Job summary
The Palliative Medicine consultants' team is welcoming a specialist Consultant on a part time basis to provide specialised palliative care to our local communities across the Peterborough area. This is a substantive role split between Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, Peterborough City Hospital and Stamford Hospital.
Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice provides specialist palliative care services to a wide local area including the people of North Cambridgeshire, South Lincolnshire, Rutland and East Northamptonshire. The multidisciplinary team comprises of a medical team, nursing team, psychological support, family support, befriending and bereavement services, physical and complementary therapies, spiritual care, hospice at home and education services.
At Peterborough City Hospital, you will join a supportive and diverse team of 3 Palliative Medicine Consultants, hospital Specialist Palliative Care nurses and a Clinical Psychologist, working across North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust with 1 of the Consultants also working 0.5 WTE at Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall.
You will be fully registered with the GMC and have a CCT in Palliative Medicine or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview.
If you are dedicated to innovation and transformation within our palliative care services to deliver high quality patient experience, then join the team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust!
Main duties of the job
The job plan is anticipated to contain 8 programmed activities: 6PAs at Thorpe Hall Hospice, 1PA providing an Outpatient Clinic at Stamford and Rutland Hospital and 1PA providing support to the hospital specialist Palliative Care team at Peterborough City Hospital.
You will join the second on call rota shared as part of a regional rota, currently category B, 1:7 weeknights and weekends.
You will ensure the good practice guidelines are followed. In addition, you will provide supervision and training to junior medical staff as well as teaching the undergraduate and other professional groups. We will provide you with the opportunity to be educational supervisor to specialty registrar at the hospice.
You will be expected to maintain your education and high standards of work through CPD appropriate to area of practice. We shall provide you the support and resources in pursuing your personal and professional development. We offer great Library Services Manager and assistance to support you in carrying out literature searches via MEDLINE and accessing books and journals.
We are encouraging you to seek more information and organise an informal visit by contacting Dr Richard Partridge Consultant Palliative medicine, on 01733 678000 ext 3171 or richardpartridge@nhs.net; and Mrs Samantha O'Herlihy Divisional operational Manager - cancer services on 07562 434652 or Samantha.oherlihy@nhs.net.
About us
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.
We are promoting flexible working and a health work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
- Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
- Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
- Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
- In-house Physiotherapy Services
- Career development and training opportunities
- Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
- Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
- Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To share responsibility for the clinical management of the inpatients at Thorpe Hall Hospice
- To ensure good practice, symptom control and holistic care for patients, their family and carers whilst in the Hospice including core membership of the MDT
- To provide support and advice to the Hospice at Home and Community Specialist Palliative Care Service when needed.
- To provide a weekly outpatient clinic at Stamford Hospital.
- To provide medical support to the hospital specialist palliative care team 1 session per week.
- To attend hospital palliative care MDT when the other consultant is on leave.
- To work with palliative care teams at Peterborough Hospitals, the community and Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, to provide a comprehensive, seamless service between primary and secondary care and the voluntary sector.
- To work together with the other consultant to lead the development, coordination and supervision of medical services at Thorpe Hall
- To attend and participate in the hospice senior management team meetings.
- To participate in all aspects of the clinical governance programme including audit.
- To contribute to the strategic and operational development of specialist palliative care at Thorpe Hall and within Sue Ryder nationally.
- To provide clinical leadership and when called upon, with colleagues, to determine the strategic direction of palliative care services in the area, participating in local STP transformation board.
- To play an active part in strategy for Sue Ryder nationally through the hospice
SMT feeding into the Directorate Senior Leadership Team and via the Chief Medical Director.
- To be involved in recruitment at the hospice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To share responsibility for the clinical management of the inpatients at Thorpe Hall Hospice
- To ensure good practice, symptom control and holistic care for patients, their family and carers whilst in the Hospice including core membership of the MDT
- To provide support and advice to the Hospice at Home and Community Specialist Palliative Care Service when needed.
- To provide a weekly outpatient clinic at Stamford Hospital.
- To provide medical support to the hospital specialist palliative care team 1 session per week.
- To attend hospital palliative care MDT when the other consultant is on leave.
- To work with palliative care teams at Peterborough Hospitals, the community and Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, to provide a comprehensive, seamless service between primary and secondary care and the voluntary sector.
- To work together with the other consultant to lead the development, coordination and supervision of medical services at Thorpe Hall
- To attend and participate in the hospice senior management team meetings.
- To participate in all aspects of the clinical governance programme including audit.
- To contribute to the strategic and operational development of specialist palliative care at Thorpe Hall and within Sue Ryder nationally.
- To provide clinical leadership and when called upon, with colleagues, to determine the strategic direction of palliative care services in the area, participating in local STP transformation board.
- To play an active part in strategy for Sue Ryder nationally through the hospice
SMT feeding into the Directorate Senior Leadership Team and via the Chief Medical Director.
- To be involved in recruitment at the hospice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on GMC specialist register in Palliative medicine or 6 months of receipt of CCT
- MRCP/MRCGP/FRCR/FRCA or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Additional Post graduate qualification - MSc/PHD/Diploma in Palliative medicine
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience as required for gaining UK CCT in Palliative medicine
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Apply sound clinical judgement to Palliative medical problems and incorporate evidence based practice
Desirable
- Experience in variety of settings- Community, pain management, oncology and psychiatry
Management and Administrative experience
Essential
- Ability to organise workload and prioritise
- Experience in clinical Audit and governance
- Understanding of the wider health agenda, and NHS strategies
Desirable
- Management training course/ service development work
Teaching experience
Essential
- Experience in training both undergraduate and postgraduate students
Desirable
- Formal training and teaching course
Research
Essential
- Ability to appraise research and apply the outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Previous experience of carrying out medical research
Other attributes
Essential
- Team player with good communicative skills
- Car owner with full licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Entry on GMC specialist register in Palliative medicine or 6 months of receipt of CCT
- MRCP/MRCGP/FRCR/FRCA or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Additional Post graduate qualification - MSc/PHD/Diploma in Palliative medicine
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience as required for gaining UK CCT in Palliative medicine
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Apply sound clinical judgement to Palliative medical problems and incorporate evidence based practice
Desirable
- Experience in variety of settings- Community, pain management, oncology and psychiatry
Management and Administrative experience
Essential
- Ability to organise workload and prioritise
- Experience in clinical Audit and governance
- Understanding of the wider health agenda, and NHS strategies
Desirable
- Management training course/ service development work
Teaching experience
Essential
- Experience in training both undergraduate and postgraduate students
Desirable
- Formal training and teaching course
Research
Essential
- Ability to appraise research and apply the outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Previous experience of carrying out medical research
Other attributes
Essential
- Team player with good communicative skills
- Car owner with full licence
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
