Job summaryThe appointee will join a Palliative Medicine Consultant team which consists of 3 consultants in palliative medicine working at RWT across New Cross hospital, West Park hospital and Cannock hospital.Alongside 12 other consultants from Compton Care, Walsall and Dudley support the needs of the Black Country (with the exception of Sandwell) for the out of hours rota co-ordinated via Compton care. This is mainly a non-resident second on-call rota structure.
The team are supported by Lead Nurse and ANP/CNS colleagues as well as rotational registrar, a rotational FY2 resident doctor and specialist palliative pharmacist.
This locum consultant in palliative medicine is for 12 months for maternity cover. It is offered at 0.6 WTE plus on-call commitment. The post is hospital based with the hospital specialist palliative care advisory team.
Main duties of the jobThis post, alongside the hospital specialist palliative care team and consultant colleagues will aim to:
- accommodate existing and projected palliative and end of life service demands at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust;
- facilitate earlier, proactive, collaborative working with other specialities including support for patients with both cancer and non-cancer diagnoses
- Help to facilitate, alongside specialist palliative care team colleagues, an in-reach model into the emergency portals including accident and emergency, acute medical unit, same day emergency care, surgical assessment unit and Durnall (oncology triage) to help facilitate earlier proactive involvement of specialist palliative care team and reduce inappropriate admissions at the end of life.
The specialist palliative care team are passionate about improving palliative and end of life care in the acute setting and work in close collaboration with community colleagues both from local hospices and RWT Adult Community services.
We take part in NACEL (national audit of care at the end of life) and are involved in trust wide education to improve end of life care and SWAN model of care in the last days of life.
This post will give the opportunity to a strongly motivated clinician to take part, alongside experienced colleagues, in providing clinical services and opportunities for service development.
About usThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job responsibilitiesGeneral- In conjunction with Consultant and senior colleagues, to provide a service in Palliative Medicine with responsibility to support medically the Hospital Specialist Palliative care multi-disciplinary team who provides a seven-day service within New Cross Hospital. Typically, 2-3 patients are seen per clinical hospital inpatient or outpatient session (1PA) dependent on clinical complexity, either new referrals or follow up assessments. Advisory support (face-to-face or telephone) will also be provided regarding patient care to colleagues in other specialties. Some clinical session time may be allocated specifically for MDT attendance.
- In conjunction with Consultant and senior colleagues, to play a full part in the out-of-hours on-call Palliative Medicine service for the area of Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton. This includes being on-call for telephone advice and when needed to review in person patients admitted to Compton Care IPU. This service operates with a system of first on-call doctors (speciality doctors and specialty trainees), second on-call Consultants providing telephone advice. This telephone advice to the local hospitals can be delegated to specialty registrars for training purposes with support. It does include some first on-call duties which are not onerous but can also occur in the case of sickness. 0.5 PAs are allocated to on-call duties. When these requirements are exceeded, then time in lieu will be allocated within a few days of the occurrence.
- To provide cover for Consultant and senior colleagues in the respect of periods of leave
- In conjunction with Consultant and senior colleagues to take part in medical audit, quality improvement projects and research as appropriate
- In conjunction with Consultant and senior colleagues to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met
- To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of patients supported by the specialist palliative care team to be able to contact you when necessary
Resident Doctors- In conjunction with Consultant and senior colleagues, to play a full part in the professional supervision and management of resident doctors. Support the clinical development of members of the multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care team including CNS, ANP, Specialist Pharmacist.
- In conjunction with Consultant and senior colleagues, to take responsibility for and devote time to teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required for resident doctors. This is an important role for any Palliative Medicine consultant who has a duty to share their skills in dealing with complex ethical and medical decision making.
Management and service development- In conjunction with Group manager, Consultant and senior colleagues, to take an active role in the management of the directorate
- In conjunction with the Group manager, Consultant and senior colleagues, to play a full part in developing and implementing new ways of working in line with modernisation principles and fit for the future
- In conjunction with Consultant and senior colleagues, to take responsibility for the best use of departmental staffing and other resources to ensure the maximum efficiency of the department
- To observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures, in particular in relation to managing staff, and to follow the Trusts Standing Orders and Standing Financial instructions. These policies and procedures have been drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters.
Clinical Governance- In conjunction with Consultant colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met
Health and Safety- To take responsibility for your own Health and Safety complying with any safe working arrangements, policies and procedures are in place
- To accept a duty to other staff and patients to ensure that any hazards are reported and managed appropriately
Any other duties- Any other duties as deemed appropriate
Person SpecificationEssential- Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
