# Consultant In Palliative Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-palliative-medicine/21a1b49a-f685-4e7d-9982-33bdc484eaf1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-palliative-medicine/21a1b49a-f685-4e7d-9982-33bdc484eaf1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bolton - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Palliative Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-20T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-22T13:12:39.666Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Bolton/Bolton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Palliative_Care/Palliative_Care-v8091956 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8091956?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Consultant in Palliative Medicine to an innovative community post in Bolton. The post holder will be joining the service at a time of exciting change and development to improve the provision of palliative care to the residents of Bolton. The post holder will be working predominantly in the community setting, although the service is integrated, so it also provides hospital based services. This includes a proactive emergency department service  by two senior clinical practitioners (8a), to identify and manage unmet palliative care needs and identify people who are sick enough to die in order to start advance care planning. This service has been shown to reduce admissions, with a low re-admission rate, and reduced length of stay. The post holder will work alongside a consultant colleague in the community setting, to support the newly appointed community senior clinical practitioners and a specialty doctor. The service is developing to deliver a 7 day rapid response service and ‘Hospital at Home’ virtual ward provided by the palliative care senior clinical practitioners, alongside advanced clinical practitioners in the Admissions Avoidance Team and other specialist teams running virtual wards. The post holder will need to provide leadership and service development support in setting up these services . ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be joining the service at a time of exciting change and development to improve the provision of palliative and end of life care to the residents of Bolton. The post holder will be working predominantly in the community setting, although the service is integrated, so it also provides hospital based services as well. This includes a proactive emergency department service provided by two senior clinical practitioners (8a), to identify and manage unmet palliative care needs and identify people who are sick enough to die in order to start advance care planning. The post holder will work alongside a consultant colleague in the community setting, to support the community senior clinical practitioners (8a), a team of band 6 and 7 specialist nurses and a specialty doctor. The service also supports the placement of an FY2 trainee, who is supernumerary, and an ad hoc placement for an StR in Palliative Medicine. The service also has a specialist team of physiotherapists and occupational therapists and the team do joint visits when necessary. The service is developing to deliver a 7 day rapid response service and ‘Hospital at Home’ virtual ward provided by the senior clinical practitioners. The on-call requirements  are yet to be determined, as weekend working to support the new service needs to be piloted, there is a requirement to be flexible and engage with these pilots. The current consultants provide 1:5 frequency 2nd on-call cover to Bolton Hospice ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see documents enclosed. The post holder will be expected to engage, lead and drive changes to prove the benefits of expanding the service in a community setting and further develop the team to support the service. ## Job Details We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking Consultant in Palliative Medicine to an innovative community post in Bolton. The post holder will be joining the service at a time of exciting change and development to improve the provision of palliative care to the residents of Bolton. The post holder will be working predominantly in the community setting, although the service is integrated, so it also provides hospital based services. This includes a proactive emergency department service by two senior clinical practitioners (8a), to identify and manage unmet palliative care needs and identify people who are sick enough to die in order to start advance care planning. This service has been shown to reduce admissions, with a low re-admission rate, and reduced length of stay. The post holder will work alongside a consultant colleague in the community setting, to support the newly appointed community senior clinical practitioners and a specialty doctor. The service is developing to deliver a 7 day rapid response service and ‘Hospital at Home’ virtual ward provided by the palliative care senior clinical practitioners, alongside advanced clinical practitioners in the Admissions Avoidance Team and other specialist teams running virtual wards. The post holder will need to provide leadership and service development support in setting up these services . ## Job Description The post holder will be joining the service at a time of exciting change and development to improve the provision of palliative and end of life care to the residents of Bolton. The post holder will be working predominantly in the community setting, although the service is integrated, so it also provides hospital based services as well. This includes a proactive emergency department service provided by two senior clinical practitioners (8a), to identify and manage unmet palliative care needs and identify people who are sick enough to die in order to start advance care planning. The post holder will work alongside a consultant colleague in the community setting, to support the community senior clinical practitioners (8a), a team of band 6 and 7 specialist nurses and a specialty doctor. The service also supports the placement of an FY2 trainee, who is supernumerary, and an ad hoc placement for an StR in Palliative Medicine. The service also has a specialist team of physiotherapists and occupational therapists and the team do joint visits when necessary. The service is developing to deliver a 7 day rapid response service and ‘Hospital at Home’ virtual ward provided by the senior clinical practitioners. The on-call requirements are yet to be determined, as weekend working to support the new service needs to be piloted, there is a requirement to be flexible and engage with these pilots. The current consultants provide 1:5 frequency 2nd on-call cover to Bolton Hospice ## Responsibilities Please see documents enclosed. The post holder will be expected to engage, lead and drive changes to prove the benefits of expanding the service in a community setting and further develop the team to support the service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - - Live within an acceptable distance of the Trust - - Able to participate in an on-call rota - - Current driving license and use of car for work ### Skills **Essential** - - Advanced Communication Skills - - Ability to drive service improvement - - IT skills and knowledge of Electronic patient record systems - - Ability to conduct virtual consultations where necessary - - Commitment to continuous personal development - - Understanding the strategic role of the consultant - - Able to work collaboratively with other teams - - Teaching experience in various settings ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Knowledge of clinical governance - - Understanding NHS structure and function - - Expert knowledge of symptom management and its’ safe practice in different clinical settings ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience of the practice of multi-disciplinary Specialist Palliative Care within hospital, community and hospice settings at a senior level. - - Experience of teaching and educational supervision - - Leadership skills, including experience managing change and motivating teams - - Engagement with management training ### Qualifications **Essential** - - Primary Medical Qualification MRCP, MRCGP, FRCR or FRCA - - On the Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine or within 6 months of obtaining CCT ## Documents - [open letter (pdf, 235.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2681) - [jd spc consultant (pdf, 480.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385269) - [ps spc consultant (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10385270) - [applicants with a disability (pdf, 207.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1983) - [welcome to bolton nhs foundation trust (pdf, 774.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3041) ## 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.