Medical Consultant

1 month ago


Esher, Surrey, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Medical Consultant to join our team at Princess Alice Hospice. As a key member of our medical team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care, leading clinical teams, and contributing to the development of our palliative care services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Participate in the weekly in-patient ward round and provide medical leadership when needed.
  • Provide ward reviews and Consultant ward-cover when needed and provide clinical supervision and support to middle grade staff.
  • Work closely with external healthcare professionals GPs, district nurses and hospital specialists to provide support, advice and continuity of care.
  • Manage hospice patients within an MPT approach, providing urgent and planned medical reviews for patients when in their home, as an outpatient or as hospice inpatients as needed.
  • Complete holistic, medical assessments and formulate clear management plans, in close collaboration with the rest of the MPT, patients and their families.
  • Maintain ongoing medical care for Princess Alice Hospice (PAH) patients, reviewing signs and symptoms and to negotiate/update management plans accordingly with the rest of the MPT, the patients and their families.
  • Maintain accurate and clear, contemporaneous clinical records i.e. appropriately updated electronic patient records.
  • Provide excellent communication/handover of clinical information by telephone, email or in writing as appropriate, ensuring that all relevant in-house/external healthcare professionals are up to date with clinical events e.g. letters to general practitioners.
  • Attend appropriate community MPT meetings.
  • Coordinate with colleagues to help in the prioritising of admissions to and discharges from; the community caseload; and the inpatient unit.
  • Coordinate with colleagues to assess and manage patients in the Wellbeing Centre as necessary.
  • Work flexibly with the medical team and to provide cover for colleagues and the wider MPT as appropriate.
  • Help with induction, education and supervision of medical students and visiting doctors as appropriate.
Requirements
  • Commitment to the specialty and its future development.
  • Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice).
  • On the Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine (or within 3 months of their CCT date at the time of interview).
  • Diploma in Palliative Medicine or equivalent.
  • Flexible approach to work: able to adapt and work with employer to deliver improved patient care.
  • Equality and diversity: promotes equality and values diversity.
  • Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk.
  • Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
  • Able to comfortably engage with clinical uncertainties and constructive clinical debate with medical and nursing colleagues.
  • Demonstrates understanding of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements.
  • Educational supervision training and experience.
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.

Depending on experience Aligned to current NHS Consultant Pay Scales.


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