Consultant in Palliative Medicine - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Truro, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Consultant in Palliative Medicine:

NHS Medical & Dental:

Consultant:

Main area

Palliative Medicine

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Grade

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time
Part time

10 sessions per week
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Job ref

201MD23CON0002
Site
RCHT Treliske

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Town

Truro

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Salary
- £88,364 - £119,133 PA Pro Rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

02/04/2023 23:59

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Interview date

23/05/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_:

We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

_ Great Organisation__ _**:

We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

_ Great People _:

We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

_ Great Partner_:

With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people's quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._

- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

We are looking for a Consultant in Palliative medicine to join our integrated palliative care team to work across the county.

An innovative team and opportunity for service re-design with ICB.

Main duties of the job:

Review patients with complex palliative care needs and support to the specialist nurses in Acute hospitals, community and hospices.

Role in Education to medical students, junior doctors and system-wide multidisciplinary teams.

Working for our organisation:

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) is the principal provider of mental health, learning disability, universal children's services and Palliative care to people living in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The Trust employs 3700 people and with an annual budget in the region of £150 million is one of the largest local employers.

The Trust was formed as a specialist provider in April 2002 following reorganisation of local NHS Trusts. It was licensed as a Foundation Trust in March 2010 and acquired community children's services in April 2011. From April 2016 it also provides adult community services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
The Primary responsibilities will be to deliver specialist palliative care services delivered within Cornwall.

This will include collaborating with the Specialist Palliative Care nurses in the local acute trust (NHS) offering an in reach, supportive service to this team and the wider hospital where required, and the Community Specialist Care Nursing teams (NHS)

To work on site with the local Hospice (within the charity sector) which currently has x- 10 bedded units in the county.

To be accessible to the wider healthcare professional community in the ability to offer timely advice and expertise in the management of patients with specialist palliative care needs.

The local integrated Care Board (ICB) is currently refreshing the Cornwall End of life strategy and the services within and so this is an exciting time of transformation and within the role an opportunity to be involved in this work.

Cornwall Partnership trust is committed to the teaching and training of university of Exeter medical students and the current palliative care team play a key role in this teaching.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

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