Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Overview

We are inviting applications for the role of Palliative Care Consultant, fixed term, up to 12 months. This post is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine as part of UHSussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be based at WGH/SRH. The Specialist Palliative Care Team provides a 7-day advisory service across University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, with an associated internal palliative medicine telephone on-call service.

• Provide outpatient clinical activity in a developing Supportive Oncology Service, with regular commitments to hospital inpatient review of patients with complex specialist palliative care needs, within the allocated hospital base.
• Provide clinical leadership and MDT participation (Cancer of Unknown Primary and Haematology).
• Deliver medical student and postgraduate teaching and engage in research opportunities.
• Contribute to clinical audit and support the wider clinical governance agenda, including involvement with the Mortality Review Panel (Learning from deaths) and other Mortality meetings.
• Support the palliative care research agenda and participate in the Trust’s Quality Improvement Programme – the Patient First Improvement System.
• Participate in BSMS medical school teaching and postgraduate teaching, with the opportunity to support the educational supervision of trainee doctors within the Trust in SPA time.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level
3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Zoe Palmer

Job title:

Clinical lead
Email:
Telephone:

Applicants are invited to visit the hospital or to phone via Hospital Switchboard on for informal discussion by arrangement with:
Dr Zoe Palmer:
Mr Steve Bass: