Palliative Care Consultant
- NHS
- Part Time
- North Shields
- 113565.00 - 150569.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to appoint a Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join the existing team of ten consultants.
Specialist hospital and community palliative care services have existed in North Tyneside and Northumberland for many years. In December 2009, an innovative, new 19 bedded palliative care inpatient unit opened within North Tyneside Hospital. Such has been the success of this service with patients, families and healthcare professionals, that the Trust opened a similar unit in Wansbeck Hospital in November 2011.
In April 2011, community palliative care services became part of the Trust and in April 2012, the trust took over responsibility for Palliative Medicine services in Northumberland. These three significant developments were important milestones in enabling the realisation of a vision to deliver a fully integrated community, inpatient and hospital palliative care service close to people's homes.
Main duties of the job
At Consultant level, the team is committed to supporting each other. Individuals are encouraged to develop themselves, and take on leadership roles within the Trust, region and nationally. The existing Consultants have been involved in national initiatives through the Association for Palliative Medicine, NICE and the Department of Health, as well as roles within the trust and region. The Palliative Care Service is part of the Northern region Specialty Training programme for palliative medicine, Core Medical Training, GP Vocational Training Scheme and Foundation programme. There is a significant contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate education.
Northumbria palliative care services are responsible for delivering Consultant services to 6 hubs: North Tyneside, Wansbeck, NSECH, Central/South Northumberland, West Northumberland and North Northumberland. This is provided across community, hospital and palliative care inpatient services. The team provides cover for service gaps- holiday, sickness, maternity or vacancies.
Individual Consultants provide an integrated service across community, inpatient and hospital settings depending on the exact number of sessions in their job plan for the Northumbria component.
The successful candidates will join a team of ten existing Consultants at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust. Depending on the negotiated job plan, the successful candidate will work across a palliative care unit, with potential support of a community team.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will be employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The post is a fixed term contract of one year OF 0.6 WTE plus on call with 2% on-call supplement. 0.8 PAs of this are to provide weekend cover in a 1:8 basis.
All consultants work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The exact makeup of the team varies according to setting and includes (but is not limited to) nurse consultant, Clinical Nurse Specialists, palliative care nurses, specialist palliative care physiotherapists and occupational therapists, social workers, technical instructors, chaplains, pharmacists, and resident doctors.
If an individual would prefer to add 2.5 PAs of palliative care unit inpatient work to an existing LTFT job plan, this can be considered in discussions.
There are regular palliative care business meetings and Consultant meetings. The Consultants host the Northern Regional Palliative Care Physicians Group once a year and attend as well as contributing to senior clinical leadership within the Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application
- UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) or equivalent in Palliative Medicine
- ACCT or equivalent in Palliative Medicine or transferable specialty
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
United Kingdom
