Ct1/2 (Sho Equivalent) - London, United Kingdom - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Palliative Care Core Training level 1-2 post. The post is available from February 2023 for a 6 or 12 month period. The post is Monday to Friday with no out of hours work/on-call commitments.

The Hospital team provides an advisory service to inpatients across UCLH hospitals.

There is a separate team, the Transforming End of Life Care Team, whose role it is to educate and upskill generalists and assist them in caring for end of life patients.

There is also a separate Enhanced Supportive Care (ESC) Team which provides early palliative care to cancer patients in the outpatient setting for certain tumour groups.

The Hospital team sees approximately 1800 patients per year and about 70% of the work is within oncology and haemato-oncology.

We also cover the teenage cancer unit, so we see patients from age 12 years old and upwards as well as seeing patients in all specialties including medicine for the elderly and neurology and neurosurgery.

The postholder will work closely with clinical nurse specialists, registrars and consultants to provide excellent holistic advice including symptom management and psychological support to patients and families.

There is twice weekly teaching sessions as well as regular teaching ward rounds.

The post holder will have the same education and training opportunities provided to trainees.

Post holders will form part of an existing, supportive multi-disciplinary team in our renowned palliative care services.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population.

We provide academically-led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.

Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital Eastman Dental Hospital

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

History taking, examination, diagnosis, clinical decision making, safe prescribing and medical record-keeping etc are amongst some of the areas that are covered as part of the job.

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.