please see attached job description for detailed information on the role.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work. Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
- Essential: Full GMC registration, MRCP, MRCGP or equivalent, Entry on GMC specialist register in palliative medicine via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or CESR
- Desirable: MD or PhD degree, Postgraduate teaching qualification
Experience and knowledge
- Essential: Clinical training and experience in Palliative Medicine equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in Palliative Medicine, Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff, High standard of clinical skill and expertise in palliative Medicine, Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients, Knowledge and experience of national end of life tools
- Desirable: Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine or Equivalent, Experience of working with primary care / community colleagues, Professional supervision and management of non-consultant staff
Management and administrative
- Essential: Awareness of the managerial role of a consultant in the NHS
- Desirable: Formal training / courses in NHS management for palliative medicine
Organisation and planning
- Essential: Able to organise oneself and own workload, Able to safely prioritise clinical need, Experience & ability to work in multi-professional teams, Information technology skills
- Desirable: Understanding of NHS, clinical governance & resource constraints, Service development skills
Teaching and training
- Essential: Evidence of clinical teaching experience, Evidence of teaching to a multi-professional team
- Desirable: Teaching qualification, Design of teaching programme
Research, audit and clinical governance
- Essential: Evidence of participation in audit, Evidence of participation in other quality improvement activity
- Desirable: Experience of leading audit / quality improvement activity, Evidence of implementing change in a clinical service, Research experience, publications, prizes and honours
Career progression
- Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development appropriate to palliative medicine
- Desirable: Appropriate progression of career to date
Personal skills
- Essential: Ability to communicate effectively, Ability to form and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and patients, Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues, both medical and others, Ability to lead where appropriate, Ability to travel independently of public transport between sites, Valid clean driving license, Satisfactory medical clearance from occupational health
Other requirements
- Essential: Authorised to live and work in the UK
Consultant in Palliative Medicine employer: National health service
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