Job summary
Specialty Doctor - Palliative Medicine
Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice
Headingley, Leeds LS6 2AE
40 Hours per week (including 1 in 5 On-Call)
Salary aligned to the NHS Specialty Doctor Contract 2021 (or the 2008 contract if this applies)
Permanent
Main duties of the job
About the job
Sue Ryders Specialty Doctors play a vital role in our Hospices, providing essential support to patients, families, and the broader care team. Their work ensures that patients receive compassionate, hands-on care tailored to their physical, emotional, and personal needs, often in their most vulnerable moments.
About us
Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need.
There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.
We are there when it matters.
About Us
Wheatfields hospice is one of seven Sue Ryder hospices. It provides specialist palliative care to patients in the hospice and community via a 16-bed inpatient service and a multi-professional community team including a wellbeing and therapy service.
We are looking to employ an enthusiastic, compassionate and experienced Specialty doctor with a passion for Palliative medicine to join our Consultant-led multidisciplinary team at Sue Ryder, Wheatfields Hospice
Job description
Job responsibilities
About the job
Sue Ryders Specialty Doctors play a vital role in our Hospices, providing essential support to patients, families, and the broader care team. Their work ensures that patients receive compassionate, hands-on care tailored to their physical, emotional, and personal needs, often in their most vulnerable moments.
- Responsible for addressing the specialist palliative care needs of patients and families presenting to the hospice teams and liaising outside of Sue Ryder with the local hospitals and primary care teams.
- First-on on-call commitment. Current frequency 1 in 5 week nights and weekends working from home.
- In-patient roles carry out medical assessment of new patients, management of in-patients, and support of families.
- Community roles review, advice and support for patients and families patients may be seen as out-patients, or in their own homes and as a lone worker or in tandem with a clinical nurse specialist.
- Participation in clinical governance, including audit, research and quality improvement activities.
For more information or an informal chat please contact Joanna Stark, Regional Director of Healthcare Operations : joanna.stark@sueryder.org
Job description
Job responsibilities
About the job
Sue Ryders Specialty Doctors play a vital role in our Hospices, providing essential support to patients, families, and the broader care team. Their work ensures that patients receive compassionate, hands-on care tailored to their physical, emotional, and personal needs, often in their most vulnerable moments.
- Responsible for addressing the specialist palliative care needs of patients and families presenting to the hospice teams and liaising outside of Sue Ryder with the local hospitals and primary care teams.
- First-on on-call commitment. Current frequency 1 in 5 week nights and weekends working from home.
- In-patient roles carry out medical assessment of new patients, management of in-patients, and support of families.
- Community roles review, advice and support for patients and families patients may be seen as out-patients, or in their own homes and as a lone worker or in tandem with a clinical nurse specialist.
- Participation in clinical governance, including audit, research and quality improvement activities.
For more information or an informal chat please contact Joanna Stark, Regional Director of Healthcare Operations : joanna.stark@sueryder.org
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- - Knowledge, Skills and Ability in specialist palliative care
- - Have completed the equivalent of 4 years of full time post-graduate training, at least 2 of which are in a related specialty.
- - Evidence of continued professional development within the specialty
- - Excellent communication skills
- - Flexible to work across care settings (inpatient and community)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
- - Knowledge, Skills and Ability in specialist palliative care
- - Have completed the equivalent of 4 years of full time post-graduate training, at least 2 of which are in a related specialty.
- - Evidence of continued professional development within the specialty
- - Excellent communication skills
- - Flexible to work across care settings (inpatient and community)
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).
Additional information
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).
