Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join our specialist palliative care services within Central Lancashire on a 1-year fixed term basis.
This post has been created to cover the maternity leave of a colleague and will provide the successful candidate for opportunities to work across the acute hospital specialist palliative care service, community specialist palliative care team and the hospice inpatient service depending on their experience and preferences.
The hospital sessions are based at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who are also the employing organisation. The hospice inpatient sessions are based at St Catherine's Hospice, Preston. The community specialist palliative care team are based at St Catherine's Hospice and cover Preston, Chorley and South Ribble.
The post holder will also work closely with colleagues in palliative care across Central Lancashire, supporting the delivery of Specialist Palliative Care within the hospital, hospice and community settings, including the provision of cross-cover for consultant colleagues when needed and supporting the on-call provision based at St Catherine's Hospice.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include the following, please see full job description for all duties:
Provide specialist palliative medical advice and clinical input as part of the inpatient liaison service.
Provide clinical support to the Palliative Care CNS team through MDT meeting input, telephone advice and joint reviews within inpatient and community clinical settings.
Take responsibility for the medical care of hospice inpatients, alongside the other hospice IP consultant when regular inpatient sessions are agreed within the job plan.
Provide senior medical input into the care of hospice inpatients including ward rounds, advice to junior medical staff and the wider MDT, and supervision of admissions during hospice inpatient sessions.
Provide Specialist Palliative Care representation at cancer site/ non-cancer disease specific MDT's to support early palliative care interventions including advance care planning and referral to palliative care services if appropriate.
Provide leadership around clinical audit and quality improvement and other governance activities such as risk management.
Provide supervision and clinical support for trainees in specialist palliative medicine and other medical staff in the palliative care team.
Support the delivery of multi-professional education and training
Support the delivery of palliative care services out of hours by participating in a non-residential on call rota.
About us
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute Trusts in the North West with all the main specialties. We are the tertiary centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the departments of neurosciences, renal medicine, oncology, plastic surgery and burns.
There are two main hospital sites: Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital. The Hospital SPC inpatient service receives an average of 225 referrals per month across 2 hospital sites. An increasing proportion of referrals are for patients with a non-cancer diagnosis both from the local population and across the tertiary services. The hospital specialist palliative care team provide a liaison service to adult inpatients.
St Catherine's Hospice is a highly respected, forward-thinking independent registered charity with an excellent history. Hospice care is provided through Inpatient, Outpatient, Lymphoedema and Community Specialist Nursing Services. The community services include a recently expanded CNS and consultant team, support assistants and a hospice at home pilot. The Hospice is led by a highly committed Board of Trustees who have overseen several refurbishment programmes to continuously improve facilities for patients, carers and families. The ethos of continually striving to provide the best possible services for local people, in ways that suit their personal needs, is strongly embedded in the strategic development of the Hospice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
What we can offer
Job Plan/On-call Requirements
The Team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
What we can offer
Job Plan/On-call Requirements
The Team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with license to practice
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP UK or equivalent
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine via one of the following: a.Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c.European Community Rights
Desirable
- Higher Medical Degree (MA, MD, MSc, PhD)
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Experience and training in Specialist Palliative Care in hospital, hospice and community
- Proven ability in managing complex holistic palliative care in both malignant and non-malignant conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients at Consultant level
- Awareness of current speciality specific clinical evidence, developments and guidelines
- Commitment to teaching medical and non-medical personnel
- Experience in supervising junior medical colleagues
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Broad experience of medicine across a variety of settings including acute medicine
- Involvement in research projects relating to the specialist area
- Experience of leading and developing education and training
Management
Essential
- Evidence of clinical leadership
- Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice, patient outcome and service development
- Proven organisational skills
- Understanding of current NHS environment, particularly reforms and initiatives related to palliative and end of life care
Desirable
- Evidence of training in leadership
- Experience of leading change and service development across organisational boundaries
Research & Development
Essential
- Understanding of research processes
- Critical appraisal skills
Desirable
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with license to practice
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP UK or equivalent
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine via one of the following: a.Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b.Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c.European Community Rights
Desirable
- Higher Medical Degree (MA, MD, MSc, PhD)
Experience and Skills
Essential
- Experience and training in Specialist Palliative Care in hospital, hospice and community
- Proven ability in managing complex holistic palliative care in both malignant and non-malignant conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients at Consultant level
- Awareness of current speciality specific clinical evidence, developments and guidelines
- Commitment to teaching medical and non-medical personnel
- Experience in supervising junior medical colleagues
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Broad experience of medicine across a variety of settings including acute medicine
- Involvement in research projects relating to the specialist area
- Experience of leading and developing education and training
Management
Essential
- Evidence of clinical leadership
- Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice, patient outcome and service development
- Proven organisational skills
- Understanding of current NHS environment, particularly reforms and initiatives related to palliative and end of life care
Desirable
- Evidence of training in leadership
- Experience of leading change and service development across organisational boundaries
Research & Development
Essential
- Understanding of research processes
- Critical appraisal skills
Desirable
- Evidence of peer reviewed publications
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).
