Job overview

An opportunity has arisen at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) for a  Consultant in Palliative Medicine.

The successful candidate will be a core member of the specialist palliative care team. 

Main duties of the job

The primary aim of the post is to play a leading role in the development and delivery of the clinical service for patients with progressive, incurable Respiratory disease in collaboration with the existing palliative medicine  team members and colleagues from other clinical services.

To provide specialist advice and guidance to other colleagues in the management of palliative care patients during the day.

To play a leading role in the development of the coordinated approach to palliative care across the hospital, community and hospice boundaries.

To further develop multi-professional specialist palliative care team working across health and  social care agencies.

To maintain close relationships with MFT oncology services and other related hospital specialities.

To help develop and co-ordinate protocols of referral and symptom control guidelines which are then the subject of clinical audit.

To develop multi-professional palliative care teaching, research and audit to ensure a sound evidence base for palliative care practice.

To participate in the education programmes for medical undergraduates and postgraduate medical education across hospital, primary care and hospice sectors.

To provide education and clinical supervision for junior medical staff in palliative medicine.

To play a role in ensuring continuing professional development and post graduate training in palliative care for tumour specific groups and other clinical teams.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.