About this role
Job summary Camden and Islington Community Palliative Care Team Consultant in Palliative Medicine 6.5 PA permanent
We are seeking a substantive community consultant in Palliative Medicine for the South Camden and Islington Community Palliative Care Team.
This post sits within the Camden, Islington and UCLH Palliative Care Service. Doctors on the specialist register for SPC or due to CCT within 6 months are welcome to apply. There are on call duties aligned to this post.
AAC: to be confirmed
Main duties of the job
Medical consultants within the Service work primarily within the South Camden and Islington community palliative care service, and in addition to clinical care, each are closely involved with strategic development and service improvement, as well as the advancement of relationships with key colleagues. The aims of the post are to provide an efficient and responsive clinical service to the community patients requiring supportive and palliative care; the post holder will join a team of 3 community consultants ( 2 medical, 1 nursing) to develop relationships and improve the care of patients and provide cross clinical cover within other areas of the specialist palliative care service (including the UCLH hospital palliative care team). This is a substantive consultant role of 6.5 PAs. All DCC are within the community setting with on call across both community and hospital.
About us
You will be part of a busy proactive and innovative multidisciplinary team providing excellent care to patients and relatives. It is an inspiring and supportive place to work , with plenty of opportunities for education and training and personal development. The Camden, Islington ELiPSe and UCLH Palliative Care Service is a well-established specialist palliative care service under CNWL NHS trust, that has gained recognition for its innovative, integrated and comprehensive care provision. The service delivers a Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) Service throughout University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), and within the local communities of South Camden, North East Westminster and Islington. It has a 7 day a week 9am-8pm visiting on call service to these areas. The service has a robust programme of service improvement, audit and education and meets regularly to develop and deliver these.The service works closely with primary care and other specialist palliative care providers at Whittington Health, Royal Free Hospital, St John's Hospice , North London Hospice and St Joseph's Hospice and is a member of the North Central and North East London Palliative Care reference group, PallE8, and the UCL Palliative Care Research Consortium. It is a training unit for specialty registrars.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide clinical care to patients and those important to them within South Camden, and Islington (small part of Westminster). This includes visiting patients alone or jointly in their place of residence, providing telephone advice to other team members and other professionals, and conducting regular caseload reviews with the Clinical Nurse/Paramedic Specialists. The post holder will work closely all colleagues in the team, as well as colleagues within the wider service and throughout the Trust, and will liaise with professionals within the community - GPs, Community Nursing and other specialist Teams (e.g. Respiratory, Learning difficulties, Heart Failure, Dementia etc), and within St Pancras Hospital (St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit, Camden Virtual ward etc) as well as neighbouring hospitals as needed.
Provide clinical cross cover for SPC consultants in the service who work in UCLH as needed.
Work closely with the clinical lead for the service Dr Rasha Al-Qurainy, as well as the leads for the community team.
Represent Palliative Care at relevant clinical and strategic meetings (e.g. NCL Specialist Palliative Care provider group, PallE8, GP Multidisciplinary meetings, Camden cross community meetings)
Attend and contribute to the community specialist palliative care MDT meeting each week.
Provide clinical supervision and educational supervision to trainees working within the team, as well as educational support and teaching to members of the nursing team undertaking advanced practice (e.g. non-medical prescribing, physical assessment) and to visitors to the team.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training Essential
Primary Medical Degree Approved Clinician status Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practice Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine through CCT, Portfolio Pathway (CESR), REQ, or RSQ routes.
Desirable
An additional postgraduate qualification of relevance to the work
Personal Skills & Qualities Essential
Excellent communication and empathic skills The highest ethical and professional standards Demonstrable leadership skills Ability to work under pressure Ability to both lead and be led as part of a team Be skilled at encouraging and giving feedback Ability to work on own initiative Enthusiasm to work within a changing environment
Experience, Skills and Abilities Essential
Excellent skills in specialist palliative care Proven ability to efficiently manage patients with complex physical, psychological, spiritual and social problems and to respond sensitively to the needs of carers Proven ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team and support others to flourish Proven ability to lead clinical care across professional and organisational boundaries Ability to work with sensitivity within a multicultural society An understanding of the principles and practical applications of clinical governance systems, education, quality improvement Understanding of the drivers influencing NHS and commercial health care providers and current and proposed national organisational changes Ability and commitment to teach in a clinical and academic setting Ability to design effective teaching Ability and commitment to teaching various clinical disciplines Ability to act as a consistent reference point in a team and to take a leadership role Ability to prioritise workload, to delegate responsibilities as appropriate
Desirable
Ability to support advanced practitioners from other professional groups develop new skill Higher qualification in medical education Completed training to be a clinical and or educational supervisor Proven experience of management in a clinical area Experience working with user led groups to enhance service delivery
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.
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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 Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address Camden and Islington Community Palliative Care Team Service
Ground Floor, South Wing St
4 St Pancras Way
NW1 0PE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)