Job summaryTime to listen. Time to understand. Time to care.
Could your next clinical challenge be one where you have the time to truly care? At North Devon Hospice, we believe everyone has a story - and the ending matters. We're looking for Bank Specialty Doctors to join our small, expert medical team providing specialist palliative care across North Devon.
Main duties of the jobThis is an opportunity to:
- Make a real difference to patients and families at an important time in their lives
- Care for people with cancer and non-cancer life-limiting conditions
- Work within a supportive, experienced multidisciplinary team
- Develop your skills and experience in palliative medicine
- Complement your existing GP, hospital or portfolio career
- Enjoy the time and space to provide person-centred, meaningful care
You'll provide medical cover for our 7-bed inpatient unit, support our community teams and contribute to our 24/7 first-on-call service. You'll have access to 24hr second on-call Palliative Medicine Consultant support. Full induction and shadowing opportunities are provided.
About usWorking for us is awesome! Benefits include:
- An excellent working environment (& beautiful outside areas)
- Free on-site parking
- The ability to contribute to your existing NHS pension
- Regular Wellbeing events
- The opportunity to give us your feedback on how we can improve as an organisation.
Job responsibilitiesIn this role you will be responsible for:
- Providing medical management of patients in the hospice from admission to discharge or death
- Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, to ensure care encompasses the physical, emotional and psychological needs of patients and their families
- Creating and maintaining clear, accurate, concise and contemporaneous clinical records using our electronic patient record
- Utilising other electronic and digital systems, hosted by key partner organisations, to help coordinate care between those organisations and across the system
- Working with clinical teams to support the continuity of medical care to patients under the care of the hospice across in-patient, community and our outpatient settings
- Fully participating in the hospice multidisciplinary team meeting, daily capacity meeting and community team case oversight discussions
- Providing the first clinical on-call service to the Bedded Unit on a roster basis
- Providing expert advice to colleagues regarding specific cases and the management of palliative care issues
- Engaging in supervision and clinical case review to support own and others practice
- Engaging in audit and research as required, actively pursuing opportunities to promote this within the hospice
- Driving a culture of continuous learning and evidenced based practice
- Ensuring that good infection control practices are followed at all times and maintaining up to date knowledge of infection control policies, procedures and guidance relevant to the area of work
- Understanding your role in the safeguarding of adults and children by being able to identify risks, and recognise signs of harm, abuse or neglect including how to report concerns and take immediate action to protect a person at risk of harm or abuse
Person SpecificationExperienceEssential- Experience in General Practice, or General Medicine, or other experience relevant to the post
QualificationsEssential- Full GMC Registration, with a current licence to practise
- The experience and qualifications to meet the current entry criteria for Specialty Doctor roles
Other CriteriaEssential- Evidence of participation in annual medical appraisal to meet requirements of revalidation
- Membership of a recognised medical defence organisation, at a level suitable to cover hospice work
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
