# Consultant - Palliative Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-palliative-care/2a622800-f1e1-44bf-862f-e40541da299e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-palliative-care/2a622800-f1e1-44bf-862f-e40541da299e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** University Hospital of North Tees - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Palliative Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 8 sessions per week (on calls) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-22T14:20:39.159Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Durham/Stockton_on_Tees/North_Tees_Hartlepool_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Palliative_Care/Palliative_Care-v8347725 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8347725?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of North Tees and Hartlepool (NTUH) fully integrated Palliative Care team across hospital community and hospice settings as required. This post will involve a minimum of 1.5 sessions per week of regular hospice clinical work. This maybe in either one of two local hospices: Alice House Hospice in Hartlepool or Butterwick Hospice in Stockton (9 and 8 bedded adult inpatient units respectively). Hospital and community clinical work will involve face to face and non-face to face patient reviews, as well as advising and supporting the palliative care team and wider healthcare teams with clinical management of patients. On call duties are in the mainstay non-resident, taking advice calls from hospital, community and hospice settings, as part of University Hospital Tees (UHT) wide consultant rota. There is an expectation that consultants will attend to review patients face to face in a hospice setting out of hours if required to support a doctor in training in exceptional circumstances. Consultants on call are expected to be within 2 hours travel time from the hospices covered on call (located in Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Stockton). ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be welcomed to join our dynamic integrated palliative care service at North Tees and Hartlepool (NTH) providing input into community, hospital and hospice settings. Base and clinical settings primarily based with the North Tees and Hartlepool integrated palliative care team at the University Hospital of North Tees. - Expected to work flexibly across hospital, community and hospice settings according to clinical need. - A minimum average of 1.5 sessions per week in a hospice is an essential requirement of the post. - Regular hospice work will be undertaken at either Butterwick Hospice, Stockton or Alice House Hospice, Hartlepool. - Butterwick Hospice is immediately adjacent to the University Hospital of North Tees. Alice House Hospice is located a 25-minute drive away in Hartlepool and includes a satellite office for the hospital and community team within. Consultant team The appointee joins a wider group of 10 Palliative Medicine consultants across University Hospitals Tees (a geographical area that covers: North Tees and Hartepool; Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland; and Hambleton and Richmondshire). - They will primarily work alongside five other consultants, forming a local group of six supporting NTH. - NTH Consultants collectively ensure appropriate senior medical support across community, hospital and hospice services. - Consultant cover for UHT wide services may be required at times of clinical need ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Further details and information are available on the attached job description and person specification. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full registration with GMC and licence to practice (or eligible for) and meets requirements of the 'GMCs Good Medical Practice' - CCST/CCT in Palliative Medicine (or within six months of obtaining CCST/CCT at the time of interview) or on GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine **Desirable** - postgraduate qualification in Palliative Medicine ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Evidence of continuing medical education , Understands clinical risk management, General training to specialist level **Desirable** - Experience in clinical audit, research and teaching, Experience in related medical specialties (eg: Oncology, respiratory, neurology, Care of Elderly etc) ### Management and Administrative Experience **Essential** - Willingness to participate in management duties and activities within the NHS and hospice, Previous involvement in service development Good organisational skills with a willingness to lead in developing/managing clinical service **Desirable** - Staff management (appraisal, dealing with poor performance, coaching, motivating. Computing skills, Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the organisation of independent palliative services ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 717.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1774) - [job description - uht (pdf, 288.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10686936) - [making every contact count (pdf, 756.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2986) - [nthft guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2987) ## 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.