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Consultant in Palliative Medicine x 3 with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bradford
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 0800-1200 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 0800-0900 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 0800-0930 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 0800 -08.30 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 0800- 0830 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 0900-1030 MC/University of Leeds Undergraduate Medical Education AR 0.375 Tuesday Wednesday 0800-0900 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 0800-1200 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.