Hospice Doctor

Hospice Doctor

Bank Contracts

Location
- Saint Michaels, Harrogate

Hours:

- - one weekday night per week and approximately every 5 to 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 Michaels 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 Michaels 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 Michaels Hospice in Harrogate. This role is key to enabling the delivery of the existing specialist palliative care service in the area.

Role Overview

Non-resident out-of-hours medical cover: one weekday night per week and approximately every 56 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

Our values:

• 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

Living out our values

Our behaviour framework puts our values in the context of our everyday work. See what this includes atsaintmichaelshospice.org/behaviour-framework

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our communities.

We believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind. Our safer recruitment and safeguarding processes help protect those accessing our services, please see our safeguarding statement on our website:https://saintmichaelshospice.org/safeguarding-statement/

If you require any support or adjustments to be able to apply for this role, please let us know by emailing people@saintmichaelshospice.org.

We will need to complete satisfactory pre-employment checks before appointing you. These include but are not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. We will cover the cost of these.

Hospice Doctor

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Job Description

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just B, Saint Michaels Hospice and Talking Spaces.

Saint Michael's Hospice is an established independent voluntary sector provider of a range of specialist and general palliative care services including a 10 bedded specialist palliative care inpatient unit. It also provides @Home care; HCA care for patients with fast track funding in the community, lymphoedema clinics, bereavement services for children and young…