Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site AUH Town Liverpool Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/01/2026 23:59
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
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Job overview
We are seeking to a 0.6WTE Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join an enthusiastic and committed team providing support to patients within Liverpool and South Sefton. We are seeking highly motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to support the development and delivery of our newly integrated services across the city.
The services across Liverpool have undergone complete transformation following the merger of Aintree and the Royal Liverpool hospitals, the transfer of clinical services from Woodlands Hospice into LUHFT, and the local re-modelling of palliative care services in 2020 to form the Integrated Mersey Palliative Care Team (IMPaCT).
IMPaCT provides a fully integrated holistic palliative care service across the city, in collaboration with our partners at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool and Woodlands Hospice, with a single point of access and referral into services for patients, carers and health care professionals.
The post holder will be employed by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will primarily support the delivery of in-patient and ambulatory services based at Woodlands Hospice, including the new IMPaCT virtual ward.
Applicants are required to be on the Specialist Register and have their CCT in Palliative Medicine or be within six months of obtaining it by the interview date. Full Registration and Licensing with the GMC is essential.
Main duties of the job
The appointee, together with his or her colleagues will have a commitment to the provision of consultant medical cover within the Integrated Palliative Care medical team across the sites. The post includes 6 Programmed activities (PAs) and the main commitments of this post in the first year (subject to annualised job planning) are proposed as follows:
· support to the in-patient unit at Woodlands Hospice
· support to the ambulatory/ out-patient services within the IMPaCT North service based at Woodlands Hospice, including the virtual ward
The post holder will be expected to provide cross cover support to other services when required and undertake community visits where necessary to promote continuity of care for patients.
It is expected that the appointee will participate in the current second on call medical rota for weeknights (5pm – 9am) and weekends (5pm Friday to 9am Monday), covering the North Liverpool/ South Sefton locality, which includes the Woodlands hospice inpatient unit, the virtual ward, Aintree hospital and the 24-hour IMPaCT North advice line, currently on a 1:8 basis. This post has a commitment of 0.5PA (1.5hrs) per day at weekends to support the virtual ward remotely, with compensatory TOIL of 1PA to be taken the week after the on call.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the position and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MB ChB (or equivalent)
* MBBS (or equivalent)
* Higher degree such as MSC, MD or PhD
* Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
Registration
* Full registration with the GMC and licence to practise (or eligible for)
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine via CCT (or proposed CCT date within 6 months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights
Knowledge and skills
* Broad experience in management of palliative care patients in all settings
* Evidence of continuing medical education.
* Advanced Communication Skills
* Demonstrates clinical judgement based on evidence based practice
* Previous clinical experience at consultant level
Teaching & training
* Evidence of delivery of palliative care and communication skills education to undergraduate and postgraduate students from a multi-disciplinary background.
* Teaching qualification eg PGCE
* Attendance at Train the Trainer or similar course
* Evidence of training in appraisal/ educational supervision
Clinical Governance & Audit
* Understanding of NHS management structures and the principles of Clinical Governance
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
* Ability to assess, contain and manage clinical risk and support other colleagues in doing the same
* Thorough understanding of the principles of clinical audit
* Publication of audit results
Management and Leadership
* Demonstrate an understanding of the management and financial challenges within an NHS Foundation Trust and the charitable sector
* Experience of implementing service change to enhance the quality of patient care
* Ability to think strategically about the wider needs of patients and the service
* Ability to support junior medical staff, act as a role model and respond appropriately to any concerns
* Ability to provide consultant level leadership within the MDT
* Able to demonstrate a collaborative and inclusive approach to management and clinical leadership
* Management course in NHS and voluntary sector
Research
* Understanding principles of research
* Evidence of enthusiasm for involvement in researchProven track record in research including success in obtaining funding and publication
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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