Employer: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Glenfield Hospital
Town: Leicester
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/03/2025 23:59
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
Specialist Palliative Care is an essential and high profile field at UHL. The department works to build strong relationships with every specialty at the Trust, working collaboratively to ensure high quality palliative care is delivered as needed to patients, irrespective of their diagnosis. A seven day a week, 09:00 - 17:00, face to face service is delivered by the nursing team alongside a Consultant on call 24/7. Within the team there are three CNS non-medical prescribers with an aim to expand this number annually. As well as specialty registrars, the hospital team also includes CMT and IMT doctors and will expand to include FY2 doctors from August 2024.
A 1-in-10 second on call service is worked by the hospital and hospice consultants managing hospital, hospice and community palliative care patients, predominantly by telephone support. With appointment to these new posts, the frequency will change up to a 1-in-13 rota. This is compensated as per national contractual arrangements, by at least a 3% supplement. Any agreed or emergency additional work is compensated via time off in lieu.
Main duties of the job
* Contribute to the delivery of high quality specialist palliative care advice, management and support to patients, families, carers and the wider clinical teams within UHL.
* Participation in the daily clinical board round with the Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists.
* Share responsibility for Consultant Palliative Care provision in the areas in which you work, particularly at your base site.
* Share responsibility for discussions about and documentation of preferences and priorities for care and treatments, as part of advance care planning and the ReSPECT process.
* Offer provision of specialist support and/or second Consultant opinion for complex ethical cases relevant to palliative care.
* Participate in undergraduate teaching duties alongside clinical service delivery.
* Contribute to the Consultant non-resident on call rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Contribute to the delivery of high quality specialist palliative care advice, management and support to patients, families, carers and the wider clinical teams within UHL.
* Participation in the daily clinical board round with the wider Specialist Palliative Care Clinical team.
* Share responsibility for Consultant Palliative Care provision in the areas in which you work, particularly at your base site.
* Lead clinician for specialist palliative care at LGH.
* Share responsibility for discussions about and documentation of preferences and priorities for care and treatments, as part of advance care planning and the ReSPECT process.
* Offer provision of specialist support and/or second Consultant opinion for complex ethical cases relevant to palliative care.
* Participate in undergraduate teaching duties alongside clinical service delivery.
* Full contribution to the Consultant non-resident second on call rota.
* Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
* Participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs.
* Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures.
* Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required.
* Participate in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.
* Respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers.
* Participate in teaching and training of junior staff and other clinical staff groups.
* Participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.
* Maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MB BS or Equivalent
* Full GMC Registration
* Entry on the GMC Specialty Register for Palliative Medicine via (a) Certificate of Completion of Training (or with a proposed CCT date within 6 months of the interview date) (b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (c) European Community Rights
* MRCP/MRCGP or Equivalent
* Current BLS Certification
* Membership of relevant Specialist bodies e.g. Association for Palliative Medicine
* Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD, or equivalent.
* Teaching qualification
Experience
* Fully trained in Palliative Medicine
* Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems to provide Consultant Specialist Palliative Medicine Support to hospital and hospice patients
* Experience of clinical or research commitment in a relevant area e.g. delivering culturally concordant palliative care, hospital palliative care, system planning, education
Management
* Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
* Experience of leading teams and awareness of leadership styles.
* Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload.
* Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS.
* Ability to work to overcome barriers to change.
* Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance issues.
* Leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and support medical and non-medical colleagues.
* Evidence of management and administration experience.
* Management training on an accredited course.
* Awareness of Service Development issues.
* Practical experience of designing and implementing protocols and guidelines.
* Ability to support development and delivery of end of life care within the hospital setting.
Communication
* Skills in written and spoken English that enable highly effective communication with patients and colleagues.
* To be empathic and sensitive; capacity to value others’ perspectives.
* Able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
* Highly developed emotional intelligence.
* High standard of presentation both written and verbal.
* Proven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment.
Audit & Quality Improvement
* Experience of quality improvement work and audit, including evidence of participation.
* Undergone training in quality improvement methodology.
* Completion of formal courses in Audit and quality improvement.
Research
* Understanding and interest in research, including the ability to critically appraise research.
* Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals.
Teaching
* Experience of and a commitment to training/teaching undergraduate and postgraduates to a high standard.
* Appraisal and assessment skills, and ability to assess clinical competencies.
* Enthusiastic and ability to inspire and lead others.
* Ability to use a range of teaching style flexibly depending on learner needs.
* Post Graduate qualification in teaching and training.
Personal Qualities
* Personal integrity, reliability and flexibility.
* Ability to motivate and develop medical staff and non-medical staff.
* Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided.
Additional Information
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
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