Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Location: Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 (depending on depth and variety of experience in a similar role)

Closing Date: 09/03/2025

Interview Date: 2025-Mar-:00

Contracted Hours: 6 - 10 PA per week plus 1 in 6 on-call

Job Description Consultant in Palliative Medicine

About the role

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas of West Sussex. You will join the senior medical team providing consultant medical input to clinical services. You will rotate between community and inpatient focused roles developing and delivering services across our four pillars of care: Community services including Hospice at Home and heart failure and respiratory specific services; our 12 bed inpatient unit; the Living Well service for patients with lower intensity needs; and our Care to Care pillar through which we support our health and social care partners to deliver palliative care to our community.

We are a research-active hospice recruiting to portfolio studies. We have an extensive undergraduate and postgraduate education programme and provide placements for both Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine trainees from the London/Kent Surrey Sussex Deanery. There will be opportunities to develop your own areas of interest and expertise in line with our strategic goals and to contribute to governance and quality improvement activities.

St Barnabas House is based in Goring by Sea, with easy access to the beach and is commutable from Brighton and the surrounding countryside. The second on call commitment (currently 1 in 6) is part of place-based rota covering palliative care services in the local area. St Barnabas House is part of the Southern Hospice Group including Martlets Hospice (Hove) and Chestnut Tree House children's hospice. There will be opportunity to work collaboratively across both adult services.

Applicants must be fully registered and licensed with the GMC and on the Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine or have a completion of training date no more than 6 months after interview.

About us

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services. Our sister hospice, Chestnut Tree House, is the children's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions. Martlets Hospice in Hove provides specialist in-patient and community palliative care to adults in the East Sussex area. St Barnabas Hospices and Martlets Hospice have now merged becoming the Southern Hospice Group. Bringing our teams and resources together, as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer various family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days' annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

An enhanced DBS will be sought, if you are successful in this role. The safe recruitment of staff at Southern Hospice Group is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults in our care. As an employer, we expect all staff and volunteers to share our commitment to safeguarding.

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To discuss the post further, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr Jane Whitehurst or Dr Kirsty Tolmie, Consultants in Palliative Medicine, on or email

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