Remedium Partners Limited
Palliative Medicine - Locum Consultant
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Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine
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.
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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.
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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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