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Consultant Haematologist (Haemostasis and Thrombosis), Oxford
Client: Oxford University Hospitals
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Job Category: Consulting
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: e8f66200b660
Job Views: 5
Posted: 24.04.2025
Expiry Date: 08.06.2025
Job Description:
Job overview
The Palliative Care department is proud to be delivering specialist palliative care and advice to the population of Oxfordshire and South Northants, supported by Sobell House Hospice and Katharine House Hospice charities.
The Community Palliative Care Team provides a -day service and extended hours working will be required. We are pleased to be able to offer the option of a development post with progression from band to expected within - months, dependent on achieving competencies. We are looking for candidates who display excellent communication skills and strong leadership qualities and who are able to work autonomously.
Significant end of life or palliative care experience and an understanding of community services is essential. Symptom management knowledge and history taking skill training will be required. Undertaking non-medical prescribing will be an expectation at band. We will support staff development.
Informal contact prior to application is strongly encouraged.
Main duties of the job
The community palliative care team is a dynamic multi-disciplinary team who provide specialist palliative care services to Oxfordshire and South Northants. This includes home visiting, outpatient clinics, and a telephone advice line. A full driving license is essential, as is the ability to work anywhere within Oxfordshire and South Northants.
The Community Palliative Care Team provides end of life, symptom management, and communication skills training and teaching to all levels of staff.
As a specialist nurse within the team, the post holder will be expected to demonstrate patient-focused expert clinical assessment and judgement. The post holder will also be expected to show autonomous and multi-disciplinary team working, including supporting other members of the team with development.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
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