# Palliative Care Speciality > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/palliative-care-speciality/8e5e6010-7d65-4c1d-83c8-98ebcada436b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/palliative-care-speciality/8e5e6010-7d65-4c1d-83c8-98ebcada436b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Infinity House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Salary:** £104,401 - £115,341 pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Until November 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Other, 10 sessions per week (n/a) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-11T08:50:44.735Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/crewe/Mid_Cheshire_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Doctor_End_Life_Palliative_Care/Specialist_Doctor_End_Life_Palliative_Care-v8053031 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8053031?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for a 12 month fixed term Specialist Doctor post in Palliative Care, covering maternity leave. The successful candidate will be a clinical expert in end of life care, working autonomously as a senior non-Consultant within the Specialist Palliative Care Service. They will conduct independent patient visits, formulate management plans, and manage the full range of presentations, while recognising their limits and adhering to the national Specialist grade capabilities framework. Working as part of an established and growing specialist palliative team to provide expert and compassionate care across Community, Hospice and Hospital you will be joining at an exciting time to develop and shape the specialist palliative care service within central Cheshire. Applicants must have full registration with the GMC including a License to Practice. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will manage a defined caseload and client group, providing highly specialised information to patients and staff, evaluating existing care and providing innovative and novel models of care. Their scope will include care assessment, intervention, evaluation, investigation and the development of new knowledge; especially within the areas where no precedent exists in order to enhance and advance services and health direction. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Working alongside the wider palliative care medical workforce, they will provide integrated expert care across hospital, community, and hospice settings, complementing the existing Community Specialist Palliative Care Nursing Team and contributing to a weekly multi-professional coordination meeting. The post holder will maintain clinical excellence through audit, quality improvement, research, and CPD, while developing strong working relationships across all sectors to ensure seamless end of life care. The post holder will support operational management, service development and people management for Specialist Palliative Care teams and is a part of the directorate triumvirate team and will be jointly accountable for developing the longer term strategic direction of the specialist palliative care service in partnership with the Clinical Director and Service manager; having delegated responsibility from the service manager for day to day operational management of service. ### 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 ### Research **Essential** - Appreciation of the significance and use of research - Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems **Desirable** - Publications and presentations - Experience of research methodology, and how to critically analyse data - Evidence of having undertaken original research ### Training **Essential** - Considerable experience in end of life care and advanced care planning - Basic Life support **Desirable** - Advanced communication skills training Leadership development training ### Communication **Essential** - Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients, their carer and relatives and with colleagues of all disciplines - Understanding of leadership role and principles ### Teaching and CPD **Essential** - Experience of teaching/mentoring for different groups - Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development **Desirable** - Recognition as clinical supervisor - Formal teaching qualification ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively - Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure - An enquiring and critical approach to work - Caring attitude to patients - Ability to motivate and develop ### Quality Improvement **Essential** - Knowledge, interest and commitment to quality improvement - Active engagement with clinical audit - An awareness of current subspecialty developments, initiatives, and issues **Desirable** - Completion of audit or quality improvement project ### Professional Values and Behaviours **Essential** - Participation in annual appraisal - Professional values / behaviours as per in GMC Good Medical Practice - Consistent engagement with mandatory training **Desirable** - Recent multi-source feedback - Evidence of reflection on own practice - Logbook of clinical practice ### Professional Qualifications and Experience **Essential** - Full Registration with the GMC and a Licence to Practise. - Primary Medical Degree - Shall have completed a minimum of 12 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted - Shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework. https://www.nhsemployers.org/sites/defaul t/files/2021-06/sas-paper-2-specialistgrade-generic-capabilities-framework- 2021.pdf - Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of palliative care patients - Ability to work autonomously within practice framework **Desirable** - Additional higher degrees relevant to this post - Other postgraduate qualification e.g. MD, PhD ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 305.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10528616) - [welcome to mchft (pdf, 654.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2009) - [continuous improvement (pdf, 292.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2680) - [an applicant's guide to trust benefits (pdf, 296.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2010) - [guide to recruitment process & timescales (pdf, 237.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2011) ## 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.