Specialist Palliative Care Consultant

Job summary

This post is for a new Consultant in Palliative Medicine. This is a new 10 session role, working alongside the current 0.6 FTE Clinical Lead for PEOLC in Whiston/MWL. The FT lead took partial retirement in February 2026 hence these the existing 6 session post. 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 due to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview.

This is a 10 PA Full time post. 1

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

The job plan is indicative and management, leadership, educational and clinical responsibilities can vary week to week. 10 sessions - 7.5 DCC/ 2.5 SPA MON
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DCC Clinical Handover MDT Ward Round Clinical Reviews DCC Clinical Handover Clinical reviews DCC Clinical Handover MDT Ward Round Clinical Reviews DCC Clinical Handover Clinical reviews 0.5 DCC Clinical Handover MDT Clinical Reviews 0.5 SPA
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DCC Outpatient Clinic (Face to face and Telephone DCC Outpatient Clinic (Face to face and Telephone SPA 1.0 (including ES/CS supervision)
DCC Outpatient Clinic (Face to face and Telephone 1.0 SPA End of Life Steering Group(Monthly)

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.

Date posted 10 September 2026 Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff Grade Consultant Salary £109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum, pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 409-S8245178 Job locations Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, L35 5DR
, United Kingdom

On Call The job plan includes a 1:8 non-resident senior on call responsibility (weekday and weekend) which attracts an 5% availability supplement. This provides primarily telephone support to specialty grade doctors for the Hospice in-patient unit, and the Community and Hospital Services via the 24-Hour Advice Line. Should the post holder be required to attend any site they will be compensated with time off in lieu.

The locality is seeking to increase the number of consultants for community and hospital services, and this may result in a…