A substantive consultant palliative medicine post within University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, joining four consultants who serve Staffordshire and Cheshire. The core work is the Hospital Palliative Care Team across both hospital sites: specialist advice, outpatients and inpatient care for 10 beds, with local hospices and community services. It is a 10 PA role with on-call and a category B supplement, and less than full-time or job share is considered. It also includes leading undergraduate teaching at Keele University. Full GMC registration and MRCP are required.
What the job involves
- Work as a core member of the Hospital Palliative Care Team across both hospital sites
- Provide specialist palliative advice, outpatient services and inpatient care for 10 palliative medicine beds
- Help expand specialist palliative care services alongside four consultants
- Work closely with local hospices and community services
- Lead undergraduate palliative care education at Keele University School of Medicine
- Contribute to developing and delivering the palliative care curriculum
- Carry out on-call duties with a category B availability supplement
What’s required
Qualifications
- MRCP membership
- Evidence of training in research methodology
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration, with entry on the Specialist Register or UK training scheme, or CCT within 6 months, or CESR in progress
Experience
- Good general clinical experience in palliative medicine
- Liaising and coordinating care across multiple clinical teams
- Conducting clinical audit
- Substantial experience of teaching medical students
Skills & knowledge
- Expert clinical opinion across palliative medicine, with full independent responsibility for patients
- Applying research outcomes to clinical problems
- Awareness of current specialty developments and NHS reforms
- Organising workload and planning strategically under conflicting pressures
- Motivating and developing the multidisciplinary team, working flexibly with changing plans
- Teaching clinical skills to medical staff, students and other disciplines
Other
- Ability and means to travel, accessible for on-call duties
- Caring attitude to patients, with energy under pressure
Nice to have
- Higher degree, such as an MSc in Palliative Medicine
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals in the last five years
- Evidence of original research
- Experience of service development
- Recognised teaching skills course or medical education qualification
- Experience of leadership, curriculum development and assessment in medical education
- Full UK driving licence
What’s offered
- Development packages aimed at fulfilling potential
- Fair and transparent career development opportunities
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