Palliative Medicine Consultant

3 days ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are excited to offer a new post for Palliative Medicine Consultant, working in a dynamic team of consultants and CNSs in the hospital. There will also be some community working allowing for collaborative system working.

You will mainly be based in the Colchester Hospital specialist palliative care team, providing leadership and consultant level review of hospital patients.

You will also provide teaching and support to ESNEFT staff, enabling them to care skilfully & compassionately for palliative and end of life patients.

This is an exciting opportunity to further develop services in palliative and end of life care in North East Essex and the wider integrated care system of Suffolk and North East Essex; improving integrated working across acute and community services.

You will also work at St Helena Hospice for 2 sessions a week optimising palliative care provision across settings, including complex patient consultant level reviews

There will be opportunity to develop any area of specialist interest and work in a supportive and flexible team at the hospital and hospice.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and talented colleague to join our specialist palliative care team; working 8 hospital sessions and 2 hospice community sessions.

Ability for post holder to develop their role and clinical interests in new 1WTE hospital and hospice community post

Work in a Trust where palliative and end of life care is valued and high priority

Visiting patients at home post hospital admission optimises continuity of care

Be at the forefront of designing and implementing new and effective services

Opportunity for hospital lead in end of life education role

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care. We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients’ own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We’re investing £100million over five years in a capital building programme to transform services at our hospitals and make sure patients and staff have the best possible environments.

At Ipswich Hospital
- We are building a new Urgent Care Centre and Emergency Department - a single front door to help make sure patients are seen promptly and by the right specialist team.
- We are remodelling and refurbishing the children’s department to create a child-friendly environment fit for the 21st century.
- We are building a state-of-the-art breast care centre to being all elements of breast care - clinic, imaging and screening - under one roof.

**The post-holder will**:

- Review those hospital inpatients referred to the specialist palliative care team who require consultant level assessment.
- Ensure patient care is evidence based and/or best common practice
- Ensure clinical practice complements and facilitates the provision of multi-disciplinary care, recognising the physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient and family
- Ensure that all prescribing is in accordance with the hospital policy and statutory requirements
- Ensure accurate and timely clinical information and records are maintained on all inpatients
- Liaise with primary and secondary care as appropriate to ensure continuity of medical care and at times be available to advise and support in the management of palliative patients transferred to the community setting
- Conduct outpatient assessments in clinic as required. The post is based at Colchester Hospital. In exceptional circumstances, the consultants might be asked to support their colleagues at Ipswich Hospital and vice versa.



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