Senior Speciality​/Specialist Grade Doctor

Senior Speciality / Specialist Grade Doctor

Weare looking for an experienced doctor with at least 4 years FTE experience in Palliative Medicine in the UK in NHS / UK Hospice settings (as a distinct specialty,rather than as part of GP experience) who will support the Medical Director inthe provision of high-quality palliative care services at St Lukes Hospice,primarily providing medical support for a 10 bed in-patient unit.

This person will play an important medical role in the delivery of care to inpatients, community and day-patients in collaboration with the Medical Director,medical colleagues and the wider disciplinary team.

Therole also involves participation in training and educational activities as wellas activities relating to maintaining clinical excellence within the service.

St Lukes is an adult hospice based in Winsford thatcares for people in mid and south Cheshire who are suffering from cancer andother life-threatening illnesses. We offer specialist treatment, care, adviceand support to many seriously ill people and their families every year. Were asmall hospice with a big heart whose ethos, values and beliefs are core toeverything we do. If you feel the same way wed love to hear from you.

• Admitting patients to the inpatient unit and providing the medical component of the multidisciplinary assessment and treatment planning
• Providing continuity of medical care on the inpatient unit and day services
• Supporting day care services by consultation and medical assessments of attendees when necessary
• Supporting hospice community services by consultation with the specialist nursing team and patient medical review as appropriate
• Liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team, patients families, community teams, hospital services and other specialist palliative care teams
• Working on the on-call rota and providing out of hours cover to the unit
• To provide high quality specialist palliative care medical advice to health care professional colleagues.
• To participate in the teaching and educational activities of the unit (students, nursing staff, primary health care professionals, patients and families) including the training of junior medical staff on rotation through the centre
• To participate in activities related to maintaining clinical excellence with the centre and clinical governance e.g. audit of clinical practice, implementation of best practice statements.
• To promote an ethos of audit throughout the services and where possible, under the direction of the medical director, contribute to regular clinical and/or service audit

At St Lukes Hospice, our ethos is one of service; being of service to our local people and community is central to all that we do. We believe the most important privilege any person can have is the opportunity to comfort and support ones fellow human beings in their hour of need. This spirit of service at St Lukes extends not only to the patients, but also to family and friends, and we welcome diversity.

The founding members of St Lukes Hospice were driven by the same ideals that inspire us today; to reach out a warm and caring hand to those in need and to help relieve their suffering of mind, spirit or body. The founder of the Hospice movement, the late Dame Cicely Saunders, wanted hospices to remain a beacon of hope with a message of care and community.

St Lukes is a lively and vibrant Hospice that has a very powerful reason to be here.

St Lukes is an incredibly inspiring place to work and volunteer. You will be joining a passionate team, dedicated to delivering care and support to local people and their families.

We all share in the sense of privilege and honour that comes from being involved in a local organisation doing such important work and each day we look for new and innovative ways to make a difference to the wider community.

Each member of staff is highly valued at St Lukes

The post holder will support the Medical Director in the provision of high-quality palliative care

services at the St Lukes Hospice, primarily providing medical support for a 10 bed in-patient unit

The post holder will play an important medical role in the delivery of care to inpatients, community and day-patients in collaboration with medical director, medical colleagues and the wider disciplinary team.

There is the need to cross-cover the Medical Director for periods of annual leave, so that there is a tier 3 senior doctor available for phone advice during the working day, and to cover the medical directors annual leave for out-of-hours advice for second on call, acting as Responsible Clinician for the 6.5 weeks of the year.

A pan-Cheshire second on call rota is at early discussion stages. Participation in this - rather than hospice first on call - is expected along with other senior medical colleagues eg a 1 in 7 on call, and will be appropriately remunerated.

Key Stakeholders:

• Medical director
• Medical team Specialty doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, GP…