Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Providing outstanding care as rated by CQC, Dorothy House provides compassionate, supportive and holistic care for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well.

We are here for anyone in our community who is facing a life-limiting illness. Using our full breadth of service, we create individual care journeys, which start at diagnosis and continue with bereavement support for family, carers and children.

We are excited to be recruiting for a Consultant to join our medical team. As a Consultant, you will be pivotal in providing specialist medical services to our community, as well as supporting our hospice strategy.

CONSULTANT IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE BMA aligned salary

As a Consultant in Palliative Medicine, you will work as a senior clinician, participating in all aspects of specialist palliative care, including the care of patients in our in-patient unit, supporting the Community Palliative Care team in their work with patients in the community, supporting Palliative Care Patients in the RUH acute hospital, and providing specialist clinical advice when needed.

Other duties and responsibilities will include:

• To provide clinical leadership within the multi-disciplinary team meetings and to undertake out-patient consultations and domiciliary visits as required.
• To drive a culture of evidence-based clinical practice and new research in end-of-life care by working closely with our Education and Research team.
• To support the delivery of high-quality education at all levels and across all disciplines e.g. GPVTS, UWE modules, medical students, GP and other Specialty Trainees whilst on placement.
• The post holder will be expected to participate in the medical contribution to management within the specialist palliative care service provided by Dorothy House Hospice Care.

HOURS OF WORK:

This is a Part-Time role, working 8.0 PAs (with a further 0.5 PAs allowance for a second on-call). The position will be based in Winsley with hybrid working agreed through approval, as well as working within our wider community.

ABOUT YOU

All applicants are required to hold a full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC, as well as MRCP (UK) or equivalent.

As a registered Medical Consultant, you will also demonstrate one of the following:

• Being on the GMC Specialist Register as a specialist in palliative medicine or eligible for CCT within 6 months of the date of interview and have passed the exit exam.
• Or, hold a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR).
• Or, demonstrate a primary medical qualification and recognised specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register.

Other Essential Requirements include:

• Experience in working effectively within a multidisciplinary team and specialist palliative care unit.
• Experience in teaching and training post/undergraduate healthcare staff.
• Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing quality improvement projects.
• Can demonstrate an understanding of voluntary sector hospice funding and management.
• Can demonstrate holding high-level responsibility for medical decision making.
• A full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle.
• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field e.g. MA, MSc, MD, PhD.
• A teaching qualification/higher qualification in medical education.
• Experience working as part of a management team.

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work; these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• Allied BMA Contract, with allied BMA terms and conditions.
• Excellent industry-leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities.
• Pension with Life Assurance.
• Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application.

Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

Interested candidates are welcome to discuss the post further and are strongly encouraged to visit Dorothy House Hospice Care by contacting Dr. Frampton through the PAs to the medical team on and .

INTERVIEWS

Interviews for this position are currently aimed to be held in early March.

If you have a question about this role, then why not check out our FAQs or call us on .

At Dorothy House, the principles of equality, diversity and inclusivity are central to our work as an outstanding care provider and employer. They are inherent in our values where we care, we connect and we create. We recognise the diversity of the people who deliver our services and the people who receive them. We believe that by building a diverse workforce, underpinned by a culture of respect, we will create an environment where everyone will have access to receive outstanding care and support from Dorothy House, regardless of characteristic.

Our 2021 Services Review identified how we need to work differently to achieve our strategic mission to ensure that "everyone has access to outstanding palliative and end-of-life care" and has presented us with an opportunity to improve on the "community development" work of the past and engage differently with our communities for the benefit of our patients, carers and families. Put another way, this is our moment 'to do things differently' and we are embracing this through Asset Based Community Development. We expect all staff to embrace this strategy and we will provide training accordingly.

What happens next

Your application will be processed. One of the team from Dorothy House may contact you to discuss your application further.

If selected, you will be invited to attend an interview.

We will keep you informed of the progress of your application throughout the selection process.

Every day is different and challenging, and I feel privileged to be let into the lives and homes of our patients.

Elaine Kynaston, Dorothy House carer

Dorothy House is at the end of a phone whenever you need advice or reassurance. There's just something about all the staff - they're so approachable. I was a Hospice at Home carer for thirty years. I think we all feel privileged to do it. It's an honour to be with people at the very end of life. I cannot put into words what a difference your carers made at such a dark time, and I will always be truly grateful.

Family of a patient, 2021

Anyone who works for Dorothy House is passionate about what we do. We're like a family - we agree on our values and our mission and that comes through more than anything. It sounds a cliché, but every day really is totally different and I get to work with some amazing people. I really wanted to work for Dorothy House after seeing first-hand the quality of care they provided. I applied for a hospice at home carer role, and was thrilled to be offered a position. My role at Dorothy House feels more meaningful than any of my previous corporate experience. Things here really matter, and it is so rewarding playing my part in helping us be there for patients and families.

Rhiannon Eveleigh, Corporate Communications, 2022

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