Speciality Doctor (Bank)

Job description

Job responsibilities

In-patient care

● Assessment and symptom management for in-patients admitted for symptom control, respite, or end of life care.

● Day-to-day medical support to the Inpatient Unit communicating regularly and effectively with the multidisciplinary team.

● To attend the daily ward handover and multi-disciplinary meetings as required.

● Conduct family meetings with patients and relatives to facilitate open communication and forward planning of care options, giving full regard to patient choice and confidentiality.

● Initiate and perform indicated tests and procedures and liaise with other appropriate specialist teams about them. These include venesection, bisphosphonate infusion, blood transfusion and paracentesis.

● Ensure prescription charts are up to date with forward planning of ‘as required’ medication.

● Ensure clinical entries into the electronic patient records are current and accurate, and medical plans are communicated to the senior nursing staff.

● Enable the smooth transfer of patients, both into and out of the Hospice by supporting the nursing staff in arranging ambulance transfers.

● Ensure that excellent communication is maintained with all other agencies, with special regard to discharge summaries, and necessary paperwork for handover to the Out of Hours Service/Community Nursing teams.

● Ensure discharge prescriptions are written appropriately.

● Offer appropriate advice to GPs regarding palliative care matters.

● On-call work is non-resident. When on call at weekends there is the expectation that the post-holder will conduct a ward round on a Saturday morning, and will be contactable for the rest of the on-call period, attending for urgent admissions or reviews as required.

Family Support Centre

● Undertake an assessment of urgent medical problems arising in patients attending the Wellbeing Centre.

● Provide medical advice and support to the Day Care staff regarding patients attending the Wellbeing Centre Community Care

Community Centre

● Undertake initial assessment and follow up visits where medical input is appropriate, either at the patient’s home or in the outpatient clinic.

● Support the specialist palliative Community Nurse Specialists, advising on medical management.

● Liaise with GPs to advise on specialist palliative care symptom management and use of the Hospice service.

Other

● Participate in clinical audit as required.

● Undertake evidence based practice and adhere to internal clinical governance policies, guidance, and procedures.

● Participate in journal club and other educational meetings.

● Support the supervision and on the job training of junior doctors and medical students on placement at the hospice.

● Participate in the organisation’s continuous performance review and work towards personal objectives agreed with the supervising consultant.

● Be responsible for maintaining your own professional development and meeting the professional requirements for appraisal and revalidation.

● Act with due care for the health and safety of her/himself, other employees, patients and the general public in order to ensure that the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 are fully observed.

● Maintain confidentiality with respect to work related and organisational issues and meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act and GDPR regulations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary medical qualification
• Full GMC registration and valid licence to practice with evidence of engagement with revalidation

Desirable

• Higher medical qualification MRCP or MRCGP
• Diploma in Palliative Medicine

Experience

Essential

• Experience of dealing with common medical problems in a broad range of clinical specialities
• Some experience of working in the end of life care setting, and of symptom management

Desirable

• Experience of working in specialist palliative care for both malignant and non-malignant conditions
• Teaching experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St Peter & St James Hospice

Address

North Common Road

North Chailey

Lewes

East Sussex

BN8 4ED

Employer's website

https://stpjhospice.org/ (Opens in a new tab)