Job summary
NB: INTERVIEW DATE 29th April 2025
Pilgrims Hospices is embarking on an ambitious recruitment drive to support transformative changes following review of our clinical strategy to enhance supportive and end-of-life-care by expanding the senior clinical leadership group to a multidisciplinary team.
We welcome applications from passionate candidates who would be interested to join us as Consultant(s) in Palliative Medicine, to make a difference to the people in East Kent, bringing comprehensive clinical expertise and a deep commitment to holistic care.
This is a great position for new colleagues who have come to the end of their training but also for experienced colleagues who want to help shape a new model of palliative care provision in East Kent. The Consultant in Palliative Medicine will be joining existing and new Nurse and Medical Consultants, working alongside Specialty Doctors, GP and FY2 trainees as well as Specialist Registrars and Advanced Clinical Practitioners. Pilgrims Hospices is aligned to three medical schools and also hosts a University of Kent led fellowship/GPwSI post.
We operate three inpatient units in Canterbury, Ashford and Margate with typical multi-disciplinary teams to support patients in our 36 beds, in the community including hospice at home services and in our three therapy centres.
Main duties of the job
As a Consultant in Palliative Medicine and part of our clinical leadership team you will be expected to practice at an advanced level to:
* Deliver high-quality patient care with expertise and autonomy;
* Develop and maintain specialist areas of interest to support our clinical strategy;
* Collaborate with external stakeholders to develop pathways and shape processes;
* Lead and motivate teams to improve standards of practice;
* Contribute to research, service evaluation and quality assurance initiatives;
* Commit to your own Continuous Professional Development, support and coach others doing the same.
To be successful as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine you will need:
* Advanced palliative care practice experience
* Strong leadership and team motivation skills
* Commitment to evidence-based practice and quality improvement
* Supervisory and educational experience required.
The Consultant in Palliative Medicine job description has been approved by the Royal College of Physicians. If you would like to speak to us about this role, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr. Pia Amsler on 07961 830575 or via email at pia.amsler@pilgrimshospices.org
About us
Pilgrims Hospice is the lead provider of specialist palliative care in East Kent serving a population of over 800,000 spread across a geographical area of over 700 square miles of a largely rural area with main urban population in Ashford, Folkestone, Canterbury, Dover, Margate, and Ramsgate.
Please visit our website for further information on all aspects of Pilgrims Hospices at www.pilgrimshospices.org.
Date posted: 13 March 2025
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: B0497-25-0019
Job locations
Pilgrims Hospice, 56 London Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8JA
Pilgrims Hospice, Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0NE
Pilgrims Hospice In Thanet, Ramsgate Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4AD
Job description
Main Purpose and Scope of the Job:
Consultants are expected to practice at an advanced level and are able to demonstrate the following:
An expert practice function:
The Consultant must be able to deliver high quality care to patients, enable other practitioners to maintain professional expertise, and to be able to demonstrate a high degree of professional autonomy within their role of a specialist within palliative care.
The Consultant will develop or maintain an area of specialist interest and support the Medical Director and the wider executive team with the realization of the Pilgrims Hospices clinical strategy.
This includes the development of clinical policies, standard operating procedures and guidelines; collaboration with relevant external stakeholders and specialists in that topic and the development and support of working parties and champions at the hospice.
Specialist interests might include non-malignant conditions and widening access to minority groups.
Education, training and development function:
The Consultant will contribute to the training and education of others, establishing formal links with local education providers. They should also contribute to the development of an education plan for both internal and external staff to encourage learning and to support income generation.
Professional leadership and consultancy function:
The Consultant should be able to demonstrate leadership skills which will support and motivate others, in order to continuously improve quality of care and standards of practice. They should be a source of expertise and knowledge for others in their specialist fields.
Practice, service development, research and evaluation:
Consultants will contribute to development of professional practice, through the promotion of evidence-based practice and audits of standards of care. They will support research within the hospice and evaluation of practice within their specialist fields.
Quality assurance:
This role is multi-factorial and has the CQC five standards at its heart. That is to ensure a safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led patient-centered service provision.
Expert Clinical Practice:
* To be professionally accountable for all work undertaken and to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy in line with local/national policy and guidance.
* To work as a Consultant using advanced clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, prescribing, planning, and evaluating interventions for patients with complex presentations.
* To be an authoritative expert assessor/advisor on pain and symptom management, psychological/spiritual/social/practical and ethical decisions at the end of life.
* To undertake complex and sensitive holistic care assessments and plan, implement and evaluate care utilizing advanced communication skills.
* To work with the other clinical leads within the hospice in undertaking service improvements as identified.
Leadership:
* It is expected that the consultant will spend up to 60% of their time in direct patient contact using a combination of face-to-face, video and telephone consultations, supporting and clinically supervising the ACP team.
* 40% of the time will be spent in developing services in line with the hospices clinical strategy and education.
Education:
* To work with the Clinical Leadership Team to develop and implement educational strategies for the development of palliative care within the hospice and locally.
* To be competent in delivering education and training sessions at all levels for a variety of key stakeholders, patients and their carers.
Personal Responsibilities:
* To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitate staff support.
* To ensure there is a valid indemnity insurance in place which will be partly refunded by the hospice.
Personal Development:
The Medical Consultants will be supported by Pilgrims Hospices to continue their Professional Development as outlined by the Royal College of Physicians.
On-call:
Medical consultants in Palliative Medicine provide 2nd on-call support for a seven-day period as part of a regional rota.
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