Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Job description

Job summary

We require an expert clinician to support a Specialist Palliative Medicine consultant position. The postholder will have the ability to inspire and support a developing hospital Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) service and a community SPC Hospice team. With the help and direction of the executive and clinical leaders the successful applicant will ensure that we continue to provide high quality care to patients and their families.

This is a substantive post (10 programmed activities) which is based at ULTH. The post holder will be employed by United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and line managed via St Barnabas Hospice. It is essential that the postholder has private residence within thirty minutes travelling time of St Barnabas hospice IPU due to on call commitments.

The all-embracing nature of specialist palliative care as a countywide service results in a complex and lengthy explanation of the interrelated services and providers that address the needs of the patients and commissioners.

Main duties of the job

It is expected that the consultant appointed to this post will have a major role in the clinical leadership and delivery of quality patient care for the acute trust in Lincolnshire. This post is primarily supporting the acute trust with direct clinical care reviews, clinical leadership, quality improvement, education and multidisciplinary team support. SBH community services are delivered geographically, and this post also supports the Lincoln and surrounding areas community hospice team. Supervision and support will come from the Medical Director at St Barnabas Hospice (SBH).

A focus on "front door" or proactive palliative care in the acute trust using a quality improvement approach would support both the system and organisational objectives.

SBH delivers specialist palliative care services across Lincolnshire, supporting both the acute sector and the community services. Within those areas, other organisations including independent and charitable providers as well as specialist services established in the community and hospitals contribute to delivering care. The successful applicant will be able to support cross organisational SPC working.

The job will include liaising with and teaching nursing staff, health care assistants, therapists and other members of the multidisciplinary team. It will also include teaching medical students rotating through the ward, teaching and appraising FY and ST trainees and SpRs on rotation at the Hospital.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this exciting role within Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH).

Our combined Trusts are some of the most complex NHS organisations in the country, with multiple sites across a predominantly rural and coastal location. In common with many NHS organisations, we are faced with growing demand for our services at a time when our models of care and our estates are stretched. We take extraordinary pride in building working environments where staff feel valued, cared for and part of a team. We are delighted this can be seen within the latest National Staff Survey results showing sustained and improved scores from both organisations.

LCHG adopted a vision of"Caring and building a healthier future for all" and three values to show what we stand for, how we want to be known and how we behave. Our Values: 'Compassionate, Collaborative and Innovative' represent how we identify, the beliefs that motivate us, and what is important to us as a Group and underpin the behaviours that we want to be accountable to uphold, and to hold others in our Group accountable for. Ultimately, these are the foundations upon which we are building the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group to build a better, healthier future for our patients and people.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Engage locally and regionally in the strategic and operational delivery of excellent palliative and end of life care in Lincolnshire
• Engage in key strategic relationships and partnerships that support service developments and ensuring organisational aims are met
• To consider new partnerships with clinical teams to benefit patient care
• Support the delivery of key elements of the St Barnabas clinical strategy
• Support the delivery of key elements of ULTH strategy
• As a consultant member of the medical team, manage a clinical caseload and contribute to the delivery of palliative and end of life care across a range of settings
• Show leadership and support to ensure the quality of care provided is measured and consistently high
• Participate in ULTHs appraisal and revalidation process ensuring all appropriate CPD, quality improvement, patient and colleague feedback is evidenced as per the national requirements.
• Take a leadership approach to the delivery of SPC education in the acute trust and wider across the system
• Contribute to quality improvement and research
• Provide guidance on ethical issues related to patient care
• Contribute to the development of innovative approaches to the delivery of specialist palliative care across all care boundaries

Job description
Job responsibilities

• Engage locally and regionally in the strategic and operational delivery of excellent palliative and end of life care in Lincolnshire
• Engage in key strategic relationships and partnerships that support service developments and ensuring organisational aims are met
• To consider new partnerships with clinical teams to benefit patient care
• Support the delivery of key elements of the St Barnabas clinical strategy
• Support the delivery of key elements of ULTH strategy
• As a consultant member of the medical team, manage a clinical caseload and contribute to the delivery of palliative and end of life care across a range of settings
• Show leadership and support to ensure the quality of care provided is measured and consistently high
• Participate in ULTHs appraisal and revalidation process ensuring all appropriate CPD, quality improvement, patient and colleague feedback is evidenced as per the national requirements.
• Take a leadership approach to the delivery of SPC education in the acute trust and wider across the system
• Contribute to quality improvement and research
• Provide guidance on ethical issues related to patient care
• Contribute to the development of innovative approaches to the delivery of specialist palliative care across all care boundaries

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• On GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine or within 6 months of CCT or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
• Possession of appropriate higher postgraduate qualifications (e.g. MRCP, MRCGP)

Desirable

• Other higher professional qualifications (e.g. Masters, Doctorate)

Experience, Ability and Research

Essential

• Experience in all aspects of palliative medicine in a wide range of settings.
• Experience in leading a multi-professional team.
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and quality improvement activity and clinical risk management

Desirable

• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for palliative management
• Experience of involvement in research

Management/Teaching

Essential

• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
• Experience in teaching health professionals including medical personnel at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
• Evidence of developing a high-quality, high-performance service

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Demonstrate the ability to work well within a multi-professional team.
• Membership of a medical defence organisation.
• Private residence within thirty minutes travelling time of St Barnabas Hospice IPU.

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• On GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine or within 6 months of CCT or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
• Possession of appropriate higher postgraduate qualifications (e.g. MRCP, MRCGP)

Desirable

• Other higher professional qualifications (e.g. Masters, Doctorate)

Experience, Ability and Research

Essential

• Experience in all aspects of palliative medicine in a wide range of settings.
• Experience in leading a multi-professional team.
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and quality improvement activity and clinical risk management

Desirable

• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for palliative management
• Experience of involvement in research

Management/Teaching

Essential

• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
• Experience in teaching health professionals including medical personnel at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
• Evidence of developing a high-quality, high-performance service

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Demonstrate the ability to work well within a multi-professional team.
• Membership of a medical defence organisation.
• Private residence within thirty minutes travelling time of St Barnabas Hospice IPU.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

Trustwide

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY

United Kingdom

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