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A new opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Palliative Care to join an established Specialist Palliative Care service in Wales. This is a new, less-than-full-time consultant post created as part of a workforce expansion to meet growing patient care needs across the region. The successful candidate will join a department comprising 8 consultants and Specialist Doctors, delivering integrated specialist palliative medicine services across community, inpatient, acute and specialist settings.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide a consultant palliative care service covering the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of conditions requiring specialist palliative and end-of-life care support.
• Deliver expert symptom control, holistic assessment and integrated care planning for patients and families across community, acute, outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Work collaboratively with consultant colleagues and the wider multi-professional team, maintaining responsibility for patients under your care and supporting appropriate delegation and staff development.
• Contribute to the safe, efficient and effective running of the service in line with governance frameworks, operational policies and service plans.
• Participate in clinical governance, risk management, audit, appraisal, revalidation and service improvement.
• Support MDT working across specialist palliative care services and work in partnership with primary care, secondary care and voluntary sector organisations.
• Provide telephone advice and, where required, direct clinical assessment as part of the 1:7 non-resident on-call rota
• Take part in teaching, training and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate staff, including medical students and junior doctors.
• Contribute to research, quality improvement and audit activity within a university-linked health board environment.

Teaching, Research and Development

This role offers strong opportunities to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, with established links to Swansea University Medical School, Cardiff medical education partners, and the wider university health board teaching infrastructure. The post holder will be expected to support teaching, examination, supervision, and training activities and will be encouraged to participate in research, innovation, and audit, with scope to develop specific teaching or academic interests within the role.

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• On the GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine, or eligible for CCT within 6 months / eligible via equivalent recognised route
• MRCP
• Evidence of the ability to build effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams
• Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service
• Evidence of teaching and training postgraduate and/or undergraduate clinical staff
• Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing the audit
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to take responsibility when appropriate
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including advanced communication skills
• Understanding of prudent healthcare principles, teamwork, information systems and service improvement
• Flexible, adaptable and able to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to undertake on-call commitments
• Empathy, sensitivity and enthusiasm to contribute to clinical development and continuous improvement

Desirable

• Further relevant degree or diploma
• Teaching qualification or higher qualification in medical education
• Experience in the development and commissioning of palliative care services
• Experience in research in palliative care or a related field
• Evidence of learning in improvement science and methodology to enhance service delivery