Consultant In Palliative Medicine

Job summary Specialist Palliative Care is an essential and high profile field at UHL.
The department works to build strong relationships with every specialty at the Trust, working collaboratively to ensure high quality palliative care is delivered as needed to patients, irrespective of their diagnosis.
A seven day a week, 09:00 - 17:00, face to face service is delivered by the nursing team alongside a Consultant on call 24/7.
Within the team there are three CNS non-medical prescribers with an aim to expand this number annually.
As well as specialty registrars, the hospital team also includes CMT and IMT doctors and will expand to include FY2 doctors from August 2024.A 1-in-10 second on call service is worked by the hospital and hospice consultants managing hospital, hospice and community palliative care patients, predominantly by telephone support.
With appointment to these new posts, the frequency will change up to a 1-in-13 rota.
This is compensated as per national contractual arrangements, by at least a 3% supplement.
Any agreed or emergency additional work is compensated via time off in lieu.
Main duties of the job Contribute to the delivery of high quality specialist palliative care advice, management and support to patients, families, carers and the wider clinical teams within UHL.Participation in the daily clinical board round with the Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialists.Share responsibility for Consultant Palliative Care provision in the areas in which you work, particularly at your base site.Share responsibility for discussions about and documentation of preferences and priorities for care and treatments, as part of advance care planning and the ReSPECT process.Offer provision of specialist support and/or second Consultant opinion for complex ethical cases relevant to palliative care.Participate in undergraduate teaching duties alongside clinical service deliveryContribute to the Consultant non-resident on call rota.
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About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: Job description Job responsibilities Contribute to the delivery of high quality specialist palliative care advice, management and support to patients, families, carers and the wider clinical teams within UHL.Participation in the daily clinical board round with the wider Specialist Palliative Care Clinical team.Share responsibility for Consultant Palliative Care provision in the areas in which you work, particularly at your base site.Lead clinician for specialist palliative care at LGHShare responsibility for discussions about and documentation of preferences and priorities for care and treatments, as part of advance care planning and the ReSPECT process.Offer provision of specialist support and/or second Consultant opinion for complex ethical cases relevant to palliative care.Participate in undergraduate teaching duties alongside clinical service deliveryFull contribution to the Consultant non-resident second on call rotaCover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absencesParticipate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs as part of the plan to deliver more integrated care across LLR.
This includes working with UHL as part of Becoming The Best and through cross sector service development work across all local health care settings.Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures.Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally.Participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD time for CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory; Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust .Respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers this might include investigations of incidents or complaints.Participate in teaching and training of junior staff and other clinical staff groups.
The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty but not as a named educational supervisor initially although with expansion of the number of postgraduate doctors in training in the palliative care team, there may be opportunities for this.Participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose.Undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role.Maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate.
As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential MB BS or Equivalent Full GMC Registration Entry on the GMC Specialty Register for Palliative Medicine via (a) Certificate of Completion of Training (or with a proposed CCT date within 6 months of the interview date) (b) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (c) European Community Rights MRCP/MRCGP or Equivalent Current BLS Certification Desirable Membership of relevant Specialist bodies Association for Palliative Medicine Higher degree MSc, MD, or equivalent.
Teaching qualification Experience Essential Fully trained in Palliative Medicine Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems to provide Consultant Specialist Palliative Medicine Support to hospital and hospice patients Desirable Experience of clinical or research commitment in a relevant area delivering culturally concordant palliative care, hospital palliative care, system planning, education Qualifications Desirable Experience delivering advanced communication and/or simulation training Experience Essential Ability to work sensitively within a multicultural community Demonstrates clear logical thinking /analytical approach IT Skills, ability to use web browser, MS Office and electronic patient systems.
Desirable Experience in providing support and supervision to other staff groups Management Essential Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and supervise juniors.
Experience of leading teams and awareness of leadership styles.
Ability to effectively organise, prioritise and manage clinical workload.
Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS.
Ability to work to overcome barriers to change (negotiating, influencing and persuasion skills).
Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance issues Leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and support medical and non-medical colleagues Desirable Evidence of management and administration experience.
Management training on an accredited course.
Awareness of Service Development issues.
Practical experience of designing and implementing protocols and guidelines Ability to support development and delivery of end of life care within the hospital setting as well as improving quality and integration of end of life care in all care settings Communication Essential Skills in written and spoken English that enable highly effective communication with patients and colleagues.
To be empathic and sensitive; capacity to value others' perspectives and treat others with understanding.
Well-developed Emotional Intelligence Willingness to work as a member of the team and to share administrative responsibilities Able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team Desirable Highly developed emotional intelligence High standard of presentation both written and verbal Demonstrable track record of successful change management Proven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment Willingness and ability to deliver communication skills training to other professionals Audit & Quality Improvement Essential Experience of quality improvement work and audit, including evidence of participation Desirable Undergone training in quality improvement methodology Completion of formal courses in Audit and quality improvement.
Published Audit and/or quality improvement.
Research Essential Understanding and interest in research, including the ability to critically appraise research Desirable Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty.
Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects.
Teaching Essential Experience of and a commitment to training/teaching undergraduate and a high standard Appraisal and assessment skills, and ability to assess clinical competencies Enthusiastic and ability to inspire and lead others.
Ability to use a range of teaching style flexibly depending on learner needs Desirable Experience of developing teaching programmes, including willingness to develop new approaches to teaching new teaching Post Graduate qualification in teaching and training.
Accredited to teach Advanced Communication Skills courses Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Essential Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
Personal Qualities Essential Personal integrity, reliability and flexibility Ability to motivate and develop medical staff and non-medical staff Desirable Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided.