Consultant in Palliative Medicine x 3 inBradford inBradford PUBLISHED 21 OCT 2024

Band Consultant: £105,504 to £139,882 a year PER ANNUM  PERMANENT 
On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site.

Applications are invited for 3 substantive Consultant in Palliative Medicine posts at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford. We are seeking enthusiastic, experienced individuals to join the well established, consultant led specialist palliative care services in Bradford. The 3 jobs cover three different services: hospital palliative care with an interest in undergraduate medical education, the Marie Curie Hospice inpatient unit with a special interest in MND and an innovative new post leading Marie Curie REACT (responsive emergency assessment and community team) which identifies, reviews and manages patients with acute palliative care needs through a presence in the Emergency Department and an acute palliative medicine virtual ward in the community.

Applications are invited for 3 substantive Consultant in Palliative Medicine posts at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford. We are seeking enthusiastic, experienced individuals to join the well established, consultant led specialist palliative care services in Bradford. The 3 jobs cover three different services: hospital palliative care with an interest in undergraduate medical education, the Marie Curie Hospice inpatient unit with a special interest in MND and an innovative new post leading Marie Curie REACT (responsive emergency assessment and community team) which identifies, reviews and manages patients with acute palliative care needs through a presence in the Emergency Department and an acute palliative medicine virtual ward in the community.

About us

The job plans will be based on the information listed below. The timing of the sessions indicated below may alter. However, the overall composition of the job plan is not expected to change.

A formal job plan meeting will take place no later than 6 months following appointment where the Trust Guidance on SPA allocation will apply.

The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a Consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a Consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It should provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it should include personal objectives including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the Consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives. The provisional job plan is set out below. This will be based on the nationally agreed whole-time contract.


Provisional Assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:



The base contract will be for 10 programmed activities. This will be based on the nationally agreed whole-time contract.


Applicants please state preferences in your application for a specific job plan.

Marie Curie REACT (Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community Team) virtual ward: 6.25 PA


Day


Time

(see notes)


Location


Description of Activity


Categorisation


DCC, SPA, AR, ED*


PAs

Monday

Marie Curie

Community virtual ward patient reviews

DCC

1

1200-1230

MC

lunch

1230-1630

Marie Curie

Community virtual ward patient reviews

DCC

1

Tuesday

Wednesday

MC

Locality MDT/patient admin

(alternate weeks)

DCC

0.25

0900-0930

MC

Consultant meeting (core SPA)

SPA

0.125

0930-1330

MC

Community virtual ward patient reviews

DCC

1

1330-1400

MC

lunch

1400-1600

MC

Clinical service Development

DCC

0.5

Thursday

MC

MDT

DCC

0.375

0930-1230

MC

Virtual Ward patient reviews

DCC

0.75

1230-1300

MC

Lunch

1300-1700

MC

Core SPA

SPA

1

Friday

Agreed scheduled activity to be worked flexibly**







Predictable emergency on-call work

1 in 8

For example; weekend ward round

REACT ED 8-11

weekend

DCC

0.25

Unpredictable emergency on-call work

Variable

On-site, at home, on the telephone and travelling to and from site



DCC

0

Variable

On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site












TOTAL PAs


6.25

*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.

Marie Curie Hospice Inpatient Unit: base contract 7.375 PA + 5% on call availability supplement


Day


Time


Location


Description of activity


Categorisation DCC/SPA/AR/ED*


PAs


Monday

.30

Marie Curie

Patient admin

DCC

0.125

08.30-09.30

MC

Referrals meeting and Board Round

DCC

0.25

09.30-12.30

MC

Ward Round

DCC

0.75

12.30-1300

MC

Lunch

1300-1400

MC

Ward Round/

patient admin

DCC

0.25

1400-1600

MC

Clinical Review Meeting

DCC

0.5

1600-1630

MC

Patient admin

DCC

0.125


Tuesday



08.00-09.00

MC

Patient admin and Referrals meeting

DCC`

0.25

0900-1100

MC

Ward reviews

DCC

0.5

1100-12.30

MC

Core SPA

SPA

0.375

1230-1300

MC

Lunch

1300-1700

MC

Motor Neurone Disease

(Monthly clinic and home visits)

DCC

1


Wednesday

08.00-09.00

MC/Home

Locality MDT/core SPA

(alternate weeks)

DCC/SPA

0.25

09.00-09.30

MC /Home

Consultants Meeting

(Core SPA)

SPA

0.125

0930-1130

MC/Home

Educational Supervision (x 2 trainees)

SPA

0.5


Thursday

MC

Patient admin

DCC

0.125

08.30-09.30

MC

Referrals meeting and Board Round

DCC`

0.25

09.30-12.00

MC

Ward round

DCC

0.625

12.00-12.30

MC

Lunch

12.30-15.30

MC

Ward round

DCC

0.75

15.30-16.30

MC

Patient admin

DCC

0.25


Friday


Saturday


Sunday


Agreed activity to be worked flexibly*


Predictable emergency on-call work

08.00-11.00

(Sat/Sun 1 in 8 rota)

BTHFT ED

REACT ED 8-11 weekend

Predictable second on call work

DCC

DCC

0.25

0.125


Unpredictable emergency on-call work



Variable

At home on the telephone and travelling to and from site


TOTAL Pas


7.375

*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.

BTHFT Hospital Palliative Care Team: base contract 5.625 Pas + 5% on call availability supplement


Day


Time

(see notes)


Location


Description of Activity


Categorisation


DCC, SPA, AR, ED*


PAs

Monday

0900-1

MC/University of Leeds

Undergraduate Medical Education

AR

0.375

Tuesday

Wednesday

BRI

Locality MDT/patient admin

(alternate weeks)

DCC

0.25

0900-0930

BRI

Consultant meeting (core SPA)

SPA

0.125

0930-1330

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

1

1330-1400

BRI

lunch

1400-1600

BRI

Hospital MDT

DCC

0.5

1600-1700

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

0.25

Thursday

0900-1300

BRI/home

Core SPA

SPA

1

Friday

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

1

1200-1230

BRI

lunch

1230-1630

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

1

Agreed scheduled activity to be worked flexibly**







Predictable emergency on-call work

1 in 8

For example; weekend ward round

On call

DCC

0.125

Unpredictable emergency on-call work

Variable

On-site, at home, on the telephone and travelling to and from site



DCC

0

Variable

On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site









TOTAL PAs


5.625

*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.

The Foundation Trust is keen to support newly appointed consultants and the appointee is encouraged to have a mentor. A number of senior colleagues are available for this purpose and the clinical lead will facilitate this once the appointee takes up the post.


3 ON CALL INFORMATION:

The BTHFT hospital palliative care team and Marie Curie Inpatient unit posts contribute to a 1 in 8 category A out of hours on call rota providing specialist advice by telephone (Bradford Districts and Craven). Payment is a 5% banding supplement.

Marie Cure Inpatient unit and Marie Curie Community REACT virtual ward posts contribute to a 1 in 8 weekend 8-11am day shift in the Emergency Department for Marie Curie REACT.


4 BASE HOSPITAL:

Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford and Bradford Royal Infirmary as described above.


5 PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY/ACCOUNTABILITY:

The post-holder is managerially accountable to the Clinical Director and professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer at BTHFT and the Medical Director at Marie Curie Hospice.


6 DEPARTMENT PROFILE:

These are permanent posts; 2 have arisen due to existing employees taking on executive and research roles, Marie Curie REACT virtual ward is a new post. The contract of employment sits with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Three existing consultants rotate between three different services to provide comprehensive specialist palliative medical care to the district: Marie Curie Hospice Bradford, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. There is an expectation that these advertised posts will continue to support this integration of services by being part of this rotation.

Additional non clinical responsibilities such as strategic planning, training of junior staff, acting as hospice Medical Director and quality and safety are divided by negotiation amongst the consultants.

