About this role
Job summary
We are looking for two enthusiastic doctors with an interest in palliative care to join the Southern Hospice Group adult services medical team on a fixed term (for 1 year) basis and will consider applications for both full-time and less than full time applicants.
This post would be suitable for specialty level doctors, GPs and ST4+ equivalent level doctor No specialist palliative care experience is necessary provided experience in relevant or allied specialties can be demonstrated, e.g. internal medicine, care of the elderly and general practice. The post will provide excellent experience for those who want to increase their palliative care skills appropriate for their ongoing careers.
Main duties of the job This post forms part of the medical team, which under the leadership of the Medical Director provides care for patients seen in the specialist palliative care in-patient and community settings on a day-to-day basis. This post would be suitable for doctors who wish to pursue a career in Palliative Medicine or for those trained or training in general practice wishing to develop skills in this area.
The post-holders would have an opportunity to further develop their skills in this specialist area in a supervised and supported learning environment.
About us
St Barnabas House in Worthing and Martlets in Hove provide specialist palliative care to adults in their localities through a range of services, including in-patient care and community services.
In June 2024, these two adult Hospices merged alongside Chestnut Tree House Childrens Hospice to form Southern Hospice Group.
St Barnabas House is located in Worthing, West Sussex with its catchment area covering Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield. The organisations clinical services include a specialist palliative care in-patient unit (8 beds), a 4-bedded unit for patients who fulfil continuing health care fast track criteria. Martlets Hospice is in Hove, East Sussex and has a 10 specialist palliative care beds and 4 CHC beds. Both hospices have busy community specialist palliative care services and Hospice at Home teams, with MDT support from occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work, counselling and chaplaincy teams.
Job description Job responsibilities The chief responsibility will be the day-to-day clinical management of patients under the service as needed, whether in the community or on the in-patient unit. This might include domiciliary visits, out-patient assessments, conducting admissions, discharge planning, advance care planning discussions, venesection, intravenous cannulation. This would be with the support of the rest of the medical team (senior and resident) and the wider multidisciplinary team. To communicate with the family of patients and those close to them as appropriate. To be responsible for undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the administration of the department, including writing discharge summaries, organising TTOs, completing the required post-death duties and paperwork, and organising relevant imaging and other clinical investigations as needed. The post holders will be expected to liaise with hospital staff, GPs and other agencies involved in the patients care. The post holders will be expected to work within Southern Hospice Group Operational Policies and Guidelines.
The post holders will be required to work on the first on call out of hours rota .This will be on a 1 in 5 WTE non-resident basis.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Recognised Basic Medical Degree Full GMC registration and Licence to practice
Experience Essential
Specialty Doctor: Minimum 4 years full time (or equivalent part time) post graduate training, at least 2 years of which (or equivalent part time) must be as a specialty trainee in a relevant specialty (or equivalent experience and competencies in a relevant specialty such as general practice, care of the elderly medicine, palliative medicine) Experience in General Medicine Experience of audit, teaching and administration Experience in Palliative Medicine (desirable) At least 1 year working as a doctor in the NHS
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 Southern Hospice Group
Address Titnore Lane
Worthing
West Sussex
BN12 6NZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)