About this role
Job summary
St Johns Hospice provides care to patients and their families from both NWL and NCL ICBs.
We currently have an opportunity for a FY3 resident doctor wanting to enhance their skills in caring for patients requiring specialist palliative care. In addition to the 17 bedded inpatient unit, we also have a Community Specialist Palliative Care Team, a Hospice at Home Team, a Wellbeing Centre and a Lymphoedema Service. Working across all departments we also have our social work and bereavement team and our hospice therapies team. In addition we provide a number of complementary therapies which are available for both the patient and those important to them
Main duties of the job
If you want to provide the best in holistic care and learn palliative care skills that can be transferred to any setting this could be the job for you.
You will work closely with our Palliative Care Consultants, Specialty Doctors and wider clinical teams to deliver highquality medical care to patients with lifelimiting illnesses. Our hospice is built on values of compassion, community, charity and commitment, and we pride ourselves on caring for the physical, psychosocial, spiritual and emotional needs of every individual.
About us
Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.
Job description Job responsibilities
Supporting admissions, ward rounds, clinical meetings and MDT discussions
Providing holistic palliative care, addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs
Maintaining accurate contemporaneous records in SystmOne
Completing medical examiner referrals, coroner referrals and MCCDs (with consultant support)
Assessing patients in day services, outpatients and community settings
Liaising with primary and secondary care teams to ensure continuity of care
Contributing to teaching, clinical governance, audit and research
Engaging in ongoing CPD and annual appraisal
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Full GMC registration with Licence to Practise MBBS or equivalent Minimum 4 years postregistration experience Broad medical experience, ideally with some exposure to palliative care Strong communication skills with patients, families and colleagues Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team Good IT skills and experience with clinical audit Awareness of own limitations and willingness to seek support Specific interest in Palliative Medicine Experience leading audit or quality improvement projects
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.
Employer details Employer name The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
Address 60 Grove End Road
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 9NH
Employer's website https://www.hje.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)