The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine

The closing date is 26 May 2025

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Job summary

This is a new, substantive full-time post in paediatric palliative medicine to provide robust senior clinical cover for the RMH paediatric palliative care service. The post will be mainly based at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton with one day per week at Shooting star children's hospices and outreach working into other hospitals and the community. Due to the nature of the work, supporting preferred place of care and end of life, the post holder will provide frequent outreach work into other hospitals and the community including home, hospice and educational settings. The post is suitable for a consultant with CCST training in paediatric palliative medicine or equivalent, or within 6 months of completing training.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an expert clinician in pain and symptom management, end of life care, advance communication and advance care discussion and planning. They should be able to deliver and lead paediatric palliative care across all clinical setting. There is acknowledged flexibility of hours and days across the services to enable the post-holder to respond to support symptom and end of life care through engaging in real time events across the service. They must have access to a car to enable home and community visits across the geographical patch.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Details

Date posted

12 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum incl. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

282-C365-AAC

Job locations

The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea

Chelsea

SW3 6JJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Eligible for registration with the GMC
  • MB BS (or equivalent)
  • MRCPCH or equivalent
  • CCT in Paediatric Palliative medicine or equivalent experience or within 6 months of obtaining it

Desirable

  • Higher degree eg MD or PhD

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Broad based experience in paediatric palliative medicine
  • Demonstrate ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
  • Communication skills training
  • Level 3 safeguarding training
  • Overseas posts must be recognised training posts in country of origin as vetted by the Higher Specialist Training Office at the RCPCH - evidence to be submitted with application form.
  • Overseas doctors need to have written references that their jobs are thus approved by the national training programme / college

Desirable

  • APLS/ NLS

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Willing to work unsupervised and make decisions

TEACHING SKILLS

Essential

  • Evidence of teaching experience

Desirable

  • Evidence of teaching qualification

ACADEMIC/ RESEARCH

Essential

  • Experience in participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice

Desirable

  • Evidence of Research presentations and publications

PERSONAL SKILLS

Essential

  • A relevant interest in paediatric palliative medicine
  • Committed to personal and professional development
  • Motivated to ensure the achievement of desired targets
Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Eligible for registration with the GMC
  • MB BS (or equivalent)
  • MRCPCH or equivalent
  • CCT in Paediatric Palliative medicine or equivalent experience or within 6 months of obtaining it

Desirable

  • Higher degree eg MD or PhD

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Broad based experience in paediatric palliative medicine
  • Demonstrate ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
  • Communication skills training
  • Level 3 safeguarding training
  • Overseas posts must be recognised training posts in country of origin as vetted by the Higher Specialist Training Office at the RCPCH - evidence to be submitted with application form.
  • Overseas doctors need to have written references that their jobs are thus approved by the national training programme / college

Desirable

  • APLS/ NLS

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Willing to work unsupervised and make decisions

TEACHING SKILLS

Essential

  • Evidence of teaching experience

Desirable

  • Evidence of teaching qualification

ACADEMIC/ RESEARCH

Essential

  • Experience in participation in clinical audit/QI project, understanding the role of these in improving the medical practice

Desirable

  • Evidence of Research presentations and publications

PERSONAL SKILLS

Essential

  • A relevant interest in paediatric palliative medicine
  • Committed to personal and professional development
  • Motivated to ensure the achievement of desired targets

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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea

Chelsea

SW3 6JJ


Employer's website

https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/working-royal-marsden (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea

Chelsea

SW3 6JJ


Employer's website

https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/working-royal-marsden (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care

Anna-Karenia Anderson

Anna-Karenia.Anderson@rmh.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

12 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum incl. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

282-C365-AAC

Job locations

The Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea

Chelsea

SW3 6JJ


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