Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: 5.5PA's
- Hours
- Part time - 5.5 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 423-7777615
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Varios sites - AGH, Manorlands and Community
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Please read the attached AI statement prior to submitting any application
Job overview
The Palliative Care team cover 3 areas, Manorlands (Hospice), Community and Airedale Hospital.
SUE RYDER MANORLANDS HOSPICE
Sue Ryder Manorlands is a 14-bedded hospice situated in Oxenhope. A range of inpatient, outpatient and day care services are provide alongside a team of clinical nurse specialists based in the community.
First on-call cover is provided by these staff and specialist registrars in palliative medicine. The provision of medical staff is based on the hospice being a multi professional teaching centre.
COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CARE TEAM:
Sue Ryder Manorlands Community Palliative Care Team now has 7 clinical nurse specialists, a community services manager and consultant in palliative medicine (6PAs). The team is based at Manorlands.
HOSPITAL PALLIATIVE CARE TEAM
Based at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, this is a well-established palliative care team consisting of 2.9 WTE clinical nurse specialists, and the consultant in palliative medicine (6 PAs). The team has secretarial support and access to a wider MDT when needed.
There is an active oncology service and there are good working relationships with all the surgical and medical specialties.
Further information could be found in the Job description.
Main duties of the job
1. The principle duties of this post are to:
a. Provide a comprehensive, high quality service to patients with Specialist Palliative Care needs from the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven (AWC) health economy.
The service is provided across hospital, hospice and community settings (in collaboration with the other Consultants and clinicians in Palliative Care)
b. Support clinical teams in primary and secondary care to develop and deliver high quality care to patients approaching the end of life
c. Contribute to the strategic development of palliative and end of life services across the AWC health economy, working closely with the Bradford District and Craven Palliative Care Managed Clinical Network
2. To, at all times, comply with the GMC requirements of Duties of a Doctor & Good Medical Practice
3. To ensure that patient confidentiality and information governance is maintained at all times.
4. To undertake duties as defined within the job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your clinical director and lead clinician for Palliative Medicine.
5. To be responsible for the clinical management of in and out patients under your care.
6. Any other duties necessary for the successful performance of the role, commensurate with the grade.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information can be found on the attached Job Description and Person specification or by contact Manley du Preez, Patient Service Manager, Dr Andy Gill, Consutlant or Dr Michelle Fleming.
Person specification
Clinical
Essential criteria
- MBChB or equivalent
- Possession of MRCP, MRCGP or equivalent
- Possession of CCST / CCT in Palliative Medicine (or be within 6 months of obtaining) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Possession of a higher degree (MSc, PhD; MD) or MPhil
Ability to contribute to teaching by
Essential criteria
- Lecturing, small group teaching, one to one supervision
Desirable criteria
- Distance learning or other modern learning methods
Research
Essential criteria
- Research in a particular aspect of healthcare education / clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience within a research team
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective NHS management, training and organisational skills in respect of people, prjojects and negotiations.
Desirable criteria
- Effective NHS management, training and organisational skills in respect of budgets
Effective communication skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communication skills and ability to express complex ideas easily and simply in reports, paper and letters
- Communicate comprehensibly with the health and educational community; users and carers.
- Self-motivated, with evidence of ability to work independently
- Effective IT skills (email, e-results system and e- discharge)
- Ability to develop excellent external relationships with otehr NHS providers, community and socail care agencies
Desirable criteria
- Translate health, educational and research concepts into terms understood by non- research professional people
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in organisation and undertaking of clinical audit / appraisal
- Appreciation and understanding of the role of management in the modern NHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Manley du Preez
- Job title
- Patient Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535295302
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