Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Consultant in Palliative Medicine

The closing date is 10 February 2026

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

We are delighted to advertise an exciting opportunity in the newly formed department of general internal medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. We are looking for highly motivated individuals to work in a combined role with any group 1 specialty, building a collaborative team of Consultants who will deliver a high-quality internal medicine service, alongside specialty interests in a flexible working pattern.

Each post is 1.0 WTE, with 0.5 WTE GIM and 0.5 WTE specialty. For their GIM responsibilities, the post holders will be responsible for inpatient care on ward 513 as the newly formed internal medicine ward, with a one week in 6 pattern, including weekends. The remaining 5 weeks are flexible in working pattern and focus on Palliative Care sessions with GIM activity including a weekly MDT, educational activities, monthly governance and SPA time.

There is no evening or overnight on call attached to these posts, and we welcome applications from those who would like to work flexibly on non-ward weeks, please see detailed job plan below.

The 0.5 WTE palliative medicine consultant component of this post will be based at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital working with the Supportive and Palliative care team led by Dr Milind Arolker on this site. This team works across this hospital site receiving referrals across the whole clinical spectrum in adult medicine.

The post holder will be required to assist in supporting team members on other sites across UHB, on occasion, but this will not be routine or onerous. Allowance will also be made for the weekend on call work in GIM when considering the post holders level of commitment to the palliative medicine on call rota
-this is currently 1:9

• Dynamic and enthusiastic individual interested in building a department of internal medicine
• Leadership skills appropriate to meet the strategic and operational priorities of the department
• Ability to respond to and where required, lead change within the department and wider organisation
• Ability to work in teams both clinical and non-clinical to ensure high quality care is provided, and a robust framework of learning, teaching and clinical governance is maintained
• Excellent interpersonal skills with patients, ability to navigate difficult communication scenarios
• Enthusiasm for developing internal medicine services including daycase, outpatient, virtual ward and community links

For further information or to arrange informal visits, please contact Dr Liz Wallin, GIM CSL  and the CSL for Palliative Care Dr John Speak

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As a consultant the post holder will have full responsibilities for patients under their care within the context of a multidisciplinary team structure and share clinical responsibility with colleagues in running the clinical work of the department. There are opportunities to add additional responsibilities around education lead, governance lead and rota coordination in discussion with the leadership team.

• MRCP or equivalent
• Entered on GMC register
• Dual CCT/Portfolio Pathway in GIM and Palliative Care, or equivalent within 6 months at the time of interview
• Evidence of continuing professional development

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.