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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General

• In conjunction with Consultants and Senior colleagues, working with MDT to provide safe and effective Specialist Palliative Care to the people of Walsall with specific responsibility for the medical aspects of care. This involves specialist clinical advice and support to colleagues; direct patient care; planning, delivering, and evaluating the service and care; advising, teaching, mentoring, motivating, and developing colleagues involved in providing palliative care.
• Using your time and expertise efficiently and effectively by judging which level of intervention needed: discussion and advice, joint consultations as well as case load review (or equivalent).
• Typically, due to complexity, no more than 3-4 patients are seen per clinical outpatient session or Day Hospice session (1 PA), and 2 patients are seen during a community clinical session (1 PA).
• Attending relevant MDTs, GSF meetings and similar: using these fora to ensure safe, high quality coordinated care.

On Call Clinical Activity 

• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, playing a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call Palliative Medicine service for the area of Walsall, Dudley, and Wolverhampton. This involves being on-call for telephone advice to first on call doctors, CNSs and other colleagues in community Hospital and Hospice settings across the ICS.
• This on-call rota is shared by 13 -15 Consultants. On rare occasions it may be necessary to see patients face-to-face during on-call owing to the potential complexity of decision process, especially for patients in Hospice in-patient units.
• On rare occasions the consultants may need to cover a first on-call duty to cover last minute sickness. Honorary contracts are provided to enable this.
• In person attendance on call is exceptional. Telephone advice is normal. The volume of work is subject to monitoring. Cross cover from Walsall Consultant and senior colleagues allows for reduced daytime duties following a busy on call on the rare occasions this is necessary.

Clinical Cover for Patients Needing Specialist Palliative Support

• Provide specialist advice and care will extend across all community settings and all diagnoses to reduce inequities in palliative care provision.
• Manage your diary and be contactable so that MDT, and therefore patients, receive reliable and responsive medical palliative care.
• In case of your absence, ensure that other Consultant Medical Staff or Junior Staff are adequately informed and available to cover these clinical needs.
• Be willing to cross cover Consultants / Medical team absence, reprioritising planned work as necessary.

Education

• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, plan deliver and evaluate palliative care education and training across Walsall Together Integrated Care Partnership.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the professional supervision and management of junior medical, nursing, ACP & AHP staff.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take responsibility for and devote time to teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required for junior medical, nursing & AHP staff.

Any Other Duties 

• Any other reasonable duties as deemed appropriate either in exceptional circumstances or as part of negotiated adjustments to job description.
• Compliance with mandatory training, appraisal, and revalidation requirements.
• The information supplied above is intended to summarise the key responsibilities and duties of the role. The post holder may be required from time to time to carry out other reasonable requests and duties as required, consistent with the responsibilities of their Banding and development as agreed between employee and manager