We are looking to recruit a full-time consultant to be based across our hospital in-patient and community services to complement the roles of our other consultants and medical teams and skilled palliative care team, to ensure continuity of care across settings and enable us to sustain and continue to develop our services in line with our Fylde Coast Palliative and End of Life Care strategic goals.

The post holder will have an NHS consultant contract with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. An additional honorary contract will be held with Trinity Hospice and the post holder will report to the Medical Director of Trinity Hospice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will

Work collaboratively with the four other Consultants in Palliative Medicine and the wider multi-professional team to ensure the delivery and continuity of specialist palliative care for the population of the Fylde Coast

Participate in the second on call medical rota to support the integrated adult service and 24-hour specialist palliative care advice line.

As the palliative care hub for the Fylde Coast, Trinity Hospice has been providing excellent specialist palliative and end of life care for adults and children with progressive life limiting illnesses for over 35 years. Trinity is highly regarded by partners and the public as a well-run charity eager to build and sustain effective partnerships which does not rest on its laurels.

Trinity is an award-winning organisation, having won National Medium Sized Charity of the Year in 2014, Lancashire Charity of the Year in 2015, the 2019 Nursing Times National Award for Innovation in Technology, retaining Investors in People Gold in 2019 as well as being rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in 2017.