Main area Palliative Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Mon - Fri and on call) Job ref 382-DOC23-25
Employer Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £105,504 - £139,882 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 11/04/2025 23:59
Consultant Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Consultant Palliative Medicine - Acute & Community
We warmly welcome your application to join our friendly, award-winning Fylde Coast palliative and end of life care team and a well-established Fylde Coast End of Life Group with a longstanding collaborative approach to the care and support for our community.
The post holder will have an NHS consultant contract with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. An additional honorary contract will be held with Trinity Hospice and the post holder will report to the Medical Director of Trinity Hospice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
1. Work collaboratively with the four other Consultants in Palliative Medicine and the wider multi-professional team to ensure the delivery and continuity of specialist palliative care for the population of the Fylde Coast.
2. Participate in the second on call medical rota to support the integrated adult service and 24-hour specialist palliative care advice line.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Take an active role in the planning, development, and delivery of services to achieve service objectives and continuous improvement of wider specialist palliative care services.
2. Provide direct clinical responsibility for the care of hospice inpatients, outpatient clinics and community visits.
3. Participate in weekly Specialist Palliative Care Multidisciplinary Team meetings.
4. Support the delivery of best practice in palliative and end of life care in line with the Fylde Coast End of Life Care Strategy.
5. Work with the Fylde Coast Strategic End of Life Group to support the implementation of the local strategy and the ongoing development of palliative and end of life care across health and social care on the Fylde Coast.
6. Provide strategic palliative and end of life care education leadership for the hospice and Fylde Coast along with key staff at the hospice and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.
7. Contribute to the delivery of education to all staff groups and act as a clinical or educational supervisor to specialty doctors and trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
Person specification
Legal Requirements
* Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: a) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within six months of the interview); b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR); c) European Community Rights.
Qualifications and Training
* MB ChB or equivalent.
* MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
* Teaching qualification such as PGCE.
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent communication skills – both oral and written.
* Competent computer and IT skills.
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to delegate responsibility and supervise staff.
* Ability to motivate and inspire a multi-disciplinary team and work sensitively within teams and across organisations.
* Involvement and evidence of implementation of service development and managing change in a healthcare setting.
* Leadership skills - ability to take responsibility, show leadership and make decisions, to inspire colleagues and get the best out of them including ideas and innovations. Able to represent the hospice when necessary with colleagues, partners, patients and those close to them.
* Evidence of delivering high quality teaching programmes to undergraduates.
* Evidence of supervising doctors in training.
* Research experience.
Knowledge/Research
* Awareness of independent hospice sector and its links with the NHS.
* Awareness of NHS organisation and core values of NHS.
* Understanding of the management responsibilities of a consultant working in a hospice setting.
* Participation in a management/ leadership training course.
Commitment to CPD
* Commitment to CPD and requirements of clinical governance and audit.
* A proven track record in self-directed service improvement.
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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