Job responsibilities
The job plans will be based on the information listed below. The timing of the sessions indicated below may alter. However, the overall composition of the job plan is not expected to change.
A formal job plan meeting will take place no later than 6 months following appointment where the Trust Guidance on SPA allocation will apply.
The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a Consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a Consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It should provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it should include personal objectives including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the Consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives. The provisional job plan is set out below. This will be based on the nationally agreed whole-time contract.
Provisional Assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:
The base contract will be for 10 programmed activities. This will be based on the nationally agreed whole-time contract.
Applicants please state preferences in your application for a specific job plan.
Marie Curie REACT (Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community Team) virtual ward: 6.25 PA
Day
Time
(see notes)
Location
Description of Activity
Categorisation
DCC, SPA, AR, ED*
PAs
Monday
0800-1200
Marie Curie
Community virtual ward patient reviews
DCC
1
1200-1230
MC
lunch
1230-1630
Marie Curie
Community virtual ward patient reviews
DCC
1
Tuesday
Wednesday
0800-0900
MC
Locality MDT/patient admin
(alternate weeks)
DCC
0.25
0900-0930
MC
Consultant meeting (core SPA)
SPA
0.125
0930-1330
MC
Community virtual ward patient reviews
DCC
1
1330-1400
MC
lunch
1400-1600
MC
Clinical service Development
DCC
0.5
Thursday
0800-0930
MC
MDT
DCC
0.375
0930-1230
MC
Virtual Ward patient reviews
DCC
0.75
1230-1300
MC
Lunch
1300-1700
MC
Core SPA
SPA
1
Friday
Agreed scheduled activity to be worked flexibly**
Predictable emergency on-call work
1 in 8
For example; weekend ward round
REACT ED 8-11
weekend
DCC
0.25
Unpredictable emergency on-call work
Variable
On-site, at home, on the telephone and travelling to and from site
DCC
0
Variable
On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site
TOTAL PAs
6.25
*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.
Marie Curie Hospice Inpatient Unit: base contract 7.375 PA + 5% on call availability supplement
Day
Time
Location
Description of activity
Categorisation DCC/SPA/AR/ED*
PAs
Monday
0800 -08.30
Marie Curie
Patient admin
DCC
0.125
08.30-09.30
MC
Referrals meeting and Board Round
DCC
0.25
09.30-12.30
MC
Ward Round
DCC
0.75
12.30-1300
MC
Lunch
1300-1400
MC
Ward Round/
patient admin
DCC
0.25
1400-1600
MC
Clinical Review Meeting
DCC
0.5
1600-1630
MC
Patient admin
DCC
0.125
Tuesday
08.00-09.00
MC
Patient admin and Referrals meeting
DCC`
0.25
0900-1100
MC
Ward reviews
DCC
0.5
1100-12.30
MC
Core SPA
SPA
0.375
1230-1300
MC
Lunch
1300-1700
MC
Motor Neurone Disease
(Monthly clinic and home visits)
DCC
1
Wednesday
08.00-09.00
MC/Home
Locality MDT/core SPA
(alternate weeks)
DCC/SPA
0.25
09.00-09.30
MC /Home
Consultants Meeting
(Core SPA)
SPA
0.125
0930-1130
MC/Home
Educational Supervision (x 2 trainees)
SPA
0.5
Thursday
0800- 0830
MC
Patient admin
DCC
0.125
08.30-09.30
MC
Referrals meeting and Board Round
DCC`
0.25
09.30-12.00
MC
Ward round
DCC
0.625
12.00-12.30
MC
Lunch
12.30-15.30
MC
Ward round
DCC
0.75
15.30-16.30
MC
Patient admin
DCC
0.25
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Agreed activity to be worked flexibly*
Predictable emergency on-call work
08.00-11.00
(Sat/Sun 1 in 8 rota)
BTHFT ED
REACT ED 8-11 weekend
Predictable second on call work
DCC
DCC
0.25
0.125
Unpredictable emergency on-call work
Variable
At home on the telephone and travelling to and from site
TOTAL Pas
7.375
*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.
BTHFT Hospital Palliative Care Team: base contract 5.625 Pas + 5% on call availability supplement
Day
Time
(see notes)
Location
Description of Activity
Categorisation
DCC, SPA, AR, ED*
PAs
Monday
0900-1030
MC/University of Leeds
Undergraduate Medical Education
AR
0.375
Tuesday
Wednesday
0800-0900
BRI
Locality MDT/patient admin
(alternate weeks)
DCC
0.25
0900-0930
BRI
Consultant meeting (core SPA)
SPA
0.125
0930-1330
BRI
Ward reviews
DCC
1
1330-1400
BRI
lunch
1400-1600
BRI
Hospital MDT
DCC
0.5
1600-1700
BRI
Ward reviews
DCC
0.25
Thursday
0900-1300
BRI/home
Core SPA
SPA
1
Friday
0800-1200
BRI
Ward reviews
DCC
1
1200-1230
BRI
lunch
1230-1630
BRI
Ward reviews
DCC
1
Agreed scheduled activity to be worked flexibly**
Predictable emergency on-call work
1 in 8
For example; weekend ward round
On call
DCC
0.125
Unpredictable emergency on-call work
Variable
On-site, at home, on the telephone and travelling to and from site
DCC
0
Variable
On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site
TOTAL PAs
5.625
*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.
The Foundation Trust is keen to support newly appointed consultants and the appointee is encouraged to have a mentor. A number of senior colleagues are available for this purpose and the clinical lead will facilitate this once the appointee takes up the post.
3 ON CALL INFORMATION:
The BTHFT hospital palliative care team and Marie Curie Inpatient unit posts contribute to a 1 in 8 category A out of hours on call rota providing specialist advice by telephone (Bradford Districts and Craven). Payment is a 5% banding supplement.
Marie Cure Inpatient unit and Marie Curie Community REACT virtual ward posts contribute to a 1 in 8 weekend 8-11am day shift in the Emergency Department for Marie Curie REACT.
4 BASE HOSPITAL:
Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford and Bradford Royal Infirmary as described above.
5 PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY/ACCOUNTABILITY:
The post-holder is managerially accountable to the Clinical Director and professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer at BTHFT and the Medical Director at Marie Curie Hospice.
6 DEPARTMENT PROFILE:
These are permanent posts; 2 have arisen due to existing employees taking on executive and research roles, Marie Curie REACT virtual ward is a new post. The contract of employment sits with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Three existing consultants rotate between three different services to provide comprehensive specialist palliative medical care to the district: Marie Curie Hospice Bradford, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. There is an expectation that these advertised posts will continue to support this integration of services by being part of this rotation.
Additional non clinical responsibilities such as strategic planning, training of junior staff, acting as hospice Medical Director and quality and safety are divided by negotiation amongst the consultants.
