Consultant in Specialist Palliative Care - Community

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Main area Medical and Dental Grade NHS Medical & Dental:
Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job
-S8316726

Site MWL Trust
- Community Town Prescot Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 04/12/2026

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This full-time substantive Consultant in Palliative Medicine post is an exciting opportunity to join the motivated and dynamic Community Specialist Palliative Care Team (CSPCT) in St Helens and Knowsley. The main aims of the post are to improve the consistency of consultant cover within the community, increase the capacity for medical domiciliary visits for complex patients, and work strategically with primary care and acute trust services to develop improved pathways of care and reduce avoidable hospital admissions.

The post holder will work within the wider specialist palliative care service (SPS) in St Helens and Knowsley with consultant colleagues working in the community, Whiston Hospital and Willowbrook Hospice.

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

The post is full time (10 PA) with 7.5 DCC (including 1.5 PAs for clinical admin) and 2.5 SPA subject to agreement as below. 1 PA = 4 hours.

WORKING WEEK

LOCATION

TYPE OF WORK

MONDAY

AM

Admissions meeting

Community Clinical Meeting

Domiciliary visits and advice

1.0 DCC

PM

Domiciliary visits and advice

Non-core SPA – primary care and acute trust liaison and education

0.5 DCC

0.5 SPA

TUESDAY

AM

Admissions meeting

Domiciliary visits and advice

1.0 DCC

PM

Outpatient clinic (including 0.25 clinical admin time)

1.0 DCC

WEDNESDAY

AM

Admissions meeting

Clinical advice

Cross boundary MDT meeting and clinical admin

0.5 DCC

0.5 DCC

PM

Core SPA including appraisal and revalidation, CPD, mandatory training, clinical governance activities

1.0 SPA

THURSDAY

AM

Core SPA including appraisal and revalidation, CPD, mandatory training, clinical governance activities

0.5 SPA

0.5 SPA

PM

Domiciliary visits and advice

Clinical admin

0.75 DCC

0.25 DCC

FRIDAY

AM

Admissions meeting

Community Clinical Meeting

Domiciliary visits and advice

1.0 DCC

PM

Domiciliary visits and advice

Clinical Admin.

0.5 DCC

0.5 DCC

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.

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