Consultant

Consultant in Palliative Medicine

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Carlisle

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

5 weeks ago

About the role

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a dynamic and motivated Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join our well-established North Cumbria Specialist Palliative care team which spans acute and community. This is an additional consultant post to increase the consultant support across our acute hospital sites in Carlisle and Whitehaven. There is an established End of Life Improvement Programme with Medical and Nursing leads in place. A key part of the role would be in contributing to the delivery of end of life improvement work and working collaboratively with stakeholders. The successful candidate will join a team of consultants in Palliative medicine supported by nurse specialists in both acute and community. There are opportunities to develop sub specialty interest where this contributes to and complements the department and Trusts' service needs. There are undergraduate, postgraduate education and research opportunities available. There is no on-call commitment although this may change as services develop. The post is for 10PA however applicants wishing to work less than full-time will still be considered. Applicants are required to have full specialist registration in Palliative Medicine or be within 6 months of CCT/CESR.

This is a hospital based consultant role in palliative medicine.

Consultant in Palliative Medicine

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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See attached job description for detailed information on the role.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Person specification

Essential

Full GMC registration
MRCP, MRCGP or equivalent
Entry on GMC specialist register in palliative medicine via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) or CESR
Clinical training and experience in Palliative Medicine equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in Palliative Medicine
Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff
High standard of clinical skill and expertise in palliative Medicine
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Knowledge and experience of national end of life tools
Awareness of the managerial role of a consultant in the NHS
Able to organise oneself and own workload
Able to safely prioritise clinical need
Experience & ability to work in multi-professional teams
Information technology skills
Evidence of clinical teaching experience
Evidence of teaching to a multi-professional team
Evidence of participation in audit
Evidence of participation in other quality improvement activity
Evidence of continuing professional development appropriate to palliative medicine
Ability to communicate effectively
Ability to form and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and patients
Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues, both medical and others
Ability to lead where appropriate
Ability to travel independently of public transport between sites
Valid clean driving license
Satisfactory medical clearance from occupational health
Authorised to live and work in the UK

Desirable

MD or PhD degree
Postgraduate teaching qualification
Specialist Registrar in Palliative Medicine or Equivalent
Experience of working with primary care / community colleagues
Professional supervision and management of non-consultant staff
Formal training / courses in NHS management for palliative medicine
Understanding of NHS, clinical governance & resource constraints
Service development skills

Teaching qualification

Design of teaching programme

Experience of leading audit / quality improvement activity

Evidence of implementing change in a clinical service

Research experience, publications, prizes and honours

Appropriate progression of career to date