Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine - London, United Kingdom - Wales Medicines Strategy Group

Description

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Town London Salary £93,666 - £126,281 p.a excl. LZ (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2024 23:59 Interview date 06/06/2024

Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine Consultant

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

Palliative Medicine

Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Full time – 10 PAs

Fixed Term (12 Months)

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Palliative Care service at Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust.

Applications are invited for an 10 PA Locum Consultant post in Palliative Medicine. The successful applicant will join a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly supportive multi-professional team. The post-holder will embody our Trust values helping to support the delivery of high quality clinical care and to provide leadership across our service which spans hospital, outpatient and community settings.

The Palliative Care service at Guy's and St Thomas' has a strong record of high quality clinical care, service innovation and quality improvement. We work closely with colleagues in our King's Health Partners' Palliative Care Clinical Academic Group. The post-holder will have the opportunity to engage with our portfolio of education and research with many opportunities to work with colleagues across the organisation.

You must be fully registered with the GMC/GDC and hold License to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT or equivalent at interview stage.

Working for our organisation

The post-holder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about the role, please contact: Dr Dominique Wakefield, Palliative Medicine Consultant and Service lead.

• Comprehensive clinical experience in palliative care in inpatient, hospice and community settings
• Experience working across inpatient, outpatient and community settings as a Consultant or as a Registrar acting up

Professional Qualifications

• Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise. On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT in Palliative Medicine
• Postgradaute qualification at Masters level or above
• Exceptional communication with evidence of advanced communication skills training.

Audit Management & IT

• Experience of participating in audit and quality improvement
• Understanding of the principles and application of clinical governance
• Can evidence improved patient care through personal involvement in clinical governance procedures

Research. Teaching skill & experience

• Experience of multi-professional teaching and training for both undergraduate and postgraduates.
• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Evidence of formal qualification in medical education or similar
• Evidence of academic achievements to include - awards, presentations and publications
• Evidence of training in management and/or leadership appropriate for the role
• Evidence of implementing change at service or organisational level

Guy's and St Thomas'celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Dominique Wakefield Job title Consultant and Service Lead - Palliative Medicine Email address Telephone number