Job summary
Having strong communication and people skills is fundamental as you will be required to work in partnership with the multi-professional team, ensuring every patient and their needs are always at the centre of what you do. You will draw on your expertise to carry out a holistic assessment of patients and work collaboratively with the other healthcare professionals to provide excellent care for our patients and their families. You will need to share and be able to demonstrate our five key values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Finally, you will be able to provide evidence of full registration, with a GMC licence to practice and ongoing appraisal / revalidation.
Main duties of the job
This post will be a key part of the Consultant team. You will primarily support our In-Patient Unit, looking after hospice patients with a Multi Professional team approach, providing urgent and planned medical reviews for patients as needed. You will also provide regular support to the Wellbeing Centre, as well as cover for our Hospice at home. You will be available to support and provide cross-cover to consultant medical team colleagues. Join Our Team! For Excellence. For Compassion. For People. For Living. Our Medical Team has a weekly rolling programme of continuous professional development and journal clubs to support your learning and development. You will also have the opportunity to contribute more widely to Hospice clinical services including teaching, audit, and research.
About us
Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, south west London and Middlesex. Here at Princess Alice, you have the opportunity to make a satisfying, rewarding difference to the lives of our patients, their families and friends, and be supported every step of the way. Were small enough for you to see the impact your medical skills have, and big enough to support you with training, experience and opportunities. In November 2022, we were rated as overall Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC team commented on our focus on each persons individual needs and the expressed view that staff went 'the extra mile' with empathy and compassion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To liaise closely with, and support, consultant colleagues.
2. To work closely with, and support, all members of the widerMulti Professional Team (MPT).
3. Toparticipate in the weekly in-patient ward round and provide medical leadershipwhen needed.
4. Toprovide ward reviews and Consultant ward-cover when needed and provide clinicalsupervision and support to middle grade staff.
5. Towork closely with external healthcare professionals GPs, district nurses andhospital specialists to provide support, advice and continuity of care.
6. To manage hospice patients within an MPT approach, providing urgent and planned medical reviews for patients when in their home, as an outpatient or as hospice inpatients as needed.
7. To complete holistic, medical assessments and formulateclear management plans, in close collaboration with the rest of the MPT, patients and theirfamilies.
8. To maintain ongoing medicalcare for Princess Alice Hospice (PAH) patients, reviewing signs and symptoms and to negotiate / update management plans accordingly with therest of the MPT, the patients and their families.
9. To support / address the needsof carers / families, communicating with them as often as necessary.
10. To maintain accurate and clear,contemporaneous clinical records appropriately updated electronic patient records.
11. To provide excellent communication / handover of clinical informationby telephone, email or in writing as appropriate, ensuring that all relevant in-house / externalhealthcare professionals are up to date with clinical events letters to general practitioners.
12. To ensure continuity of care.
13. To attend appropriate community MPT meetings.
14. To coordinate with colleagues to help in the prioritising of admissions to and discharges from; ESS; the communitycaseload; and the inpatient unit
15. To coordinate with colleagues to assess and manage patients in the Wellbeing Centre as necessary. Also, where appropriate, discuss with their Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and / or GP in a timely fashion.
16. To work flexibly with themedical team and to provide cover for colleagues and the wider MPT as appropriate.
17. To help with induction,education and supervision of medical students and visiting doctors as appropriate.
18. In line with national changes,plans for 7-day working have tobe considered, future work patterns, including on-call patterns, may need to changein line with this.
General requirements for medical staff
19. To participate in audit, research or any on-goingdevelopments within the hospice and, where appropriate, to develop their own audit / research.
20. To participate in the medicaldepartments Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme Monday meetings and the Wednesday / Thursday medical journal club (alternates monthly), as well as other educational activities at the Hospice.
21. To participate in teaching forthe wider MPT, hospice staff / volunteers and externally where appropriate.
22. To comply with CPD requirements as stipulated by the Royal Colleges.
23. To keep up to datewith clinical mandatory trainingrequirements.
24. To keep a portfolio ofevidence, to have an annual appraisal and write a personal development plan(PDP) and objectives in line with GMC revalidation policies and procedures.
25. To maintain their ownprofessional indemnity insurance to cover all work in the hospice.
26. To maintain confidentiality atall times and comply with all other aspectsof the General Medical Councils Code of Professional Conduct / Good Medical Practice.
General requirements for all Staff:
27. To attend the inductionprogramme.
28. To comply with OccupationalHealth procedures.
29. To attend any staff meetings,where appropriate, in discussionwith the Medical Director.
30. To attend statutory training, fire training, moving and handling andother health and safety issues.
31. To act at all timesin a manner to safeguard the interests of patients andtheir families.
32. To be aware of and performaccording to the Hospices values and behaviours.
33. To monitor, record and assist in investigationsof any complaints from patients, visitors and staff, reporting these to the Medical Director.
34. To be fully conversant with, and participate in, the hospices Governance Policies.
35. To be aware of personal andothers responsibility as defined in the Health and Safety at Work Act andCOSHH regulations.
Person Specification
Personal Qualities and Other Requirement
Essential
36. Commitment to the specialty and its future development
37. Commitment to learning
38. Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice)
39. Ability to organise own learning and development
Qualifications
Essential
40. Undergraduate/Postgraduate:
41. MB BS or equivalent
42. MRCGP or MRCP or equivalent
43. On the Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine (or within 3 months of their CCT date at the time of interview)
44. Registration and defence union:
45. Full GMC registration and licence to practice
46. Subscription to a defence union
47. Fitness to practise:
48. Applicants knowledge is up to date and has evidence of being fit to practice safely through appraisal / revalidation.
Desirable
49. Diploma in Palliative Medicine or equivalent
Particular Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
50. Approach:
51. Able to work as part of a multi-professional team and to demonstrate leadership when appropriate
52. Able to cope with pressure
53. Flexible approach to work: able to adapt and work with employer to deliver improved patient care
54. Equality and diversity: promotes equality and values diversity
55. Probity: professional integrity and respect for others
56. Advanced communications skills
57. Ability:
58. Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk.
59. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
60. Good communication skills
61. Able to comfortably engage with clinical uncertainties and constructive clinical debate with medical and nursing colleagues.
62. Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care:
63. Clinical governance: capacity to be alert to dangers or problems and respond accordingly
64. Audit: understand principles and has evidence of completed audits
65. Teaching: evidence of interest and has appropriate experience in teaching
66. Additional skills:
67. Research: demonstrates understanding of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
68. Educational supervision training and experience
Experience
Essential
69. Clinical experience:
70. Relevant specialty clinical knowledge