Job Title: On call/weekend working Speciality doctor in Palliative Medicine
Salary Range: £28.37 per hour
Base: Kings Lodge, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice
Accountable to: Medical Director
Job Description
This is a substantive post comprising approximately 6-8 hours per Saturday and Sunday on-site working and telephone support for the remainder of the shift (8am-7pm). The frequency is approximately 1 in 5 to 1 in 8 weekends. There is no regular scheduled work Monday to Friday in this post.
The appointee will be expected to provide medical input to the hospice inpatients, admit new patients to the ward on each day of the weekend duty. The Specialty doctor will be professionally accountable to the Medical Director and ultimately to the Trustees of Phyllis Tuckwell (PT).
Responsibilities
1. To clerk patients on admission to the IPU assessing and documenting patients' physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and devising a treatment plan.
2. To review selected patients during ward rounds, and change the treatment plans as needed, in collaboration with the nursing team and consultant on call, to provide good quality palliative care.
3. To keep accurate records that are individual, timely and identifiable, using the hospice electronic record system.
4. To reassess the patients' problems as necessary.
5. To refer deceased patients to the Medical Examiner or coroner, complete the medical certificate of cause of death as needed.
6. To be familiar with, and to adhere to, PT policies and guidelines.
7. Complete an appraisal and engage with continuing professional education relevant to Palliative Medicine sufficient to maintain fitness to practise. Funding for study leave will be made available.
Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Role holders are required to understand their responsibilities in the safeguarding context, ensuring that Phyllis Tuckwell reduces the risk of harm or abuse of adults and children at risk. You are required to:
1. Adhere to Phyllis Tuckwell's Safeguarding Policy (held on the NEST), which supports the local authority's multi-agency safeguarding policy, the law (Care Act 2014) and Mental Capacity Act 2005 (including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards).
2. Inform the appropriate PT professional where there is concern that an adult or child may be at risk of harm, abuse, or neglect.
Phyllis Tuckwell is committed to an Equal Opportunities approach, valuing, and respecting everyone as individuals, with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles, and circumstances. This job description is underpinned by Phyllis Tuckwell's philosophy, culture, and core values, which actively embrace diversity and inclusion and promote total team spirit. This job description is current and subject to yearly review in consultation with the jobholder. It is liable to reflect and anticipate necessary changes to support the PT strategy.
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