Job responsibilities
The role entails but is not limited to:
Clinical Care
The post holder will support the
planning, development and delivery of palliative medical care to patients by:
Providing specialist medical
management for patients with complex palliative care needs, both in the hospice
and community settings.
Providing continuity of medical care
on the inpatient unit and in the community and supporting the medical team for
the day-to-day management of patients admitted to the IPU.
Leading weekly multidisciplinary team
(MDT) meetings, contributing to holistic patient management plans.
Performing a full holistic assessment
of patients and providing on-going medical review for existing patients.
Prescribing appropriately in line with
hospice and the West Midlands Palliative Care Physicians Guidelines for Symptom
Control, maintaining accurate and legible drug charts. Completing the
requisitions for pharmaceutical and other supplies when necessary.
Offering clinical leadership and
support to junior medical staff, medical trainees. nursing teams, and allied
health professionals.
Supporting ward rounds, outpatient
clinics, and home visits as required.
Supporting effective symptom control,
advance care planning, and end-of-life care discussions.
Participating in the Hospice weekend
medical rota.
Leadership & Management
Support the Director of Clinical
Services by leading on the development, maintenance, and delivery of a
comprehensive strategy for quality which considers patient safety, risk
management, clinical effectiveness, and patient experience.
Provide highly visible accessible
leadership, advice and support on issues relating to safe and compassionate
medical care, ensuring the provision of evidence-based practice.
Work with the senior management team
and the senior clinical team, ensuring that services are developed around
patient needs, that they are accessible and seamless.
Take an active role in the Hospices
Senior Leadership team, representing medical services and working
collaboratively with other hospice teams, and gain a full understanding of the
complexity of the organisation.
Maintain awareness of up-to-date
professional and clinical practice issues and ensure that appropriate national
policy is reflected in practice.
Support and contribute to the annual
integrated governance work programme and monitoring framework in line with the
Hospice clinical strategy, assurance framework, risk register and Quality
Account priorities as well as all Care Quality Commission aspects of business.
Clinical Service Development and
Governance
The post holder will be professionally
responsible for helping to develop clinical services and robust organisational
clinical governance practices through:
Contributing to the development,
implementation, and evaluation of clinical guidelines and protocols.
Engage in quality improvement
initiatives to enhance patient care and service efficiency.
Participate in clinical governance
activities, including audits, incident reviews, and risk assessments.
Play and active part in the
organisations Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the strategic direction
of the organisation.
Clinical audits.
Reviewing and making recommendations
on the implementation of national guidelines e.g. NICE.
Keeping up to date with medical
developments, new drugs, treatments and medications, relating to palliative
care and sharing learning.
Education and Training
Delivering training and mentorship for
medical trainees, nursing staff, and other professionals in palliative care
principles and practice.
Actively contribute to local and
regional teaching programmes in collaboration with academic institutions.
Contributing to the internal teaching
programme for members of the multi-disciplinary team and, if appropriate,
externally as part of the Hospices commitment to educating other clinical
teams about end-of-life care.
Research and Innovation
Working collaboratively with the
Hospices Professor in End-of-Life Care to continually assess clinical practice
and participate in research studies that contribute to our clinical excellence.
Promote and participate in research
initiatives related to palliative care, supporting evidence-based practice.
Foster collaboration with academic
partners to enhance the hospices reputation as a centre of excellence.
Liaison and Advocacy
Work cross organisationally with key
internal stakeholders to represent the medical team and fully understand the
complexity of the organisation from clinical delivery through to income
generation.
Actively encourage and lead with a one
team approach.
Build strong working relationships
with local GPs, hospital teams, and community services to ensure seamless care
pathways.
Represent the hospice at regional and
national forums, advocating for palliative care excellence.
General
The successful candidate will, on
initial appointment and thereafter, be required to inform the Hospice of any
regular commitments in respect of private professional services or fee-paying
services. There will be a similar requirement in respect of additional NHS
responsibilities or other external duties.
The post holder must be fully registered with
the General Medical Council. It is essential to maintain appropriate membership
of a recognised medical defence organisation. Employees at the Hospice do not benefit from NHS indemnity.
Just so you know:
We may review applications before the application
review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your
application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have
successfully filled the role, this may be earlier than the closing date.
If you have not heard within 14 days of the
application close date, then please consider that your application has been
unsuccessful at this time.
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