Job summary
The successful applicant will be a part of the Medical Team, which is led by the Medical Director and includes two permanent and one fixed term speciality doctors and a bank medical team that supports with staffing the out of hours rota. Additionally, Garden House Hospice Care has a Band 8 Specialist Pharmacist, who works across both Hospice and Hospital settings.Fitting with the Hospice's strong ethos of supporting training and education, the Hospice currently has three GP Trainee placement slots, to increase to four from August 2024.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be provided with a shared office, computer, internet access and secretarial support.
The successful applicant will be employed by the East and North Herts NHS Trust but will work entirely at Garden House Hospice Care. The pay scale for this post is currently £38,619 to £57,570 per annum. Your salary will be calculated based on previous experience.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will join Garden House Hospice Care, (GHHC) at a very exciting time. Since January 2024, GHHC started an innovative service to support patients with moderate to severe frailty and two or more long term conditions, who would benefit from our services. This service has been featured on the BBC news and radio and GHHC has been invited to give a presentation at the Hospice UK Annual Conference. To support this service for life limited frail patients, previously underserved by palliative care, GHHC increased inpatient and community beds and staffing, including appointing an in-reach nurse. The frailty in-reach nurses role is to identify suitable patients at the Lister Hospital, working collaboratively with the Lister Hospital teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant will join Garden House Hospice Care, (GHHC) at a very exciting time. Since January 2024, GHHC started an innovative service to support patients with moderate to severe frailty and two or more long term conditions, who would benefit from our services. This service has been featured on the BBC news and radio and GHHC has been invited to give a presentation at the Hospice UK Annual Conference. To support this service for life limited frail patients, previously underserved by palliative care, GHHC increased inpatient and community beds and staffing, including appointing an in-reach nurse. The frailty in-reach nurses role is to identify suitable patients at the Lister Hospital, working collaboratively with the Lister Hospital teams.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for general medicine
Desirable
- MSc, MD or further higher qualification
Standards
Essential
- Good clinical care
- Maintaining good medical practice
- Good relationships and communication with patients
- Good working relationships with colleagues
- Good teaching and training
- Professional behaviour and probity
- Delivery of good clinical care
- Training and expertise in adult and children's safeguarding
Clinical skills and experience
Essential
- Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients with understanding around when to seek support from a senior
- Displays sound clinical judgement & exercises sound clinical risk management
- High level of communication skills with an empathetic, caring approach to patients and families
- Formulate individualised patient management plans for patients
- Basic life support skills
Desirable
- Previous experience in palliative medicine
Commitment to clinical governance
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of clinical governance and quality improvement with a track record of engaging in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement work
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems; ability to critically appraise published evidence
Desirable
- Audit or research presentations at national meetings
Teaching
Essential
- Some experience of teaching within the healthcare setting either formal or informal
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for general medicine
Desirable
- MSc, MD or further higher qualification
Standards
Essential
- Good clinical care
- Maintaining good medical practice
- Good relationships and communication with patients
- Good working relationships with colleagues
- Good teaching and training
- Professional behaviour and probity
- Delivery of good clinical care
- Training and expertise in adult and children's safeguarding
Clinical skills and experience
Essential
- Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients with understanding around when to seek support from a senior
- Displays sound clinical judgement & exercises sound clinical risk management
- High level of communication skills with an empathetic, caring approach to patients and families
- Formulate individualised patient management plans for patients
- Basic life support skills
Desirable
- Previous experience in palliative medicine
Commitment to clinical governance
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of clinical governance and quality improvement with a track record of engaging in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement work
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems; ability to critically appraise published evidence
Desirable
- Audit or research presentations at national meetings
Teaching
Essential
- Some experience of teaching within the healthcare setting either formal or informal
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).
