Consultant in Palliative Medicine | Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

This exciting vacancy is for an 8 session Consultant in Palliative Medicine. The job plan will consist of6.5 sessions of Direct Clinical Care and 1.5 sessions of Supporting Professional Activities per week. The post will be based between Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Wirral Hospice St John's (hosted by Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust). Cross sector working will include support to the Community Specialist Palliative Care Team (employed by Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust), undertaking outpatient palliative medicine clinics at Wirral Hospice St John's, and hospital advisory palliative medicine as a member of the Supportive and Palliative Care Team. A system of rotational job plans will allow all Consultants in Palliative Medicine experience of working within the full range of palliative medicine service provision across WUTH and Wirral Hospice St Johns, including periods of clinical responsibility for patients within the hospice specialist inpatient unit.

• Day to day responsibility for palliative care patient management in the hospital advisory Supportive and Palliative Care Team, including provision of senior reviews to Supportive Care Unit.
• Responsibility for outpatient clinic patient caseload with focus on collaborative partnership working across primary and secondary care systems and shared decision making.
• On-call responsibility for patient management for Wirral Hospice St John's inpatient unit, as well as provision of advice via 24/7 telephone advice line and to Palliative Care Clinical Specialist Nurses.
• Support education and training of junior medical staff/medical students.
• Participate in the development of services for Supportive and Palliative Care.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.