Consultant in Palliative Medicine

The Trust will offer relocation expenses up to £8K (in line with the Trust Recruitment Policy) Wye Valley NHS Trust and St Michael's Hospice, in the beautiful county of Herefordshire, are looking to appoint to the final consultant post completing a team of three new senior doctors as a result of service expansion and retirement. The team provides medical leadership, direct patient care, training, teaching and opportunities for quality improvement and service development across WVT acute and community hospitals, Herefordshire and mid Powys community and St Michael's Hospice. This postwill focus on clinical services at Hereford County Hospital, working with an established specialist palliative care CNS team providing acute hospital inpatient consults and also outpatient work. It also includes the Clinical Lead role for the senior palliative medicine team. There is a wealth of opportunity for palliative medicine training and multi-professional teaching supported by facilities at St Michaels Hospice and WVT including a simulation suite. The post is 10 PAs with a 3 SPAs and a job plan which facilitates one day a week for non-clinical work. It includes 1 in 4 second on call to a very supportive and experienced team of doctors at the hospice., The opportunity has now arisen to re-organise into an integrated team of three funded jointly by Wye Valley NHS Trust and St Michael's Hospice, to provide palliative medicine input to the Hereford County Hospital; the rural community of neighbouring mid Powys; St Michaels Hospice and Herefordshire community including the community hospitals. This post will focus on SPC provision to Hereford County Hospital and mid Powys, building on services which have a clear vision for further development through the evolving Herefordshire ICS Palliative and EOL Strategy and Powys LHB, incorporating scope for the post holders to develop new initiatives and specialty interests of their own. This post will provide direct patient care through outpatient work,peripheral clinics and domiciliary visits and hospital consults where applicable.

• Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC.
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview, Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or European Community Rights.
Desirable Higher Medical Degree Experience Essential
• Experience in working effectively within a multidisciplinary team and specialist palliative care unit. with experience and confidence at consultant level
• Ability to undertake palliative care assessments in a variety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient clinics, palliative care inpatient unit, and in patients' homes
• Ability to provide palliative care advice and support to other healthcare professionals in the palliative care team, hospital and community settings
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
Desirable Subspecialty training or equivalent Research and Audit Essential
• Experience of research and ability to apply outcomes to clinical practice.
• Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit.
Desirable Relevant research published in peer review journal Education and Teaching Essential
• Experience of teaching, including doctors and medical students.
• Experience of multidisciplinary teaching.
  
  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman : "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential." Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right the time.