Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine

Job overview

This is a new, substantive full-time post in paediatric palliative medicine to provide robust senior clinical cover for the RMH paediatric palliative care service. The post will be mainly based at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton with one day per week at Shooting star children’s hospices and outreach working into other hospitals and the community. Due to the nature of the work, supporting preferred place of care and end of life, the post holder will provide frequent outreach work into other hospitals and the community including home, hospice and educational settings. The post is suitable for a consultant with CCST training in paediatric palliative medicine or equivalent, or within 6 months of completing training.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an expert clinician in pain and symptom management, end of life care, advance communication and advance care discussion and planning. They should be able to deliver and lead paediatric palliative care across all clinical setting. There is acknowledged flexibility of hours and days across the services to enable the post-holder to respond to support symptom and end of life care through engaging in real time events across the service. They must have access to a car to enable home and community visits across the geographical patch.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.