Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Job overview

Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so, we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

This is a locum post for initially 3 months to join a complement of six Consultants, and a number of resident medical staff responsible for the provision of Specialist Palliative Medicine services to the Health Board.

The post will be based at Singleton Hospital which is home to the South West Wales Cancer Centre, haematology inpatient care and general medical beds. Following the Acute Medical Service redesign project in Swansea Bay Singleton hospital will become a centre of excellence for cancer care. The post holder will be the lead Palliative Medicine doctor for Singleton hospital with medical and CNS support on a daily basis. Regular Palliative Medicine Consultant support will be available in Singleton also, alongside support from other specialities. The post will be part of the wider Swansea Bay Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with Consultant colleagues to provide high‑quality specialist palliative care across Swansea Bay University Health Board, delivering clinical input primarily within the specialist hospital team while contributing to the consultant on‑call rota, offering expert telephone advice, and supporting first‑on‑call junior and middle‑grade doctors. They will collaborate with hospital and community teams to optimise symptom management, rehabilitation, and end‑of‑life care, while also engaging with voluntary sector partners to enhance patient support. A significant educational role includes teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate learners, acting as an Educational Supervisor, contributing to Swansea and Cardiff university teaching programmes, and supporting the training of Wales’s large cohort of higher trainees in palliative medicine. The post holder will actively participate in clinical audit, quality improvement, clinical governance meetings, and All‑Wales palliative care groups, helping develop care pathways, guidelines, and research activity. They will also contribute to the effective management of the service by supporting the Clinical Director and directorate team, working within financial and operational constraints, ensuring appropriate organisation of medical staff, adhering to Health Board policies, and participating fully in appraisal, revalidation, and ongoing continuing professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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