Applications are invited for 3 substantive Consultant in Palliative Medicine posts at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford. We are seeking enthusiastic, experienced individuals to join the well established, consultant led specialist palliative care services in Bradford. The 3 jobs cover three different services: hospital palliative care with an interest in undergraduate medical education, the Marie Curie Hospice inpatient unit with a special interest in MND and an innovative new post leading Marie Curie REACT (responsive emergency assessment and community team) which identifies, reviews and manages patients with acute palliative care needs through a presence in the Emergency Department and an acute palliative medicine virtual ward in the community.

Applications are invited for 3 substantive Consultant in Palliative Medicine posts at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford. We are seeking enthusiastic, experienced individuals to join the well established, consultant led specialist palliative care services in Bradford. The 3 jobs cover three different services: hospital palliative care with an interest in undergraduate medical education, the Marie Curie Hospice inpatient unit with a special interest in MND and an innovative new post leading Marie Curie REACT (responsive emergency assessment and community team) which identifies, reviews and manages patients with acute palliative care needs through a presence in the Emergency Department and an acute palliative medicine virtual ward in the community.

About us

The job plans will be based on the information listed below. The timing of the sessions indicated below may alter. However, the overall composition of the job plan is not expected to change.

A formal job plan meeting will take place no later than 6 months following appointment where the Trust Guidance on SPA allocation will apply.

The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a Consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It should cover all aspects of a Consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It should provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it should include personal objectives including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the Consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives. The provisional job plan is set out below. This will be based on the nationally agreed whole-time contract.


Provisional Assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:



The base contract will be for 10 programmed activities. This will be based on the nationally agreed whole-time contract.


Applicants please state preferences in your application for a specific job plan.

Marie Curie REACT (Responsive Emergency Assessment and Community Team) virtual ward: 6.25 PA


Day


Time

(see notes)


Location


Description of Activity


Categorisation


DCC, SPA, AR, ED*


PAs

Monday

Marie Curie

Community virtual ward patient reviews

DCC

1

1200-1230

MC

lunch

1230-1630

Marie Curie

Community virtual ward patient reviews

DCC

1

Tuesday

Wednesday

MC

Locality MDT/patient admin

(alternate weeks)

DCC

0.25

0900-0930

MC

Consultant meeting (core SPA)

SPA

0.125

0930-1330

MC

Community virtual ward patient reviews

DCC

1

1330-1400

MC

lunch

1400-1600

MC

Clinical service Development

DCC

0.5

Thursday

MC

MDT

DCC

0.375

0930-1230

MC

Virtual Ward patient reviews

DCC

0.75

1230-1300

MC

Lunch

1300-1700

MC

Core SPA

SPA

1

Friday

Agreed scheduled activity to be worked flexibly**







Predictable emergency on-call work

1 in 8

For example; weekend ward round

REACT ED 8-11

weekend

DCC

0.25

Unpredictable emergency on-call work

Variable

On-site, at home, on the telephone and travelling to and from site



DCC

0

Variable

On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site












TOTAL PAs


6.25

*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.

Marie Curie Hospice Inpatient Unit: base contract 7.375 PA + 5% on call availability supplement


Day


Time


Location


Description of activity


Categorisation DCC/SPA/AR/ED*


PAs


Monday

.30

Marie Curie

Patient admin

DCC

0.125

08.30-09.30

MC

Referrals meeting and Board Round

DCC

0.25

09.30-12.30

MC

Ward Round

DCC

0.75

12.30-1300

MC

Lunch

1300-1400

MC

Ward Round/

patient admin

DCC

0.25

1400-1600

MC

Clinical Review Meeting

DCC

0.5

1600-1630

MC

Patient admin

DCC

0.125


Tuesday



08.00-09.00

MC

Patient admin and Referrals meeting

DCC`

0.25

0900-1100

MC

Ward reviews

DCC

0.5

1100-12.30

MC

Core SPA

SPA

0.375

1230-1300

MC

Lunch

1300-1700

MC

Motor Neurone Disease

(Monthly clinic and home visits)

