# Bank Specialty Doctor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Devon Hospice. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-specialty-doctor/96b0e8d2-8c9f-4a42-b862-4555fa9df37c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/bank-specialty-doctor/96b0e8d2-8c9f-4a42-b862-4555fa9df37c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Devon Hospice - **Location:** North Devon Hospice, Deer Park, Newport, Devon, EX32 0HU, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Palliative Medicine - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £956.00 - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T16:16:51.104Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0021-26-0014 - **Application URL:** https://app.webrecruit.co/JobSeeker/Apply_Online/M7hyz662nytCTtxGM2IY3wR-9bi8ANrdpDE9BaphtCI - **Employer website:** https://www.northdevonhospice.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job summary Time to listen. Time to understand. Time to care. Could your next clinical challenge be one where you have the time to truly care? At North Devon Hospice, we believe everyone has a story - and the ending matters. We're looking for Bank Specialty Doctors to join our small, expert medical team providing specialist palliative care across North Devon. ### Main duties of the job This is an opportunity to: - Make a real difference to patients and families at an important time in their lives - Care for people with cancer and non-cancer life-limiting conditions - Work within a supportive, experienced multidisciplinary team - Develop your skills and experience in palliative medicine - Complement your existing GP, hospital or portfolio career - Enjoy the time and space to provide person-centred, meaningful care ### About us Working for us is awesome! Benefits include: - An excellent working environment (& beautiful outside areas) - Free on-site parking - The ability to contribute to your existing NHS pension - Regular Wellbeing events - The opportunity to give us your feedback on how we can improve as an organisation. ### Details - Date posted: 28 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £956 a session per weekend on call. £198 per day-time session - Contract: Bank - Duration: 3 years - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: SD092026 - Job locations: North Devon Hospice, Deer Park, Newport, Devon, EX32 0HU, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities In this role you will be responsible for: - Providing medical management of patients in the hospice from admission to discharge or death - Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, to ensure care encompasses the physical, emotional and psychological needs of patients and their families - Creating and maintaining clear, accurate, concise and contemporaneous clinical records using our electronic patient record - Utilising other electronic and digital systems, hosted by key partner organisations, to help coordinate care between those organisations and across the system - Working with clinical teams to support the continuity of medical care to patients under the care of the hospice across in-patient, community and our outpatient settings - Fully participating in the hospice multidisciplinary team meeting, daily capacity meeting and community team case oversight discussions - Providing the first clinical on-call service to the Bedded Unit on a roster basis - Providing expert advice to colleagues regarding specific cases and the management of palliative care issues - Engaging in supervision and clinical case review to support own and others practice - Engaging in audit and research as required, actively pursuing opportunities to promote this within the hospice - Driving a culture of continuous learning and evidenced based practice - Ensuring that good infection control practices are followed at all times and maintaining up to date knowledge of infection control policies, procedures and guidance relevant to the area of work - Understanding your role in the safeguarding of adults and children by being able to identify risks, and recognise signs of harm, abuse or neglect including how to report concerns and take immediate action to protect a person at risk of harm or abuse ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in General Practice, or General Medicine, or other experience relevant to the post ### Other Criteria **Essential** - Evidence of participation in annual medical appraisal to meet requirements of revalidation - Membership of a recognised medical defence organisation, at a level suitable to cover hospice work ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full GMC Registration, with a current licence to practise - The experience and qualifications to meet the current entry criteria for - Specialty Doctor roles ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.