Junior Clinical Fellow in Specialist Palliative Care

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 David's Hospice Care and consultant-led support for Palliative Care community teams across Gwent and South Powys in collaboration with the third sector.
The post may involve working within an inpatient unit setting at St David's Newport providing direct clinical care to patients with specialist care needs and their families, this will be with a wider multidisciplinary team consisting of registered nurses, specialty doctors and more under the supervision of a Palliative Medicine consultant.
The post may also involve working as part of the hospital Palliative Care team providing consult and support to patients in the Gwent acute sector.
This post offers a chance to join a dynamic and enthusiastic team which is committed to providing specialist palliative care, we would welcome interested candidates to contact us for more information.
Main duties of the job
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-
To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service.
To support the effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate.
To undertake all work in accordance with the Health Board's procedures and operating policies.
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Division's and Health Board's service plans.
To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the speciality, the Medical Division or the Health Board.
Support a low-intensity on-call rota providing telephone advice for the inpatient unit Monday to Friday (8am-9am and 5pm-6.30pm)
About us
Aneurin 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. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This position involves Regulated Activity with 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:
Enhanced check with barred list information, including an adults barred list check
Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC
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