Hospice Doctor

Bank Contract

Location:

Saint Michael’s, Harrogate

Hours:

one weekday night per week and approximately every 5–6 weekends

Salary: £129.85 Weekdays (Mon-Thurs 5pm to 8am), £779.12 Weekends (Fri-Mon 5 pm to 8am inc WR Sat/Sun), additional hours paid at the rate of £29.44 per hour.

Brand:
Saint Michael’s Hospice

Closing date:
Wednesday 21st October 2026 (the advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications)

Do you want to be part of an organisation that makes a real difference to our local communities? Our family of services including Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice provide vital support to people when they need it most. Our vision is of a community where everyone gets the care they need, want and deserve You can help make that a reality.

We are an independent charity powered by local communities. Every day, we help to improve quality of life for people living with terminal illness, bereavement and mental health concerns, because our belief is that no one should suffer. Our incredible teams work together to make this happen.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed doctor to provide essential out-of-hours medical support for patients and staff at Saint Michael’s Hospice in Harrogate. This role is key to enabling the delivery of the existing specialist palliative care service in the area.

• Non-resident out-of-hours medical cover: one weekday night per week and approximately every 5–6 weekends
• Face-to-face assessment and review of inpatients
• Admission of new patients and ongoing management of existing patients
• Communication with relatives and the wider multidisciplinary team, including allied health professionals

• Medical degree with GMC registration
• Minimum of 2 years post-GMC registration experience (CT1equivalent grade or above)
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Able to prioritise workload and perform under pressure
• Interest in palliative care

• Previous palliative care experience
• Formal palliative care qualifications

We are looking for an individual who is:

• Compassionate, kind, and empathic
• Honest, trustworthy, and committed to providing high-quality specialist care
• Able to work autonomously when required
• Motivated, hardworking, and collaborative

• We put people first in all that we do, which includes our own team
• Wellbeing and resilience support with a dedicated team by your side
• Flexible and hybrid working for many roles
• A supportive and caring environment
• Opportunities to grow, develop and progress, with culture of lifelong learning

• We put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do
• We are caring and compassionate
• We are personal and supportive in our approach
• We engage positively
• We are responsive
• We are driven to do better
• We are fair
• We are professional
• We work collaboratively
• We are accountable

• Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes at saintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework
• We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we collect and monitor EDI data of applicants to help us ensure that our policies and procedures are effective in promoting equality. The information you provide in the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion section of the application form will have no bearing on your application, it is only used for diversity monitoring and is not visible to hiring managers.
• We believe that children, young people and adults should…