# Consultant in Palliative Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-palliative-medicine/1f7c32f9-28be-4a36-9e3e-4826eb397126 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-palliative-medicine/1f7c32f9-28be-4a36-9e3e-4826eb397126.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Colchester - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Palliative Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 on experience - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T10:43:01.555Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8065474 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8065474?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Ipswich Hospital in the Palliative Medicine Department as part of the Medicine and Community Ipswich and East Suffolk (MACIES) division. We are inviting applications for a position in Palliative Medicine with up to one full time position available. Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (Portfolio Pathway) and must be on the Specialist Register. On call The On-call commitment is approximately 1 in 8 second on call withan availability supplement. This provides telephonic medical and symptom control advice to St Elizabeth Hospice, Ipswich Hospital, West Suffolk Hospital and St Nicholas Hospice Care in Bury St Edmunds, James Paget Hospital (Gorleston), and community calls in Suffolk and the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. This may involve taking calls from GPs, hospital doctors, nurses or allied healthcare professionals. This is compensated as per national contractual arrangements, by at least a 3% supplement. The frequency of on call may change due to the number of consultants on the rota with the remuneration adjusted according to frequency and intensity as per national contract arrangements with compensatory rest accommodated as per national guidelines. ### Main duties of the job Clinical responsibilities The key duties and responsibilities are: - General responsibilities including participation in the consultant on-call rota - Outpatient clinics - Medical input to ward patients with clinical ladership for palliative and end of life care - Advice and support to Specilaist Nurses and clinical team members - Input to MDT meetings within the speciality - Teaching- responsibilities will be divdied between the clinical team. There are oportunities for teaching of medical students, Foundation year doctors, IMT trainees and many other professional groups as needed - Other care of inpatients or outpatients - Clinical and other administration as required by agreement - Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates - Participation in clinical governance - Liaison with primary and secondary care as appropriate to ensure continuity of medical care and at times be available to advise and support in the management of palliative patients transferred to the community setting ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The consultants share the workload fairly between them as best is possible, and each consultant has designated non-clinical time.  It is recognised that administrative tasks will also be performed flexibly on other days, if other medical staff are not available, the post holders may have to take on other additional clinical commitments, as required.  The job plan may be amended by negotiation with the Specialty lead and the other consultants. It is expected that approximately 3-6 specialist palliative care patients would be seen per typical PA. For each 10 Programmed Activities (PA) 7.5 PAs are designated for clinical care and indirect clinical care including clinical administration, MDTs and meeting relatives. 2.5 PA’s will be for supporting professional activities (these will be worked flexibly to cover revalidation including personal development, education, or research, support/supervision of trainees, management and teaching as appropriate to agreed role). ## Job Details An opportunity has arisen to join our team at Ipswich Hospital in the Palliative Medicine Department as part of the Medicine and Community Ipswich and East Suffolk (MACIES) division. We are inviting applications for a position in Palliative Medicine with up to one full time position available. Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (Portfolio Pathway) and must be on the Specialist Register. On call The On-call commitment is approximately 1 in 8 second on call withan availability supplement. This provides telephonic medical and symptom control advice to St Elizabeth Hospice, Ipswich Hospital, West Suffolk Hospital and St Nicholas Hospice Care in Bury St Edmunds, James Paget Hospital (Gorleston), and community calls in Suffolk and the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. This may involve taking calls from GPs, hospital doctors, nurses or allied healthcare professionals. This is compensated as per national contractual arrangements, by at least a 3% supplement. The frequency of on call may change due to the number of consultants on the rota with the remuneration adjusted according to frequency and intensity as per national contract arrangements with compensatory rest accommodated as per national guidelines. ## Job Description Clinical responsibilities The key duties and responsibilities are: General responsibilities including participation in the consultant on-call rota Outpatient clinics Medical input to ward patients with clinical ladership for palliative and end of life care Advice and support to Specilaist Nurses and clinical team members Input to MDT meetings within the speciality Teaching- responsibilities will be divdied between the clinical team. There are oportunities for teaching of medical students, Foundation year doctors, IMT trainees and many other professional groups as needed Other care of inpatients or outpatients Clinical and other administration as required by agreement Teaching and training of junior staff and undergraduates Participation in clinical governance Liaison with primary and secondary care as appropriate to ensure continuity of medical care and at times be available to advise and support in the management of palliative patients transferred to the community setting ## Responsibilities The consultants share the workload fairly between them as best is possible, and each consultant has designated non-clinical time. It is recognised that administrative tasks will also be performed flexibly on other days, if other medical staff are not available, the post holders may have to take on other additional clinical commitments, as required. The job plan may be amended by negotiation with the Specialty lead and the other consultants. It is expected that approximately 3-6 specialist palliative care patients would be seen per typical PA. For each 10 Programmed Activities (PA) 7.5 PAs are designated for clinical care and indirect clinical care including clinical administration, MDTs and meeting relatives. 2.5 PA’s will be for supporting professional activities (these will be worked flexibly to cover revalidation including personal development, education, or research, support/supervision of trainees, management and teaching as appropriate to agreed role). ## Person Specification ### Interview **Essential** - Full GMC - certificate of completion of training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Wide experience in all aspects of palliative care, culminating in entry onto the GMC specialist register - Experience in medical procedures such as paracentesis **Desirable** - Other Higher Degree or Diploma (e.g. Diploma or MSc in Palliative Medicine or MD - Experience of general medicine and other specialties such as oncology, care of the elderly, general practice ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 230.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) - [consultant in palliative medicine (doc, 543.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10356255) ## 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.