Overgate is the Hospice that serves the people of Calderdale and was founded in 1981 It has grown since then to provide specialist palliative care to twelve inpatient beds (one of which is a booked respite bed for patients with specialist palliative care needs) and day hospice services both within the hospice and at hubs throughout Calderdale. The Hospice also provides bereavement care and counselling, specialist palliative care social work services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, complementary therapies, chaplaincy services, diversional therapies and a 24-hour advice line for professionals. Our aspirations include development of services to support patients in their own homes, and we have a team of Specialist Palliative Care Community Educators to support primary care professionals in the palliative care they deliver; this will strengthen our good relationship with local primary care services. In 2024 ground will be broken to start the building of a new purpose built sixteen bedded single room occupancy hospice within the grounds of the current hospice
CHfTs Medical Director provides Overgate Hospice with its Responsible Officer for Revalidation. Overgates patients have access to diagnostic services at CHfT and doctors have access to the trust intranet, including diagnostics results services, and electronic patient record (EPR) systems including CHfTs EPR, SystmOne, PPM (the local oncology electronic record) and PASWEB (where patients results can be accessed)
Main duties of the job
To provide medical care toinpatients at Overgate Hospice, alongside the multi-professional team.
To provide medical input to DayHospice patients at Overgate Hospice, with good independent decision-makingskills.
To provide support to primarycare teams and other professionals.
To support and advise anymedical colleagues & students who are more junior/less experienced inpalliative medicine.
To participate in thenon-resident on-call rota.
To maintain and administermedical records as per Hospice policy.
To ensure confidentiality ofinformation is always preserved, whether at, or away from work.
To be involved in audit,research, and service development programmes as appropriate.
To participate actively inmulti-professional discussions and meetings.
To help ensure that the highstandard of medical care and support for carers and families at the Hospice ismaintained.
To work closely with the Medical Director and Associate Specialist, to ensure provision of medical input throughout the Hospice.
To maintain standards and quality of care throughout the services delivered by the Hospice, by participating in standard setting and audit, attending relevant meetings, and contributing to Hospice policies, procedures, and guidelines.
To support the development of clinical governance, including a commitment to clinical audit, risk management, staff development, peer review and appraisal within the Hospice governance framework.
About us
Overgate Hospice is an independent charity with a mission to ensure that patients and those close to them live with the best possible quality of life. This is enabled by provision of the highest standard of compassionate and evidence-based specialist palliative and end of life care for adults in Calderdale who have active, progressive life limiting illness.
However, the current constraints of our ageing facilities are making this more difficult than ever. Our ambitious redevelopment plans will modernise and expand our existing facilities to transform the environment in which we care for our patients, as well as meaning we can care for more people who need us. In April 2024, Overgate Hospice launched a capital appeal, the Big Build Appeal, to raise the funds needed to make these transformational plans become a reality.
Job responsibilities
Hospice Doctor
Fixed Term Contract 6 12 months
£95.48 per 4-hour daytime session
£95.48 per on-call session (48 hours at the weekend = 6 sessions)
24 hours (daytime work) per week = 6 sessions (i.e. 3 days/week)
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 8.30am-5pm)
AND 1 in 5 weeknights and weekends on-call
Fixed term contract 6-12 months
Half a weekday (4 hours) = 1 daytime session
Weeknight non-resident on call -1 on-call session
24 hours non-resident on call at a weekend
3 on-call sessions
A contribution towards medical indemnity fees will be made
by the Hospice
NHS pensions can be continued but not started in this role
Annual Leave entitlement is six weeks (pro rata)
In addition, there is an entitlement to ten public and bank holidays (pro-rata)
All employees benefit from an additional 1-day Birthday Leave taken on or close to their birthday
Employer is Overgate Hospice (not an NHS trust)
Responsible to Dr Rachel Sheils, Medical Director (Consultant in Palliative Medicine)
Accountable to Tracey Wilcocks, Chief Executive
Supervised by Dr Rhona Parrish (Associate Specialist)
Applications utilising AI are strongly discouraged
Job Summary
Minimum Qualifications / Experience Required
Full registration with the GMC and a licence to practice are essential prior to applying.
As a charity, the Hospice, does not provide sponsorship
As a minimum, completion of Foundation Years training is essential.
Hospice medicine requires excellence in both written and spoken English language.
Key Working Relationships
Medical Director
Associate Specialist (line manager)
Director of Clinical Services, and Deputy Director of Clinical Services
Medical Team
Nursing Teams in Day Hospice and Inpatient Unit
Patient and Family Support Team
Community and Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Teams
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
To provide medical care to inpatients at Overgate Hospice, alongside the multi-professional team.
To provide medical input to Day Hospice patients at Overgate Hospice, with good independent decision-making skills.
To provide support to primary care teams and other professionals.
