About this role
Job summary
Specialty Doctor
Nine-month Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover with potential for a further extension if required)
Date: As soon as possible by mutual agreement
Hours: 16 per week(Tuesday & Wednesday - will consider Monday & Tuesday)
Location:Peace Hospice, Watford (with travel to other sites)
Salary:£61,542 - £87,486 per annum (pro rata)
Closing Date:18 May 2026 at midday
Interview Date: 2 June 2026
To be a member of a multidisciplinary team providing high quality, holistic care and provide medical leadership within this team. It is expected that the post holder will work flexibly alongside colleagues to provide the best possible service for patients and those close to them.
Main duties of the job
To provide a medical service to RGP hospice inpatients, outpatients and patients in the community setting and take part in RGP medical on call rota.
To provide leadership and mentorship to junior medical team at RGP, supervising their clinical practice and providing guidance, support and training.
To contribute to wider MDT education and opportunity to work with the Medical Education team to deliver teaching to a wider group of health care professionals both internally at RPG and to external audiences.
To input into clinical governance processes at RGP to maintain high quality services, through participation in patient safety activities, audits and quality improvement activities.
To represent RGP medical team at external meetings when required and to be involved in service development within local systems.
About us
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, our unique care provides a lifeline of compassion and support to patients, carers, and families facing progressive life-limiting illness.
We provide palliative and end of life care support, including bereavement services, within Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire and our patient services are available to adults, as well as patients transitioning into adult services (16 to 25 years.)
Bereavement support is offered for all ages to families of patients and those around them, as well as throughout the community, in schools and workplaces. We are proud to offer care in the place that best suits the individuals needs, whether thats at home, in a care home, in a short stay in our inpatient unit, out in the community, or in our purpose-built Living Well Centre facilities.
As a hospice care charity, we have offered this support, free of charge, for over 40 years. Our staff team of 340+ includes a wide range of patient-facing disciplines plus operational support based in Watford, Tring, St Albans, Chalfont St Giles and Berkhamsted. The Charity is now one of the larger UK hospice charities, reaching a GP population of 797,037 of whom 75% live in Hertfordshire and 25% in Buckinghamshire.
Job description Job responsibilities
To share in the provision of holistic medical care, working closely with other members of the medical and wider multi-professional team and supporting the junior medical team. This will include: contributing to the planning of admissions,clerking in of new patients review of patients constructing a management plan, seeking advice appropriately delivering safe prescription and understanding of the medications used in the specialist palliative care setting planning discharges facilitating advance care planning reviewing new admissions when clerked by members of the junior medical teamTo attend and support daily ward handover meetings, lead on medical patient reviews, support the junior medical team to manage day to day palliative care issues and to participate in consultant ward roundsReview patients attending the medical outpatient clinicProvide medical support to patients at home, in conjunction with the Community Palliative Care teamTo share in providing medical advice and support to the RGP virtual wards along with consultants during normal working hours.
Please see the Job Description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Have MBBS or equivalent medical qualification Be eligible for full registration with, and hold current licence to practice from the GMC at intended start date Be able to provide complete details of employment history including evidence of a minimum of 4 years full time post graduate medical experience (or equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis) of which at least 2 years are in Palliative Medicine or an allied speciality (including General Practice) Evidence of interest in Palliative Medicine Evidence of achievement of foundation competencies from a UKFPO-affiliated foundation programme or equivalent Demonstrate excellent written and spoken English to enable effective communication about complex medical and emotional topics with patients and colleagues Experience of teaching to various audiences Evidence of experience in clinical audit Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and recognise when the need for medical leadership arises Ability to successfully lead a team and demonstrate characteristics of strong and cohesive leadership A good understanding of technology with a working knowledge of Microsoft office packages ie Word, Excel and Outlook Strong organisational skills Sensitivity and understanding to the needs of the volunteers and customers, many of whom may have experienced Rennie Grove Peace services or be bereaved themselves Ability to reach the hospice within 30 minutes when 1st on call
Desirable
Previous work within Specialist Palliative Care setting Experience of using an electronic patient record system Advanced Communication Skills training
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.
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 Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
Address Peace Drive
Watford
WD17 3PH
Employer's website https://renniegrovepeace.org/ (Opens in a new tab)