Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 421-MS-1109K
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harrogate District Hospital
- Town
- Harrogate
- Salary
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds. We also provide children’s services in the North East in County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJ’s Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in what we value: Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
Job overview
Consultant in Palliative Medicine - 9 month Fixed Term - up to 10 PA's
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a full or part time Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine for 9 months. This is a 10 PA job plan with some degree of flexibility around working pattern and part time applicants will be considered. This is a rare opportunity to join a well-established integrated multi-professional team providing specialist palliative care across hospital and community settings. There is the potential for substantive consultant openings over the coming years.
The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic, and close working team to provide specialist palliative and end of life care to patients across the Harrogate and Rural District. The successful post-holder will work predominantly in the community with some hospital work to promote integrated working. Cross cover arrangements are in place with consultant colleagues at Saint Michael's Hospice to cover planned leave. This is generally telephone advice to experienced specialty doctors.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will take a proactive and engaged approach to all that they do. They will lead by example, demonstrating and championing the core values of Harrogate and District NHS foundation trust: Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality.
The successful candidate is expected to:
- To be jointly responsible, with the current Palliative Medicine consultants, for the provision of a Consultant delivered service, including prospective cover
- To provide Specialist Consultant level palliative care to patients at the end of life
- To work collaboratively with other members of the Specialist Palliative Care Team to uphold high standards of care across the hospital and community settings
- Actively participate in weekly MDT meetings
For full details please see attached job description.
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time to join the Trust, one of the highest performing NHS Trusts in the UK and which is rated one of HSJ’s Top 100 Places to Work!
Harrogate itself is a small Spa town, situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty. It is located within close proximity to Leeds and York. There is a high standard of residential accommodation and a wide range of local schools, which have an excellent national reputation in both the state and private sectors. There are numerous sporting, recreational and cultural activities available in the town or the surrounding area to suit most interests.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this position please see the Job Description & Personal Specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC with licence to practice
- Inclusion on Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
- MRCP, MRCGP or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 4 years (WTE) post graduate experience in palliative medicine, some of which being in an acute hospital setting
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kath Lambert
- Job title
- Consultant in Palliative Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Anne Mann
General Manager
07909901019
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