Consultant in Palliative Medicine

We are excited to be advertising for a Specialist Consultant in Palliative Medicine working within Palliative and End of Life Care Group as part of the Community Division. The post is for 8 Programmed Activities per week on a permanent basis.

We're proud to say that our hard working, talented and dynamic workforce is our greatest asset.

The post holder with be expected to deliver timely and effective specialist palliative medical expertise to those who need it the most in the community, bring core palliative medical skills, expertise, and leadership to a wider team of clinicians tasked with the delivery of responsive, effective, compassionate, person-centred palliative care.

This post will be part of a group of consultants based within the Black Country ICS, who provide on-call duties specialist palliative care telephone advice for all 3 localities in the ICS, to Hospitals, Hospices and Community. This position also gives the successful candidate the opportunity to work closely with Compton Care who share in our passion and vision to provide quality care and support to those who use our services. This is a developing relationship that will allow us to work collaboratively, areas include development of best practice, research, and innovation.

If you are a dynamic, innovative, forward-thinking clinician who would like to make a significant contribution to the Trust and community services then you could become part of the team.,

• The post holder with be expected to deliver timely and effective specialist palliative medical expertise to those who need it the most in the community. They will be expected to bring core palliative medical skills, expertise and leadership to a wider team of clinicians tasked with the delivery of responsive, effective, compassionate, person-centred palliative care.


• As such the postholder will provide specialist medical care themselves and steer multidisciplinary assessment and integrated multi-agency intervention.


• The Consultant will be part of a group of Consultants based within the Black Country ICS, who provide on-call duties specialist palliative care telephone advice for all 3 localities in the ICS (Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall) to Hospitals, Hospices and Community.


• The post holder will be mainly focused on patients in the community.


• There is scope within team job planning for sessions in Goscote Hospice and / or Manor Hospital if desired in the future. Working in these settings will also happen occasionally to cross cover colleagues' leave.
  
  The Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. A new integrated critical care unit and a new neonatal unit have recently been built, and building is due to commence on a new Urgent Care Centre housing a new Emergency Department.


We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the Trust's values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce