Specialist Palliative Care Consultant

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Specialist Palliative Care Consultant

The closing date is 03 April 2026

This post is for a Consultant in Palliative Medicine. This is a new 4‑session role, working alongside the current full‑time (soon to be 0.6 FTE) Clinical Lead for PEOLC in Whiston / MWL.

It is a key leadership role with joint responsibility for the strategic and clinical care in MWL around PEOLC. The post holder will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and patient‑centred specialist palliative care, while also contributing to clinical governance, education and service development. They will work in collaboration with the workforce in the other areas of MWL, and with the local Hospices and Community SPC Teams.

The post is wholly based within MWL with the contract held by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Terms and Conditions are those of the NHS.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and to be on the Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine via CCT or CESR route, or to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview.

Please note, the AAC for this position will be held on Monday 18th May 2026.

For a full‑time job (4 PA). 3 Direct Clinical Care DCC and 1 Supporting PA SPA subject to agreement as below. 1

DCC = 4 hours and includes time allocated for clinical administration tasks.

Timetable of Fixed Sessions - subject to agreement with Hospital Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Director for Specialist Palliative Care.

The job plan is indicative and management, leadership, educational and clinical responsibilities can vary week to week.

• MON:
  • AM:
    Clinical Handover, MDT, Ward Round, Clinical Reviews
  • PM: SPA (incl ES/CS supervision), (Video/Telephone) OPD 2‑5pm, SPA, Clinical Reviews, End of Life Steering Group
• TUE:
  • AM:
    Clinical Handover, MDT, Ward Round, Clinical Reviews
  • PM: SPA (incl ES/CS supervision), (Video/Telephone) OPD 2‑5pm, SPA, Clinical Reviews, End of Life Steering Group
• WED:
  • AM:
    Clinical Handover, MDT, Ward Round, Clinical Reviews
  • PM: SPA (incl ES/CS supervision), (Video/Telephone) OPD 2‑5pm, SPA, Clinical Reviews, End of Life Steering Group
• THU:
  • AM:
    Clinical Handover, MDT, Ward Round, Clinical Reviews
  • PM: SPA (incl ES/CS supervision), (Video/Telephone) OPD 2‑5pm, SPA, Clinical Reviews, End of Life Steering Group
• FRI:
  • AM:
    Clinical Handover, MDT, Ward Round, Clinical Reviews
  • PM: SPA (incl ES/CS supervision), (Video/Telephone) OPD 2‑5pm, SPA, Clinical Reviews, End of Life Steering Group

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

• Acute Care – Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
• Primary Care – Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
• Community Services – Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
• Specialist Regional Services – We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.