About this role
Job summary We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Fellow to join our specialist palliative care team, providing medical support to patients with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs in the community.
Main duties of the job We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Fellow to join our specialist palliative care team, providing medical support to patients with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs in the community.
About us
St Christophers, in our experience, is an extraordinary place to work.
Our aim at St Christophers is to deliver care and support that is of the highest quality to our patients, their families and carers and anyone else who looks to us for help. We know that people working across our organisation will only be able to provide this if they in turn, feel supported in their endeavours.
Job description Job responsibilities Senior Clinical Fellow in Palliative Medicine
Location: Sydenham, London
Department: Medicine
Hours: Full time + 1 in 6 non-resident on-call
Contract: 12 months Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Based on Locally Employed Doctors payscale
The Role:
Join St Christopher's at an exciting time of change as we deliver our new organisational strategy and continue to develop our community and hospital at home (virtual ward) services.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Fellow to join our specialist palliative care team, providing medical support to patients with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs in the community.
This post is particularly suited to doctors considering a career in Palliative Medicine, General Practice, Oncology, Geriatric Medicine or General Internal Medicine. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver holistic assessment, symptom management and person-centred clinical decision making, supported by experienced senior medical and nursing colleagues.
With the NHS's focus on shifting care closer to home, this role offers valuable experience in community-based specialist palliative care, integrated working and virtual ward models, helping develop skills that are increasingly important across a range of medical specialties.
Main duties: Provide medical support to community palliative care services. Deliver holistic assessment, symptom management and clinical decision making as part of a multidisciplinary team. Support education and training activities. Contribute to service development and team support activities. Participate in ad hoc out-of-hours medical cover, paid at local hospice rates. Person specification: Essential:
GMC registration with licence to practise. Minimum 4 years' postgraduate clinical experience. At least 1 year's experience in palliative care. Excellent communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills. Desirable:
Experience working in community based services, such as community palliative care, primary care, frailty, geriatrics or hospital-at-home services. Experience in teaching, quality improvement or service development. This role offers the opportunity to further develop expertise in community palliative care, advance care planning, symptom control and integrated working within a supportive specialist service.
Benefits of joining St Christopher’s:
You will gain a stimulating and rewarding role with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community Access to excellent training and development opportunities Season ticket loans Cycle to Work Scheme A number of health and wellbeing schemes A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan An onsite staff canteen Access to plenty of free local street parking For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr Alison Landon, Palliative Care Physician, on 020 8768 4500
To apply for this position, please click the ‘Apply Online’ button below.
Closing date: 27th November at Midnight
Interview Date: TBC
St Christopher’s is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and identities and actively encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups. Reasonable adjustments are available at any stage of the recruitment process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
ESSENTIAL: Full GMC registration and license to practice
Desirable
DESIRABLE: MRCGP, MRCP, FRCA or FRCR
Experience Essential
ESSENTIAL: Minimum of 4 years postgraduate clinical experience with evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards
Desirable
DESIRABLE: Research: demonstrates understanding of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
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 St Christopher’s Hospice
Address St Christopher's - Sydenham
51-59 Lawrie Park Road
Sydenham
London
SE26 6DZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)