Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine

Location: Hove and Worthing

Vacancy Type: Full Time/Permanent

Pay Range: £59,175 - £95,400 (DOE) Pro rata for part time roles

Contracted Hours: 8-10 PA per week (plus 1 in 5 on-call for St Barnabas house only)

Application Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025

Job Profile

About the role

One post based at St Barnabas House, the other split across St Barnabas House and Martlets Hospice.

Join our innovative and enthusiastic multiprofessional team and help deliver our vision for palliative care in our locality. We are looking for 2 experienced doctors to join the Southern Hospice Group medical team on either a substantive or fixed term (for 1 year) basis and will consider applications for both full-time and less than full-time applicants.

St Barnabas House is located in Worthing, West Sussex with its catchment area covering Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield. The organisation's clinical services include a specialist palliative care in-patient unit (10 beds), a 4-bedded unit for patients who fulfil continuing health care fast track criteria, and a busy community specialist palliative care service, which includes a dedicated clinical nurse specialist team, respiratory and heart failure specific services, Hospice at Home team and out-patient clinics. Our Living Well service is aimed at patients with lower intensity needs and we provide well-being services to patients and their informal carers, and a pre- and post-bereavement service.

Martlets Hospice is located in Hove, East Sussex with its catchment area covering Brighton and Hove and the coastal strip up to Newhaven. The organisation's clinical services include a specialist palliative care in-patient unit (8 beds), a 6-bedded unit for patients who fulfil continuing health care fast track criteria, and a busy community specialist palliative care service, which includes a dedicated clinical nurse specialist team, Hospice at Home team and out-patient clinics. They also provide well-being services to patients and their informal carers, and a pre- and post-bereavement service.

We will agree a prospective Job Plan that sets out your full duties and responsibilities, schedule for carrying out your Programmed Activities, managerial responsibilities, accountability arrangements, objectives and supporting resources, with the aim of seamless service provision.

Essential criteria

Applicants must be fully registered and licensed with the GMC.

Minimum 4 years' full-time (or equivalent part-time) post-graduate training, at least 2 years of which (or equivalent part-time) must be as a specialty trainee in a relevant specialty (or equivalent experience and competencies in a relevant specialty such as general practice, care of the elderly medicine, palliative medicine).

To discuss the post further, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Dr Jane Whitehurst () or Dr Simone Ali (), Consultants in Palliative Medicine, or email .

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children, and their families across Sussex. 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.

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.

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 provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.

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
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.