Fixed Term Consultant in Palliative Care - Bristol, United Kingdom - North Bristol NHS Trust

North Bristol NHS Trust

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Bristol, United Kingdom

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Consultant in Palliative Medicine - Fixed Term for 12 months

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Consultant in Palliative for 12 months (4,5 pa job plan) to cover the department.

We are looking for someone who can help us to provide outstanding and exemplary care for palliative care patients in the South West.

The Palliative Care team works in an advisory capacity across all specialties and divisions in the Trust. We see more than 1800 new referrals a year.

We are a dynamic and energetic team passionate about ensuring excellent palliative and end of life care and are very fortunate to foster excellent relationships with hospital teams across a wide range of specialities in all divisions of the Trust.

The team accepts referrals from all clinical areas and divisions across the Trust to support teams to manage patients with a variety of needs including:

Complex symptom control in patients with both malignant and non-malignant disease
Psychological or emotional support
End of life care we review all patients commenced on our local End of Life Care bundle
Complex and rapid discharge planning including liaison with our local hospice teams to support these discharge

We offer a 6 day 'on the ground' service with a Doctor (1 in 6) and CNS on site every Saturday.

Outside of this we have a 24/7 (1 in 6) out of hours consultant on call service.

In addition to our clinical work, we are involved in regular teaching to doctors of all grades and of medical students.

We have two Clinical Nurse Specialists who work as End-of-Life Practice Education Facilitators to support on-going staff development and support staff to take care of patients at End of Life.

The team receives a high volume of visitors from a wide range of disciplines including regular rotation of IMT doctors and medical students.

We have a robust Clinical Governance structure with regular review of incidents relating to palliative and end of life care patients.

Themes identified by this process then inform our dynamic audit programme and focus for our educational initiatives across the trust

We are central to the Trust End of Life steering group and regularly feedback about themes affecting patients with palliative and end of life care needs as well as showcase exceptional work and projects being led by other teams in the trust.

There are 6 substantive Consultants all of whom work part-time including the Speciality Lead.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead.

We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities.

Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals.

We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Knowledge, Training, Experience And Skills Required

The postholder will be required to have full GMC registration, have a higher postgraduate membership qualification e.g. MRCP/MRCGP, and be entered on the GMC specialist register in Palliative Medicine (or be within 6 months of CCT).
The postholder must be able to work autonomously and have experience of working in a palliative care team within an acute hospital setting.
They must have experience in being oncall and providing specialist palliative care telephone advice out of hours at Consultant level.
Being able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and being a good team player is essential.
The postholder must have an understanding of clinical governance structures and audit processes.
They must have experience of teaching in a variety of settings and to different trainees, and be willing to teach others as part of the role.
The post holder must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills to both patients and colleagues, as well as clinical leadership skills

Main Duties & Responsibilities Of The Post

(i) Clinical Duties

The postholder will be responsible for relevant aspects of the clinical management of patients referred to the team.

The postholder will be responsible for a combination of triage and initial assessment of all new patients and ward reviews for medical advice for patients already known to the team.

Where possible these reviews are undertaken jointly with the CNSs.

The Palliative Care team works in an advisory capacity with a shared care model and does not have inpatients under their direct care.