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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join an established Specialist Palliative Care service in Wales for an initial 3-month contract.
The successful candidate will work alongside an experienced team of consultants and resident medical staff, providing consultant-led specialist palliative care across hospital services while collaborating closely with community teams, specialist nurses and allied healthcare professionals. The post offers opportunities to support symptom management, end-of-life care, rehabilitation, education, research and service development within a highly supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Deliver consultant-led specialist palliative medicine services across hospital-based settings.
• Provide expert assessment and management of patients with complex palliative care needs.
• Lead symptom control, rehabilitation and end-of-life care planning.
• Participate in the consultant on-call rota, providing specialist telephone advice and supporting junior medical staff.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary hospital, community and primary care teams to ensure seamless patient care.
• Support multidisciplinary team meetings, cancer pathways and specialist case discussions.
• Provide supervision, teaching and educational support to undergraduate and postgraduate learners.
• Act as an Educational Supervisor where appropriate.
• Participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and research projects.
• Contribute to the development of clinical guidelines, care pathways and specialist palliative care services.
• Maintain Continuing Professional Development (CPD), appraisal and revalidation requirements.

Department Highlights

The department offers:

• An established Specialist Palliative Care service supported by six Consultants and resident medical staff.
• Close collaboration with oncology, haematology, primary care, community services and voluntary organisations.
• Strong multidisciplinary working with Clinical Nurse Specialists, therapists and allied healthcare professionals.
• Opportunities to participate in regional palliative care networks, education programmes and clinical research.
• A supportive consultant team with flexible job planning and ongoing service development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise.
• MRCP.
• Eligibility to work as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine.

Desirable

• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine or eligibility for CCT within six months.
• Further relevant postgraduate degree or diploma.
• Teaching qualification or higher qualification in Medical Education.

Experience & Skills

Essential

• Experience delivering Specialist Palliative Medicine services.
• Excellent leadership and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with management and clinical teams to improve services.
• Evidence of teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare professionals.
• Experience undertaking clinical audit and quality improvement.
• Good understanding of healthcare information systems and technology.

Desirable

• Experience in service improvement methodologies.
• Ability to participate in the consultant on-call rota.

Teaching, Leadership & Service Development

The successful candidate will have opportunities to:

• Deliver undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
• Act as an Educational Supervisor for junior doctors.
• Support clinical governance, audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Contribute to the development of regional palliative care pathways and clinical guidelines.
• Participate in research and innovation within Specialist Palliative Medicine.
• Help shape the future development of specialist palliative care services across Wales.

Key Highlights

• Join an established Specialist Palliative Medicine team comprising six Consultants and resident medical staff delivering comprehensive palliative care services across Wales.
• Provide consultant-led specialist palliative care across hospital services while working closely with multidisciplinary and community teams.
• Lead inpatient palliative care with support from Clinical Nurse Specialists, junior doctors and consultant colleagues.
• Excellent opportunity to contribute to education, clinical governance, quality improvement and research.
• Flexible job planning and supportive consultant peer network.

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