Locum Palliative Care Consultant

Job summary
We are hoping to recruit a locum palliative care consultant to join our team of consultants at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT). This role is to support the Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) services at Charing Cross Hospital working with a team of consultant colleagues supported by a team of experienced SPC Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) and resident doctors. This post is a 7PA post.

This post offers the opportunity to work for ICHNT. There are opportunities for service development, quality improvement, research, ethics roles, education and training which can be guided by the team vision and the interests of the successful applicant.

ICHNT SPC is an advisory and support service providing SPC to patients (including those attending A & E) across Hammersmith Hospital (HH), Charing Cross Hospital (CXH), and St Mary's Hospital (SMH). ICHNT SPC supports one of the largest acute trusts in the country, with a major oncology inpatient and outpatient service, major trauma unit, a large number of intensive care beds, specialist renal and haematology services and cardiac services. There are excellent opportunities for clinical experience and learning.

Main duties of the job
This post will be based at CXH, a teaching hospital with 491 beds. Palliative care works closely with oncology, acute medicine, medicine for the elderly and intensive care. Potential areas for development include increasing in-reach to A and E and ongoing work integrating palliative care in the ICU, as well as the development of an outpatient service.

SPC is well integrated with other departments and specialist teams. One of the roles of palliative care is to support the care of patients with complex medical problems towards the end of life, supporting patients to meet their preferred place of care and death, and helping to relieve the pressure on acute services. SPC champion end of life care across ICHNT and work very closely with the End of Life (EOL) Team (EOL Clinical lead, lead nurse and practice educators). SPC work alongside the treating teams to support decisions on direction of care, advance care planning and promote the use of the universal care plan.

See service overview and job plan included in Job Description.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities
For a detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Qualifications

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• Appropriate Royal College Membership

Leadership/ management skills

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues
• Knowledge of finance/budgets
• Management of staff

Teaching & Training

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit and evidence of recent active participation in QI / audit

Language

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Academic achievements including research/publications

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Knowledge/skills

• Understand and be competent at treatment of all stages of SPC
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of treatment regimens and research (CPD)
• Manage SPC emergencies
• IT Skills and computer literacy

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.
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