Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Key Responsibilities Provide Consultant care, advice and support across the acute hospital care settings with occasional remote foray into the local hospice and community settings. Provide specialist advice, support and information to patients and carers through direct consultations. Provide hospital inpatient reviews throughout the week and outpatient reviews as required. Lead multidisciplinary team meetings across clinical settings. Contribute as a senior member of the team, liaising with the other consultants, and other service department managers to ensure a seamless and integrated service for patients and families. Develop close working relationships with hospital clinical teams, providing clinical advice, undertaking clinical reviews and assessments. Attend the GWH Palliative and End of Life Care MDT and governance meeting. Contribute to medical audit, service improvement and integration initiatives. To support the Clinical Lead in policy and strategy development as a senior member of the team. To contribute to the leadership and development of Services under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director and in line with the Trusts business plans. For further information please see the attached Job Description