To support and advise any medical colleagues & students who are more junior/less experienced in palliative medicine.
To participate in the non-resident on-call rota.
To maintain and administer medical records as per Hospice policy.
To ensure confidentiality of information is always preserved, whether at, or away from work.
To be involved in audit, research, and service development programmes as appropriate.
To participate actively in multi-professional discussions and meetings.
To help ensure that the high standard of medical care and support for carers and families at the Hospice is maintained.
Professional/Management
To work closely with the Medical Director and Associate Specialist, to ensure provision of medical input throughout the Hospice.
To maintain standards and quality of care throughout the services delivered by the Hospice, by participating in standard setting and audit, attending relevant meetings, and contributing to Hospice policies, procedures, and guidelines.
To support the development of clinical governance, including a commitment to clinical audit, risk management, staff development, peer review and appraisal within the Hospice governance framework.
Education
To participate in the appraisal system of medical staff at the Hospice.
To participate in in-house education sessions (attending and delivering) and attend external study days as appropriate.
Additional Information
The post-holder must participate in the on-call rota. The on-call commitment is to Overgate Hospice Inpatient Unit. When on-call, the post-holder will have consultant support by telephone. On call is currently 1 in 5 and is non-resident. At the weekend, the on-call doctor is expected to complete a ward round and assess any admissions, then continue to be available but non-resident.
Please see page 1 for details of on-call hours.
Prospective Cover
Doctors provide prospective cover for each others leave. Additional weekday and on-call sessions worked to back-fill someone elses leave attracts sessional payment at the usual rate.
This post will provide adequate medical staffing levels such that Hospice Doctors will have allocated non-clinical time to contribute to indirect care (for example, via audit, policies, procedures, guidelines, teaching, governance).
Study & Training
The Hospice is committed to continuous professional development and will grant appropriate study leave with funding for this purpose whenever possible.
There is a post-graduate medical education centre with excellent facilities at Calderdale Royal Hospital. Multi-disciplinary education is also available at the Hospice.
Articles from the main palliative medicine journals are available via Calderdale Royal Hospital Library.
A laptop will be available for use during non-resident on-call sessions and non-resident, non-clinical time.
Hospice Medical Staffing
There are five part time medical posts totalling 2.6 Whole Time Equivalents, as well as GP trainees (up to 0.8 WTE).
In addition, there are two consultants, who have joint appointment with Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and Overgate, providing 1 WTE Hospice, and 0.6 WTE Calderdale Royal Hospital/Calderdale Community Specialist Palliative Care Team.
Dr Rachel Sheils is the Hospice Medical Director.
Medical secretarial support is available, and the doctors share an office.
Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk
All Hospice staff are required to act in such a way that always safeguards the health and well-being of children and adults at risk. Familiarisation with and adherence to the Hospice safeguarding policies is an essential requirement of all employees as is participation in related mandatory/statutory training.
Valuing Diversity and Equality
All employees should carry out their duties in accordance with the values and principles of valuing diversity and equity of provision. It is the responsibility of all employees to support the Hospice vision of promoting a positive attitude to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage in service delivery and employment, and to manage, support or comply through the implementation of the Hospices Equal Opportunities Policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full registration with the GMC, and as of 16.11.2009, a GMC licence to practice
* As a minimum, completion of foundation years training, or equivalent for doctors trained overseas
* Completion of Core Medical training (post-foundation) medical experience or equivalent
* M.R.C.P. / M.R.C.G.P.
* Experience working within the NHS
Role Specific Requirement
* Ability to attend the Hospice within 60 minutes (maximum) when required during on-call periods
Experience
* Knowledge of holistic care and the principles of palliative care, and ability to develop independent decision making in this specialist field
* Able to demonstrate empathy towards patients and families, including ability to adapt style and practice to individual situations (i.e. patient-centred)
* A commitment to personal development and continuing medical education
Job Specific Requirement
* Ability to attend the Hospice within 60 minutes (maximum) when required during on-call periods
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to communicate clearly in English - in speech and writing, and to maintain confidentiality.
* Computer literate able to use email and Microsoft programmes including Word, and able to learn to use electronic patient records / information systems.
* Ability to provide leadership and direction relating to own discipline
* Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, including co-operation in setting the on-call rota.
* Able to recognise and respect the skills of others within the whole Hospice team and effectively collaborate with colleagues.
Personal Attributes
* Ability to communicate clearly in English - in speech and writing, and to maintain confidentiality.
* Computer literate able to use email and Microsoft programmes including Word, and able to learn to use electronic patient records / information systems.
* Ability to provide leadership and direction relating to own discipline
* Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, including co-operation in setting the on-call rota.
* Able to recognise and respect the skills of others within the whole Hospice team and effectively collaborate with colleagues.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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