Consultant in Palliative Medicine

You will join the palliative care team of Saint Francis Hospice to provide Consultant level expertise and care to the hospice ward team and the hospice community teams. Saint Francis Hospice is situated in the village of Havering-atte-Bower, near the London/Essex border, just 4 miles from Romford. The hospice serves the people of outer East London also Brentwood in Southwest Essex, and the near parts of West Essex, providing 18 hospice beds. It also provides community palliative care services to Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Brentwood. The hospice has an excellent reputation. It was awarded 'Outstanding' status at last CQC inspection. The hospice provides in house and regional training, with a strong commitment to staff and carer education, training and individual / team professional development. The hospice has an active quality projects/quality improvement programme and is in the process of developing 'Research Active' status, with consultants at the heart of education, quality and research. Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust are the local hospitals trust. BHRUT holds the NHS contracts for all the Consultants in Palliative Care in the region. This is fully seconded to the hospice/community for day-to-day work. The hospice/community and the BHRUT palliative care team work closely together and the postholder will be sharing in the region's consultant on call rota, which covers BHRUT hospitals, the hospice and the community out of hours.