Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Care
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 8 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 210-2024-872-A
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hospice of the Good Shepherd
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Palliative Care - (Community and Hospice)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Part time : 8 sessions per week
Applications are invited for the position of Consultant in Palliative Medicine.
The successful candidate will be a permanent Consultant in Palliative Medicine working across the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team (CSPCT) within Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) and Hospice of the Good Shepherd (HGS). This an exciting opportunity to facilitate and enhance the care of patients with life-limiting illness across West Cheshire - providing specialist advice and input in hospital and community settings and leading further service development and research.
The postholder will collaborate closely with existing consultants within the collaborative service, providing specialist palliative medical skills for patients and leadership to a wider team of clinicians tasked with the delivery of responsive, effective, coordinated, compassionate, person-centered palliative care.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant for this appointment will be in an exciting position to enhance and facilitate the care of the terminally ill across the locality and to act as a focus for advice, generalist contact in community and hospice settings and further development and research locally.
Working for our organisation
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A higher medical qualification MRCP or FRCR or MRCGP or FRCA
- GMC registered practitioner with licence to practice
- Be on, or be eligible within 6 months from date of interview for inclusion on, the GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine (via CCT, CESR or European Community Rights).
Desirable criteria
- An appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent)
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of palliative care in a wide range of settings
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Ability to take on full responsibility for independent management of patients and running a service
- Evidence of role in development of clinical service
- Has undertaken management training in an NHS environment, including conflict management skills.
- Excellent IT skills familiarity with Microsoft Office Ability to use patient information systems
Teaching , Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching medical, nursing and other disciplines. Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
- Thorough understanding of the principles of clinical audit
- Demonstrate use of research and evidenced base to improve practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of teaching qualification or learning
- Thorough understanding of the principles of clinical audit
- Audit or research publications relevant to the post
Motivation
Essential criteria
- Committed to patient focussed care, learning and continuous professional development, effective and efficient use of resources
- Desire to develop services for patients and families
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to lead and work as part of a multidisciplinary team and with colleagues in other disciplines
- Excellent communications skills
- Able to organise time efficiently and effectively
- Ability to cope with stress/work under pressure
- Experience of managing conflict
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
- Sarah Peers
- Job title
- Head of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584395320
- Additional information
- Claire RoyceDirector of Clinical Services - Hospice of the Good ShepherdE-mail: [email protected]Tel: 01244 851091 (Ext 3192)(Email contact is preferable in the first instance)
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