Consultant in Palliative Medicine

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Publications in peer review journals
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

This is a post to replace the clinical sessions of a senior Consultant and provides an exciting opportunity to join the well-established specialist palliative care team in a Trust that values the importance of excellent palliative and end of life care. Our Trust was rated ‘Good’ in the latest CQC inspection and End of Life Care was rated ‘Good’ across all domains. The National Audit of Care at the End of Life has consistently evidenced care above the national average within our Trust, highlighting the commitment at all levels towards delivering high quality end of life care.
The Specialist Palliative Care team provides care, support and advice to inpatients at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and has close working relationships with our local hospices, including 2 of the consultants who have joint posts with our Trust and 2 local hospices. Our team delivers a 7-day a week face-to-face CNS service, supported by Consultant in Palliative Medicine 24/7 telephone advice. The post-holder will be a core member of the specialist palliative care medical, nursing & social work team.
The Consultant in palliative medicine will be an asset to both the palliative care team and our Integrated Healthcare services, Sutton Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care, supporting continuity of care across settings.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.
For further details / informal visits please contact:
Name; Dr Aruni Wijeratne
Job title; Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Lead Clinician
Email address; a.wijeratne@nhs.net
Telephone; 01372 735463
Additional contact information
Name; Dr Samuel Raveney
Job title; Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Email address; samuel.raveney@nhs.net
Telephone; 0208 296 3830