Consultant Palliative Medicine

3 weeks ago


Shrewsbury, United Kingdom The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Consultants in Palliative Medicine to join a friendly and dynamic team based at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust working in collaboration with Severn Hospice. The Department of Palliative Medicine at SaTH consists of a team of 3 senior specialist palliative care doctors. Together with the team at Severn Hospice, providing palliative care to the population of Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Mid-Wales.

Two posts are offered (one of which replaces a fixed term locum post) which attract 8-10 programmed activities each and an on-call supplement. Applications are welcome from those who wish to work full-time, part time or job share.

Main duties of the job

To provide an early, proactive, palliative care review service with support to both hospital sites, The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Telford. To provide support for daily ward reviews to optimise holistic patient care and flow to the Hospice and Community To support the 7-day Specialist Palliative Care service across the Trust, Severn Hospice and the community To participate in the existing out of hours specialist palliative care consultant on call rota for the area, which is shared between Hospital and Hospice Palliative care consultants. To collaborate in the provision of the palliative and end of life care education program to all front line clinicians within the trust. To undertake teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and to contribute to postgraduate and continuing education both locally and nationally. To participate in clinical governance including to undertake quality improvement and clinical audit. At Severn Hospice, for the shared post, the main clinical duties would include: Provision of Consultant input to the hospice wards, mainly based on Perry ward ,Shrewsbury (8 beds), but providing cross-cover to Alexandra Ward, Telford (11 beds) when needed. Provide clinical leadership for the hospice multidisciplinary team To oversee the care of patients admitted to the hospice for symptom control, emergency respite and terminal care.

*Please look into the Job Description for detailed list of duties

About us

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire) Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin) and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) - all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes' drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

Job description
Job responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate/s and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a less than full time post) as:

7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work. 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research. Out of Hours Activity - On call is non-resident, 1:7, 3% supplement.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan. The job plan conforms to the current recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

MBBS, Mb ChB or equivalent medical qualification. A higher medical qualification (e.g. MRCP, MRCGP, FRCA, FRCR) or equivalent.

Desirable

Evidence of postgraduate study in the specialty/ with an appropriate postgraduate qualification (e.g., MSc)

Entry Criteria
Essential

Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC) Entry onto the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register in Specialist Palliative Medicine via one of the following: -Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) -Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) -European Community Rights Ability to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients Evidence of achievement of competencies in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice. Meets the criteria set out in the generic capabilities framework in the Job Description

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