Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join our specialist palliative care services within Central Lancashire.
This is a substantive (0.8WTE) consultant post within the hospital specialist palliative care service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder would be part of a dynamic team that includes 6 consultants delivering specialist palliative care across Central Lancashire within hospital, community and hospice settings. The post includes participation in a 1:6 on call rota providing consultant advice (2nd on call) to specialist palliative care services based at St Catherine’s Hospice and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Provide specialist palliative medical advice and clinical input within the Trust.
- Provide clinical support to the Palliative Care CNS team through MDT meeting input, telephone advice and joint reviews within inpatient clinical settings.
- Provide Specialist Palliative Care representation at cancer site/ non-cancer disease specific multidisciplinary meetings.
- Complete administration duties associated with this post’s provision of Specialist Palliative Care.
- Work collaboratively with the Clinical Director for Palliative Care, Lead Nurse in Palliative and End of life Care, Hospice Medical Director, existing consultants, and Hospice leadership teams to provide clinical, operational and strategic leadership.
- Provide leadership around clinical audit and quality improvement and other governance activities.
- Participate in the bi-monthly Specialist Palliative Care Directorate business meetings.
- Provide supervision and clinical support for trainees in specialist palliative medicine and other medical staff in the palliative care team.
- Support the delivery of multi-professional education and training alongside the End-of-Life care educator at LTHTR.
- Provide cross cover for consultant colleagues where necessary across the hospital, community and hospice services.
- Support the delivery of palliative care services out of hours by participating in a 1 in 6 non-residential on call rota.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
- What we can offer
- Job Plan/On-call Requirements
- The Team
Informal enquiries and requests to visit the Hospitals are welcome and should be made, following shortlisting, with Mr. Steve Canty, Medical Director and Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive (01772) 522692
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience and training in Specialist Palliative Care in hospital, hospice and community.
- Proven ability in managing complex holistic palliative care in both malignant and non-malignant conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients at Consultant level
- Awareness of current speciality specific clinical evidence, developments and guidelines
- Experience in supervising junior medical colleagues
Desirable
- Broad experience of medicine across a variety of settings including acute medicine
- Involvement in research projects relating to the specialist area
- Experience of leading and developing education and training
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with license to practice
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP UK or equivalent
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine via one of the following: A. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) B. Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) C. European Community Rights
Desirable
- Higher Medical Degree (MA, MD, MSc, PhD)
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This advert is for Consultant in Palliative Medicine with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Preston, North West, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Palliative Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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