Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Speciality Doctor in Palliative Medicine

The closing date is 02 June 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, skilled doctor to join our Palliative Care team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR) on a 12 month fixed term basis to cover maternity leave. This post is for 4 days a week with scope to negotiate the preferred non-working day based on the successful candidates preference and the needs of the service.

The post holder will join the Specialist Palliative Care Team in providing a liaison service for adult inpatients across the Trust and will be responsible for middle grade support to the Palliative Care Consultants in the department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Referrals to the service are received from all inpatient departments within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Please see job description for a full list of key duties and responsibilities which includes:

Work closely with other members of the multi-professional team both within Palliative Care and other specialties to ensure delivery of holistic care to patients and their families/carers.

Assess, diagnose and manage palliative care patients referred in the inpatient setting. This will include symptom management, advance care planning and supporting complex medical decision making alongside other clinical teams.

Coordinate patient care at the point of discharge and in the outpatient setting.

Communicate confidentially and sensitivity with integrity at all times. Ensure colleagues uphold the same standard

Complete accurate and contemporaneous documentation including records of care, referrals, and clinical notes using written and electronic formats.

Participate in audit, governance and quality improvement activity within the Palliative Care directorate

Contribute to the delivery of education including post graduate and undergraduate medical education.

About us

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest providers of healthcare in the area and has a complement of over 930 beds for a local population of 390,000 and a regional population of 1.5 million. The Trust forms one of the major acute Trusts in the North West with all of the usual specialties on site as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the departments of Neurosciences, Oncology, Renal Medicine, major trauma, plastics and burns, specialist mobility and rehabilitation and vascular services.

Hospital Palliative Care Team

The Hospital Palliative Care Team covers both the Preston and Chorley Hospital sites in provision of a liaison service for adult inpatients across Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. The service receives an average of 2000 referrals per year. An increasing proportion of referrals are for patients with a non-cancer diagnosis both from the local population and across the tertiary services. New referrals to the IP service are discussed at a weekly MDT and allocated to a caseload for assessment. There is a 7 day face to face palliative care service on both sites. Patients requiring joint medical input with the CNS's to support ongoing care are identified in MDT meetings, daily board rounds and weekend handover meetings. The team is committed to on-going service development, and has strong working relationships with Medical teams, Acute Oncology and cancer site specific staff.

Date posted

19 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£59,175 to £95,400 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

438-MS3085

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

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 and Licence to Practice
MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

Higher diploma e.g. MRCP or MRCGP
Diploma in Palliative Medicine
Higher qualification in education

Experience and Skills

Essential

Completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty (e.g. general practice, elderly medicine, oncology, haematology) or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
Evidence of involvement in delivering teaching within a healthcare setting

Desirable

Post registration experience in Palliative Medicine.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

Higher diploma e.g. MRCP or MRCGP
Diploma in Palliative Medicine
Higher qualification in education

Experience and Skills

Essential

Completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty (e.g. general practice, elderly medicine, oncology, haematology) or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
Evidence of involvement in delivering teaching within a healthcare setting

Desirable

Post registration experience in Palliative Medicine.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)