CONSULTANT IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE.
7 PAs, comprising 5DCC & 2SPA | 1 in 10 Leeds-wide second on-call rota | 3% on-call supplement
We are looking for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join our experienced medical and multidisciplinary team at St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds. This is an opportunity to combine expert clinical practice with education, service development and clinical leadership across the city and within one of the UK's leading specialist palliative care providers.
Why St.Gemma's?
Founded in 1978, St Gemma’s Hospice is an independent Leeds charity providing specialist palliative care to people with advanced illness and complex needs, and support for the people important to them. Our work spans inpatient, community and outpatient care, alongside therapies, family support and bereavement services.
St Gemma’s was the first hospice in the world to be recognised as a University Teaching Hospice. Our Academic Unit of Palliative Care, in partnership with the University of Leeds, brings together clinical care, education, research and the application of evidence to practice. That combination creates opportunities to contribute beyond individual patient encounters and help improve care across services.
About the role:
As Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St.Gemma’s, you will provide specialist consultant care for patients with complex palliative care needs, primarily within our inpatient unit. You will have clinical responsibility for a 10-bed ward, working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver compassionate, person-centred care and support patients and those important to them through complex clinical decision-making.
Alongside your inpatient responsibilities, there will be opportunities to contribute to community and outpatient services through agreed consultant rotations, supporting patients in their own homes and collaborating with healthcare professionals across Leeds to provide coordinated specialist care.
The role includes a defined medical education portfolio through the Academic Unit of Palliative Care, offering opportunities to teach and support medical students, resident doctors and healthcare professionals, and contribute to the development of education programmes.
You'll work within a collaborative specialist palliative care community alongside consultant colleagues, specialist nurses, therapists and multidisciplinary teams across Leeds, with opportunities to influence the development of integrated palliative and end of life care across the city.
As we continue to develop our services, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to service improvement and the future direction of specialist palliative care in Leeds, while developing your own clinical and professional interests within an agreed job plan.
Participation in the Leeds-wide consultant second on-call rota forms part of the role, with a 1 in 10 second-on-call commitment across the city.
Benefits:
We offer a competitive range of benefits with an emphasis on inclusion and staff well-being in a caring and friendly environment:
- Generous annual holiday entitlement starting at 28 days plus statutory Bank holidays (FTE). Your entitlement will incrementally increase over time, up to 34 days after 10 years’ service. You will also have the option to buy up to 5 days’ holiday each year, subject to terms.
- Free parking at the Hospice site, subject to availability.
- Subsidised food at the Hospice’s Bistro and free drinks for all staff.
- Enrolment onto St Gemma’s Group Personal Pension Plan, which provides a 5% company pension contribution assuming employees contribute 3%. If you are currently a member of the NHS Pension Scheme and have contributed to the scheme within the last twelve months you are eligible to continue contributing to this scheme instead of St Gemma’s Group Plan.
- Enhanced occupational pay for Family Leave, e.g. maternity and paternity pay.
- Health Assured employee assistance programme providing a wide range of wellbeing services for you and your immediate family.
- Learning and professional development. For our clinical teams, this is provided by our world-class Academic Unit of Palliative Care (AUPC).
- Various employee network groups that you can get involved with, e.g. our LGBTQ+ group, and our sustainability group for example.
Explore further
- St Gemma’s Hospice — www.st-gemma.co.uk
- Academic Unit of Palliative Care — www.st-gemma.co.uk/education-and-training/academic-unit/
- Leeds Palliative Care Network — www.leedspalliativecare.org.uk
- Living in Leeds — www.leeds.ac.uk/university-jobs/doc/living-Leeds
- St Gemma’s Quality Account 2025/26 — www.st-gemma.co.uk/about-us/publication-documents/
The role profile, employee specification, and provisional job plan provide the detailed terms and requirements for this appointment. Specific arrangements will be confirmed through recruitment and job planning.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dr Hannah Zacharias at HannahZacharias@st-gemma.co.uk.
Interviews will be held at the Hospice on December 10th 2026.
Consultant in Palliative Medicine in Leeds employer: St. Gemma's Hospice
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