SPECIALIST GRADE IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £83,945.00 to £95,275.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £83945.00 - £95275.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Walsall, WS3 1SJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9407-24-0217 |
Summary
Key roles and responsibilities Work with consultants and other professionals to provide integrated Palliative Medicine within an area of their special interest with responsibility for specialist medical care, advice, and support in order to provide high quality individualised care to patients / clients in line with local and national guidelines. This will include the planning and development, management, and delivery of these services. Provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty and related services. Undertake all work in accordance with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust policies and procedures and conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust service plans. Have excellent communication and liaison skills and the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team. Provide specialist medical care, advice and support in order to provide high quality individualised care to patients in line with local and national guidelines. Lead medical and holistic assessments and care for all patients on the inpatient unit, in line with patients care plan, as part of the multidisciplinary team ensuring medical care is evidence based and best practice. Ensure family members and other loved ones needs are assessed and addressed. Lead members of the medical team to ensure each patient is reviewed as frequently as their symptoms dictate and the whole MDT understand management plans. Be able to lead complex brave conversations e.g., about bad news, prognosis, complaints and errors. Participate in inpatient MDT meetings and others as required fostering a culture of compassion, collaboration, and respect. Lead team to carry out basic clinical procedures as necessary including phlebotomy and cannulation. Catheterisation of male patients is occasionally required. Perform / arrange other necessary procedures for patient comfort such as abdominal paracentesis and blood transfusions. The post holder or team member will not be expected to attempt procedures in which they do not feel competent. Maintain accurate and timely patient records. Ensure legible prescribing in accordance with local policy. Proactively communicate with primary and secondary care services (and other statutory and voluntary agencies) as appropriate to ensure continuity of medical care. Ensure team delivers consistently high standards of holistic assessment records, discharge letters, letters notifying death, TTO prescriptions and anticipatory prescribing in line with local guidance. Ensure team confirm and certify deaths, complete cremation paperwork in line with local protocol, liaising with the Coroners Office and Medical Examiner where required by law and local practice. As necessary, be available to assess patients in the palliative care centre, the day hospice or, the domiciliary setting. Provide supervision and support for more junior team members. Strong commitment to own & others emotional wellbeing including but not limited to participation in clinical supervision, reflection etc. Teaching/Clinical Governance/Other To assume the role of educator, both formally and informally, to all those involved in the care of the patient to fulfil Walsall Healthcares strong commitment to training doctors, nurses & other professionals. Ensure good induction for new members of medical staff on ward. To take an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate medical and nursing teaching and training. Provide prospective cover for medical colleagues across the care group for purposes of annual, study and professional leave. Take responsibility for ensuring evidence-based practice and improving quality of service by participating in departmental clinical governance activities, audit program and QI projects, policy, guidelines and SOP development. Engage actively in the Trust appraisal, job planning and revalidation process. To adhere to the GMC code of professional conduct and always exemplify Trust Values. Proactively celebrate and consolidate excellence in care using principles of learning from excellence. Proactively identify risks to safety and quality and mitigate, escalate, and negotiate solutions as appropriate. To complete mandatory training. To commit to continuing professional development including sharing learning with team and proactively implementing QI or changes practices. PROPOSED JOB PLAN A ten programmed activities job plan and work schedule will set out agreed arrangements for how work is organised, where it is located, what in general terms the work comprises and when it is to be performed.