About this role
Job summary
You will join the palliative care team of Saint Francis Hospice to provide Consultant level expertise and care to the hospice ward team and the hospice community teams.
Saint Francis Hospice is situated in the village of Havering-atte-Bower, near the London/Essex border, just 4 miles from Romford. The hospice serves the people of outer East London also Brentwood in Southwest Essex, and the near parts of West Essex, providing 18 hospice beds. It also provides community palliative care services to Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Brentwood.
The hospice has an excellent reputation. It was awarded 'Outstanding' status at last CQC inspection. The hospice provides in house and regional training, with a strong commitment to staff and carer education, training and individual / team professional development. The hospice has an active quality projects/quality improvement programme and is in the process of developing 'Research Active' status, with consultants at the heart of education, quality and research.
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust are the local hospitals trust. BHRUT holds the NHS contracts for all the Consultants in Palliative Care in the region.
This is fully seconded to the hospice/community for day-to-day work. The hospice/community and the BHRUT palliative care team work closely together and the postholder will be sharing in the region's consultant on call rota, which covers BHRUT hospitals, the hospice and the community out of hours.
Main duties of the job
provide Consultant level input into the hospice ward, in partnership with a consultant colleague. The postholder will lead and support non-consultant grade medics and the ward multidisciplinary team to deliver a holistic model of care for people with complex problems related to advanced or progressive life-limiting conditions. They will be a key member of the weekly ward MDT.
provide Consultant level input into the Community team, with clinical and strategic focus on one of the boroughs served by Saint Francis Hospice. To include direct visiting support for palliative care complexity and indirect support of colleagues in their provision of care to people with specialist palliative care needs, through clinical advice, education, and support with quality improvement initiatives.
contribute to the support, training and development of medical trainees/ medical learners and to the learning environment of the hospice/it's staff and external care providers.
be part of the regional Consultant on call service.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Abi Oladotun-Mutair, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4460.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Full registration with the General Medical Council. MRCP, MRCGP, FRCA or equivalent qualification. Be on the specialist register for Palliative Medicine or be within six months of entry at the time of interview. Demonstrable knowledge of all aspects of specialist palliative care. Wide experience of specialist palliative care in different settings.
Desirable
Masters degree, or other higher degree in a relevant subject. Post graduate teaching diploma or similar. Poster(s) or presentation(s) at a regional, national, or international forum. Research publications. Evidence of clear area of interest relevant to BHRUT and/or hospice (+/- national) strategy.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Palliative Care
Queen's Hospital
Romford
RM7 0AG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)