Consultant in Palliative Medicine

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in EnglishPlease check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment processPlease be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmedJob overviewWe are looking for a dedicated and passionate Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join our well-established and highly motivated Palliative Care team in ABUHB with a track record for service development and pioneering education, training and research.The ABUHB Specialist Palliative Care Team is a peripatetic consultant led service which aligns with the Primary Care and Community Division. The service delivers consult support and advice to patients and families within the hospital setting, medical staffing for the Specialist Palliative Care inpatient unit in St Davids Hospice Care; and consultant led support for Palliative Care community teams across Gwent and South Powys in collaboration with third sector.This is an exciting post that will offer opportunities and experience all aspects of Palliative Care. The post holder would beresponsible for the effective and appropriate medical care of patients across the directorate, primarily supporting the MDT teams at St Davids Inpatient unit and a St Davids Hospice Care Community team. The post holder will be based in St David’s Hospice, a 15 bedded inpatient unit located in Blackett Avenue, Malpas, Newport. The post holder will have clinical governance of 13 Specialist Palliative Care inpatient beds alongside another Palliative medicine consultant.Main duties of the jobThe role would also include community work supporting local Specialist Palliative Care teams and on-call telephone advice commitments for ABUHB and adjacent health board Cwm Taf Morgannwg. The post holder may occasionally be expected to provide cover at other hospitals depending on the individual’s specialist interests, preferences, or the demand of the service.You will lead consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings and supervise any junior medical staff or students who may rotate through the Directorate.We are a 9-5 Service Monday to Friday; The Post Holder would be allocated their own office space at St Davids Hospice inpatient unit, this goes hand in hand with full IT facilities and secretarial support. The inpatient unit has a fully established team of St Davids Specialist Nurses who work alongside the ABUHB medical team (consultant, specialty doctors and junior doctors including trainees in Palliative medicine).The number of SPA’s may vary with the agreement of the post holder and the Health Board in advance or after commencement and an increase in SPA’s would accompany an agreement to take on additional duties such as educational supervision of a junior doctor. Clinical supervision will also be made available.Mentoring will be available to the successful candidate.This post offers a chance to join a dynamic and enthusiastic team which is committed to providing specialist palliative care, we would welcome your interest in this post.Working for our organisationAneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease refer to attached job descriptionThis position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer
a n adults and children’s barred list checkApplicants must hold o full registration and a licence to practice with the GMCCandidates for Consultantposts must also be on the GMC Specialist Register (including via CESR/European Community Rights) or will have a CCT/CESR(CP)date within 6 months of interview.Person specificationQualificationsAs person specAs person specTeachingAs person specAs person specResearchAs person specAs person specClinical GoveranceAs person specAs person specClinical ExperienceAs person specAs person specManagementAs person specAs person specOther RequirementsAs person specAs person specTo work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa
or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou 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
Dr Aoife Gleeson
Job title
Clinical Director
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Telephone number
01633 234934
Additional information
Jamie-Lee CookAssistant Directorate #####
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