Specialty Doctor in Palliative Medicine inRotherham inRotherham PUBLISHED MON 23 DEC 2024

An opportunity has arisen to join the Palliative Medicine Team in Rotherham who provide Palliative Medicine support across all settings, Hospice, Hospital and Community. The role will be primarily based at Rotherham hospice on the hospice ward, but flexibility to work in the community and with colleagues at Rotherham Hospital is a necessity.

Excellent communication skills are required for supporting our service users and for working with a variety of Healthcare Professionals.

Time keeping and managing a case load is important and having experience of prioritising jobs is crucial.

Delegation will be important to know when other members of the team can support a patient such as the Clinical Nurse Specialists

The applicant needs to be approachable and able to work well as part of a team but also to work autonomously at times.

Having experience of working on a hospice ward may be beneficial to appreciate some of the challenges it brings but is not essential.

The successful candidate will be part of the non-resident medical on call rota along with working weekends on the Hospice inpatient unit. Consultant support is available.

You will be expected to participate and facilitate the morning handover and support nursing colleagues with advice when required. You will lead the ward rounds on the days when there is no consultant ward round.

You will be a part of the weekly Ward MDT and will chair the meeting in the absence of a consultant.

You will use System one and be proactive in updating other healthcare professionals involved in a patients care.

You will support the clinical nurse specialists in Palliative Medicine and joint assessments may be undertaken.

You will provide some support and education to the medical students and GP Trainees who rotate into the team.

The role will be flexible at times to cover for absence or leave, ensuring that cover is maintained on the inpatient unit.

You will support with providing advice to healthcare professionals and patients who use our adviceline.

About us

The Department

Rotherham Hospice

Rotherham Hospice is an independent hospice located about one mile from Rotherham General Hospital

It has 14 inpatient beds, a Day Hospice and community team comprising of Clinical Nurse Specialists and Hospice at Home Team that is available 24 hours a day.

Palliative Medicine

Palliative Medicine is part of Corporate Services. Currently the Palliative Medicine Team is employed by TRFT but funded via a Service Level Agreement with Rotherham Hospice.

The Post

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with Rotherham Hospice has 0.9 WTE maternity leave cover for 1 year, post available in Palliative Medicine. This post is at speciality doctor level and the successful candidate will participate in clinical work in Palliative Medicine, across Rotherham (hospital, hospice, and community) and will be based at Rotherham Hospice.

The successful applicant will be provided with supported induction into the NHS and the Trust and become a part of the clinical teams, where they will also be supported with their learning and personal development.

These posts are not approved by the Postgraduate Dean or the Royal College of Physicians for training, but the Trust recognises that individuals in these posts will need support and will provide access to teaching and learning resources within the Trust, for example clinical skills training, departmental teaching, multi-professional team training, e-learning and consultant feedback.