Trust Doctor in Palliative Medicine
Salary: ST3-5 - £67,325 - £67,998
Closing date: 20/11/2026
Department: Palliative Care - SJH/LGI
Location: St James's University Hospital
Employment type: Fixed term
Division: Oncology CSU
Hours Per Week: 26

For questions about this job, contact:
Name: Dr Adam Hurlow
Position: Joint Clinical Lead
Email: a.hurlow@nhs.net
Phone number: 01132066133
Shortlisting Date: 23rd November 2026
Interview Date: 1st December 2026

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Trust Doctor in the department of Palliative Care
We are inviting applications to fill our 6 month vacancy at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Department of Palliative Care. This post will commence ASAP and is fixed term for 6 months.

Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice by the intended start date.

Job Summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term (6 months) winter pressures funded part time (26 hours per week) Trust Doctor post in Palliative Medicine. The post will be with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) team. In addition to a clinical role within the team, it includes dedicated time to support a time-limited St James's University Hospital Emergency department winter pressures in reach project in conjunction with the St Gemma's Hospice community team.

Why you should join our Team
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT) provides specialist palliative care across the whole of LTHT, but predominantly at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) & St James's University Hospital (SJUH) sites. Together these sites provide 2000 beds and include a major cancer centre.

The SPCT aims to promote excellence in palliative and end of life care for all LTH patients. We work in an advisory capacity, assessing approximately 2000 patient referrals for SPC per annum in addition to providing general telephone advice. Alongside symptom management and holistic needs assessment, considerable time is spent coordinating complex end of life decisions, often involving multiple teams and carers, and concerning hospital treatments of uncertain benefit. The postholder will join a multi-professional team of 4 consultants; 3 specialty doctors; up to 2 specialty trainees; up to 2 GP trainees; a CNS team; an End-of-life care team, 2 specialist physiotherapists and a specialist pharmacist.

What you will bring to the role
The post holder will utilise their excellent clinical, communication and team working skills and knowledge to provide medical input to the multiprofessional specialist palliative care team across LTHT; including medical advice and joint reviews as well as managing a personal caseload.
In addition, they will undertake defined project work contributing to and evaluating the Emergency Department specialist palliative care in-reach pilot. They will be able to work with the hospital palliative care team, St Gemma's community nurse specialists and wider stakeholders to understand activity, outcomes, implementation and cross-organizational working, and to contribute to the analysis and interpretation of findings, service learning and recommendations for future development.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.