Consultant in Palliative Medicine

We require an expert clinician to support a Specialist Palliative Medicine consultant position. The postholder will have the ability to inspire and support a developing hospital Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) service and a community SPC Hospice team. With the help and direction of the executive and clinical leaders the successful applicant will ensure that we continue to provide high quality care to patients and their families. This is a substantive post (10 programmed activities) which is based at ULTH. The post holder will be employed by United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and line managed via St Barnabas Hospice. It is essential that the postholder has private residence within thirty minutes travelling time of St Barnabas hospice IPU due to on call commitments. The all-embracing nature of specialist palliative care as a countywide service results in a complex and lengthy explanation of the interrelated services and providers that address the needs of the patients and commissioners.

It is expected that the consultant appointed to this post will have a major role in the clinical leadership and delivery of quality patient care for the acute trust in Lincolnshire. This post is primarily supporting the acute trust with direct clinical care reviews, clinical leadership, quality improvement, education and multidisciplinary team support. SBH community services are delivered geographically, and this post also supports the Lincoln and surrounding areas community hospice team. Supervision and support will come from the Medical Director at St Barnabas Hospice (SBH). A focus on "front door" or proactive palliative care in the acute trust using a quality improvement approach would support both the system and organisational objectives. SBH delivers specialist palliative care services across Lincolnshire, supporting both the acute sector and the community services. Within those areas, other organisations including independent and charitable providers as well as specialist services established in the community and hospitals contribute to delivering care. The successful applicant will be able to support cross organisational SPC working. The job will include liaising with and teaching nursing staff, health care assistants, therapists and other members of the multidisciplinary team. It will also include teaching medical students rotating through the ward, teaching and appraising FY and ST trainees and SpRs on rotation at the Hospital.