We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join the St. Peter’s Hospice medical team for up to one year, to cover a period of maternity leave. Applications from Specialist Doctors would also be considered.
The postholder will join the senior medical team of 4 consultants working alongside the multi-professional team members to deliver high quality palliative care to patients and families in the wider Bristol area. They will be working in a supportive and collaborative environment for a much-loved local charity with a strong reputation.
The role will involve a strong focus on supporting patients in our community, both directly and by working closely with our CNS teams. The postholder will be taking part in work to improve access to services for those with non-cancer conditions. The postholder will also contribute to care of inpatients for 10 consultant-led beds. The role will involve contribution to our senior on call rota at 1 in 5 frequency.
Key responsibilities :
- Assessment and management of patients in the community (virtual and face to face) with complex palliative care needs
- Leadership and support to weekly community team meetings with CNS teams
- Support to medical advice line
- Leading patient management on the inpatient unit when cross covering colleagues
- Provision of 2nd on call support to medical advice line and inpatient unit
- Active engagement and leadership with quality improvement and service improvement activities
- Teaching and training of doctors in GP and Specialist Training Schemes
Other Information:
- Working a max of 28 hours per week (0.7 FTE) based on 40 hour week
- 1 in 5 on call duties
- Work pattern subject to confirmation - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday with alternate Friday
About Us
We’ve spent over 40 years helping people die in peace, and with dignity. Combining compassion with clinical expertise, we provide patients with the best possible care at the end of their lives.
We’re here for the people around our patients too – those closest to them. Before, during and after a bereavement, we provide support that’s remembered forever.
We think it’s that unforgettable support that inspires people to give back to St Peter’s. To fundraise for us. Donate. Volunteer. We’re not exaggerating when we say that we couldn’t do what we do without our wonderful supporters. We really can’t thank them enough.
We want to help many more people to die well. And we’re doing this by teaching others. As a centre of educational excellence, we share our skills with other health professionals, helping the NHS and care homes to provide better end-of-life care.
We’re here for all, for free, forever.
The Benefits
If you join our clinical team, we offer NHS Agenda for Change benefits such as:
- NHS equivalent salaries
- Generous holiday entitlement and recognition for previous NHS service (up to 33 days for 10 years' service)
- Continuation in the NHS pension scheme for existing members
- Recognition of previous NHS service for sick pay
There are many benefits to working at St Peter’s including:
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays pro rata. This increases the longer you’re with us
- Competitive salary
- Pension, with employer matched contributions up to 6%
- Enhanced sick pay, rising with service to a maximum of 12 weeks’ full and 12 weeks’ half pay.
- Birthday leave – a day off in the month of your birthday
- Ability to buy or sell up to three days of annual leave per year
- Volunteer leave
- Life insurance scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Access to discounts and offers through the Blue Light Card
- Home and electronics salary sacrifice scheme
- Free parking at our main office sites
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Travel discounts
- Eye care scheme
- Annual flu vaccine scheme
- Comprehensive induction
- In-house learning & development team
- Continual professional development
Life is busy and we all want to enjoy a healthy work/life balance. That’s why we offer flexible working hours, and if it’s practical for your role, we also offer hybrid working.
You can split your hours between your home and our offices in Brentry and Long Ashton. We think this is a good way to work – it gives you the convenience of working from home and the camaraderie of being with colleagues in the office.
Equity and Diversity
We want our teams to reflect the diversity of our community – and we want everyone to feel that they belong. That’s why we’ve joined ENEI: Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. This is a UK based, not-for-profit organisation that helps employers build and maintain diverse teams and inclusive cultures. We’re really pleased to have ENEI supporting us on our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion journey.
Just as we offer care to all, we welcome applications from everyone. We want to hear from you regardless of your age, disability, religion or belief, sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
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