DCC

1


Wednesday

08.00-09.00

MC/Home

Locality MDT/core SPA

(alternate weeks)

DCC/SPA

0.25

09.00-09.30

MC /Home

Consultants Meeting

(Core SPA)

SPA

0.125

0930-1130

MC/Home

Educational Supervision (x 2 trainees)

SPA

0.5


Thursday

MC

Patient admin

DCC

0.125

08.30-09.30

MC

Referrals meeting and Board Round

DCC`

0.25

09.30-12.00

MC

Ward round

DCC

0.625

12.00-12.30

MC

Lunch

12.30-15.30

MC

Ward round

DCC

0.75

15.30-16.30

MC

Patient admin

DCC

0.25


Friday


Saturday


Sunday


Agreed activity to be worked flexibly*


Predictable emergency on-call work

08.00-11.00

(Sat/Sun 1 in 8 rota)

BTHFT ED

REACT ED 8-11 weekend

Predictable second on call work

DCC

DCC

0.25

0.125


Unpredictable emergency on-call work



Variable

At home on the telephone and travelling to and from site


TOTAL Pas


7.375

*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.

BTHFT Hospital Palliative Care Team: base contract 5.625 Pas + 5% on call availability supplement


Day


Time

(see notes)


Location


Description of Activity


Categorisation


DCC, SPA, AR, ED*


PAs

Monday

0900-1

MC/University of Leeds

Undergraduate Medical Education

AR

0.375

Tuesday

Wednesday

BRI

Locality MDT/patient admin

(alternate weeks)

DCC

0.25

0900-0930

BRI

Consultant meeting (core SPA)

SPA

0.125

0930-1330

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

1

1330-1400

BRI

lunch

1400-1600

BRI

Hospital MDT

DCC

0.5

1600-1700

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

0.25

Thursday

0900-1300

BRI/home

Core SPA

SPA

1

Friday

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

1

1200-1230

BRI

lunch

1230-1630

BRI

Ward reviews

DCC

1

Agreed scheduled activity to be worked flexibly**







Predictable emergency on-call work

1 in 8

For example; weekend ward round

On call

DCC

0.125

Unpredictable emergency on-call work

Variable

On-site, at home, on the telephone and travelling to and from site



DCC

0

Variable

On-site, at home on the telephone and travelling to and from site









TOTAL PAs


5.625

*Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract.

The Foundation Trust is keen to support newly appointed consultants and the appointee is encouraged to have a mentor. A number of senior colleagues are available for this purpose and the clinical lead will facilitate this once the appointee takes up the post.


3 ON CALL INFORMATION:

The BTHFT hospital palliative care team and Marie Curie Inpatient unit posts contribute to a 1 in 8 category A out of hours on call rota providing specialist advice by telephone (Bradford Districts and Craven). Payment is a 5% banding supplement.

Marie Cure Inpatient unit and Marie Curie Community REACT virtual ward posts contribute to a 1 in 8 weekend 8-11am day shift in the Emergency Department for Marie Curie REACT.


4 BASE HOSPITAL:

Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford and Bradford Royal Infirmary as described above.


5 PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY/ACCOUNTABILITY:

The post-holder is managerially accountable to the Clinical Director and professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer at BTHFT and the Medical Director at Marie Curie Hospice.


6 DEPARTMENT PROFILE:

These are permanent posts; 2 have arisen due to existing employees taking on executive and research roles, Marie Curie REACT virtual ward is a new post. The contract of employment sits with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Three existing consultants rotate between three different services to provide comprehensive specialist palliative medical care to the district: Marie Curie Hospice Bradford, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. There is an expectation that these advertised posts will continue to support this integration of services by being part of this rotation.

Additional non clinical responsibilities such as strategic planning, training of junior staff, acting as hospice Medical Director and quality and safety are divided by negotiation amongst the consultants.

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