Job summary
NEWCASTLE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (with second on call cover for MARIE CURIE HOSPICE NEWCASTLE)
DIRECTORATE OF CANCER SERVICES AND CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY
LOCUM CONSULTANT IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
REF. 317-LCON-22-221
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join the Newcastle Hospitals Palliative Care Service. This is a trust wide service working as 4 teams across RVI, FRH, NCCC and Newcastle community. The service includes medical, nursing and psychology specialists. The successful candidate would primarily be based within one of the palliative care teams for clinical and strategic work; however, they would be expected to cover any of the hospital or community sites as needed.
This is a Locum Consultant post until 31st August 2023 and attracts 7.5 PAs for in hours NUTH work. We will also consider applicants who wish to work less than the 7.5 PAs.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Alexa Clark, Clinical Director for Palliative and End of Life Care on 0191 282 3289 (sec), or via email at alexa.clark@nhs.net.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification document.
Main duties of the job
The appointee will join a team of Palliative Medicine Consultants working within the NUTH Palliative Care Service. This is a Liaison Service, consisting of Doctors, Nurse Specialists, Health Care Assistants and Psychologists, which supports the delivery of high quality Palliative and End of Life care to patients within Newcastle Hospitals and those living in Newcastle community.
The post holder will work with a variety of Clinicians in caring for adult patients with palliative cancer and non-cancer diagnoses within many directorates within the Newcastle hospitals and in Newcastle community.
In addition to working alongside the other specialists within the Newcastle hospitals and General Practice, there are also many exciting opportunities to work into the specialist regional services within the hospitals e.g. Cardiothoracic, Hepatobiliary, Renal, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Cystic Fibrosis, Transplantation, Cancer and Haematological Malignancies, and to work with staff to support recognition of patients identified in the last year of life and offer opportunities for Advance Care Planning.
This locum post attracts 7.5 PAs for work within NUTH, and 0.5PA and 2% banding for 1:5 to 1:8 frequency second on call cover at Marie Curie Hospice, Newcastle.
The post holder's entire contract will be held and managed by Newcastle Hospitals. The locum post commences from 12th September (or as soon after as possible) and runs until 31st August 2023.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Provide direct clinical care to patients and their families
- Support the palliative care nurse specialists to deliver care to patients and families through MDT, advice and joint visiting
- Provide advice and support to referrers to the service
Managerial and Administrative:
- Record all consultations and accompanying data to monitor activity and quality within appropriate electronic record
- Share important information with referrers and/or healthcare professionals working in other care settings
- Take a role in management and administration within the service
Research and Audit:
- Participate in and/or lead local and national audit
- Encouraged to participate in research projects
Strategic:
- Participate in and/or lead palliative care service strategic initiatives which align with national, regional or trust priorities
- Develop and strengthen partnerships with other palliative care providers across Newcastle to improve 24/7 delivery of high quality co-ordinated palliative care
Teaching and Training:
- Contribute to and lead formal and informal teaching to non-qualified, undergraduate and post graduate staff across the trust.
- Contribute to specialist palliative medicine teaching and training to nurse specialists, specialist trainees and consultants across the region.
- Act as Clinical and/or Educational Supervisor to foundation doctors and specialist trainees
Car Travel:
- Hold a driving licence and be able to travel to visit patients in the community when needed.
Flexibility:
- The post holder will be based primarily within one of the 4 teams within the Newcastle Hospitals Palliative Care Service. However, they will be expected to work within any team as needed in order to cover the service, and to support the nurse specialists and referrers to the service.
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please complete the application form in full, ensuring that you provide references to cover the last 3 years.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
- Provide direct clinical care to patients and their families
- Support the palliative care nurse specialists to deliver care to patients and families through MDT, advice and joint visiting
- Provide advice and support to referrers to the service
Managerial and Administrative:
- Record all consultations and accompanying data to monitor activity and quality within appropriate electronic record
- Share important information with referrers and/or healthcare professionals working in other care settings
- Take a role in management and administration within the service
Research and Audit:
- Participate in and/or lead local and national audit
- Encouraged to participate in research projects
Strategic:
- Participate in and/or lead palliative care service strategic initiatives which align with national, regional or trust priorities
- Develop and strengthen partnerships with other palliative care providers across Newcastle to improve 24/7 delivery of high quality co-ordinated palliative care
Teaching and Training:
- Contribute to and lead formal and informal teaching to non-qualified, undergraduate and post graduate staff across the trust.
- Contribute to specialist palliative medicine teaching and training to nurse specialists, specialist trainees and consultants across the region.
- Act as Clinical and/or Educational Supervisor to foundation doctors and specialist trainees
Car Travel:
- Hold a driving licence and be able to travel to visit patients in the community when needed.
Flexibility:
- The post holder will be based primarily within one of the 4 teams within the Newcastle Hospitals Palliative Care Service. However, they will be expected to work within any team as needed in order to cover the service, and to support the nurse specialists and referrers to the service.
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please complete the application form in full, ensuring that you provide references to cover the last 3 years.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Higher medical qualification: MRCP, FRCA, MRCGP
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience of palliative care in hospital, community and hospice settings.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the specialty, and to liaise with other specialists to support the clinical care of patients referred to the service.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients within the hospice when providing on-call cover.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of role in development of a clinical service as part of a service improvement project.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of formal and informal teaching and training of doctors, medical students and non-medical members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- Evidence of significant research commitment and experience.
Desirable
- Publications/presentations in the last five years.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Excellent communication skills with patient/carers, colleagues and other health care professionals.
- Highly developed skills in team working.
- Demonstrable leadership skills including the ability to motivate colleagues and challenge effectively to support the development of others.
- Flexible approach to service delivery in and out of hours and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to consider working a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Higher medical qualification: MRCP, FRCA, MRCGP
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience of palliative care in hospital, community and hospice settings.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the specialty, and to liaise with other specialists to support the clinical care of patients referred to the service.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients within the hospice when providing on-call cover.
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of role in development of a clinical service as part of a service improvement project.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of formal and informal teaching and training of doctors, medical students and non-medical members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
Research
Essential
- Evidence of significant research commitment and experience.
Desirable
- Publications/presentations in the last five years.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
Audit
Essential
- Evidence of participation in audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Excellent communication skills with patient/carers, colleagues and other health care professionals.
- Highly developed skills in team working.
- Demonstrable leadership skills including the ability to motivate colleagues and challenge effectively to support the development of others.
- Flexible approach to service delivery in and out of hours and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to consider working a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required
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).
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).
