Locum Consultant Palliative Care x 2

Job overview

The Specialist Palliative Care Team at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity to join their team as they are seeking to appoint two Locum Specialist Palliative Care Consultants with a focus on inpatient work as well as supporting the Community Service. The successful candidate will join a clinical team of 2 Consultant Colleagues, 1 WTE Band 8a Practice Development Nurse, 7.2 WTE Band 7 Specialist Nurses and 2 WTE Band 6 Specialist Nurses cross site.

The Specialist Palliative Care Team are based at both Luton and Dunstable Hospital and Bedford Hospital and support patients across the hospital sites, visiting patients on the wards when required. The post holder will provide consultant advice in palliative care to specialist nurses, specialty doctors, GPs, consultant colleagues in other specialties and other health care professionals within the hospital and community as required. The Specialist Palliative Care Team at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust work closely with all hospice services within the area.

Bedfordshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is an anchor organisation in the BLMK Integrated Care System. The Bedfordshire Care Alliance (BCA) is a collaborative of health and care providers working across the county of Bedfordshire to reduce inequalities and drive up improvements in population health outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• Provision with Consultant colleagues of a service to Luton and Dunstable Hospital/Bedford Hospital with responsibility for providing and advising on Palliative Care within the hospital
• To work with the Palliative Care team and wider team on Trust wide development of the palliative pathways
• To support the Community Teams and the wider system through regular board rounds and virtual ward

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To take part in research and education and looking at new ways to teach End of Life Care.
• Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences
• Any responsibility, which relates to a special interest
• Participating in medical audit, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
• The post holder must at all times carry out his/her duties with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy
• It is the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• It is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work
• All staff who have access to or transfer data are responsible for that data and must respect confidentiality and comply with the requirement of the Data Protection Act 1998, in line with the Trust’s policies.
• The post-holder is responsible for data quality and complying with the policies, procedures and accountability arrangements throughout the Trust for maintaining accuracy and probity in the recording of the Trust’s activities.
• (Staff is required to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information of Act 2000 in line with Trust Policy.
• Any other duties, which may be required from time to time.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.