About this role
Job summary
Saint Francis Hospice is seeking to recruit a doctor with a special interest in palliative medicine for a full time, fixed term (4 months) Specialty Doctor/Clinical Fellow post (grade and pay dependent on experience). The post runs from 07.10.2026. The post fills a fallow post due to a Registrar gap. The contract will be an NHS contract, held by BHRUT (the local hospital trust) but will be fully seconded to the hospice.
This post is ideal for a doctor with an interest in palliative care, seeking to gain hospice experience towards application to a Specialist Palliative Care training rotation or seeking to consolidate/expand their palliative care knowledge and skills.
Applicants must have completed their foundation years' training, with, ideally (but not exclusively) an additional 2 years + experience in relevant clinical practice (the additional 2 years + enabling eligibility for Specialty Doctor status).
Our hospice is 4 miles from Romford station, in beautiful countryside on the London-Essex border. We have 18 specialist palliative care beds and a busy community service, which includes a 24/7 helpline, Community CNS, medical and wide MDT visiting services.
We see and support people with complex problems related to both advanced malignant and non-malignant conditions, frequently with multi morbidity.
Main duties of the job
We serve the population of Outer East London (Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham, Havering), near West Essex and Brentwood. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is our local hospital Trust.
We are a regional education centre, experienced in supporting doctors and others in training.
The post holder will join a medical team of 2.4WTE Consultants, 1.6WTE Specialty Doctors and 2.4WTE GP trainees. The post holder will provide middle grade support to the hospice ward, with opportunity for community visiting dependant on experience. Development and career progression will be supported in line with the applicant's level of training/personal development goals.
There is an on-call requirement, which involves weekend daytime ward rounds and admissions, with non-resident low intensity night cover. Postholders must be able to attend the hospice within 1 hour during non-resident on call periods.
Conditions of service and salary are as per national medical and dental terms and conditions of service. Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Abi Oladotun-Mutair, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4460.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Recognised basic medical degree and full GMC registration with license to practise Completion of UK Foundation Training OR evidence of competency equivalent to UK foundation training and at least 2 yrs full-time equivalent post foundation years' experience in relevant areas (e.g. GP/Medicine/Oncology/Neuro/Care of Elderly/A&E) Commitment to palliative care through recent (within 1 year) relevant CPD and relevant quality improvement project or audit and the mission/core values of Saint Francis Hospice
Desirable
MRCP / MRCGP / FRCP or equivalent qualification (at point of starting post) Experience of working in specialist palliative care Experience of research relevant to specialist palliative or end of life care
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)