About this role
Job summary
Trust Doctor in the department of Palliative Care
We are inviting applications to fill our 6 month vacancy at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Department of Palliative Care.
Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice by the intended start date.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term (6 months) winter pressures funded part time (26 hours per week) Trust Doctor post in Palliative Medicine. The post will be with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) team. In addition to a clinical role within the team, it includes dedicated time to support a time-limited St Jamess University Hospital Emergency department winter pressures in reach project in conjunction with the St Gemmas Hospice community team. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term (6 months) winter pressures funded Trust Doctor post in Palliative Medicine.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.
Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.
We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.
Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact
Name: Dr Adam Hurlow Position: Joint Clinical Lead Email: [email protected] Phone number: 01132066133 Shortlisting Date: 23rd November 2026 Interview Date: 1st December 2026
Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.
Why you should join our Team
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT) provides specialist palliative care across the whole of LTHT, but predominantly at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) & St James’s University Hospital (SJUH) sites. Together these sites provide 2000 beds and include a major cancer centre.
The SPCT aims to promote excellence in palliative and end of life care for all LTH patients. We work in an advisory capacity, assessing approximately 2000 patient referrals for SPC per annum in addition to providing general telephone advice. Alongside symptom management and holistic needs assessment, considerable time is spent coordinating complex end of life decisions, often involving multiple teams and carers, and concerning hospital treatments of uncertain benefit. The postholder will join a multi-professional team of 4 consultants; 3 specialty doctors; up to 2 specialty trainees; up to 2 GP trainees; a CNS team; an End-of-life care team, 2 specialist physiotherapists and a specialist pharmacist.
What you will bring to the role
The post holder will utilise their excellent clinical, communication and team working skills and knowledge to provide medical input to the multiprofessional specialist palliative care team across LTHT; including medical advice and joint reviews as well as managing a personal caseload.
In addition, they will undertake defined project work contributing to and evaluating the Emergency Department specialist palliative care in-reach pilot. They will be able to work with the hospital palliative care team, St Gemma’s community nurse specialists and wider stakeholders to understand activity, outcomes, implementation and cross-organizational working, and to contribute to the analysis and interpretation of findings, service learning and recommendations for future development.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Desirable
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Experience
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
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
St James’s University Hospital
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)