Status: Permanent and fixed term
Salary: WTE: £50,373.00 - £78,759.00
Closing Date: 17/10/2022
St Elizabeth Hospice is looking for Specialty Grade Doctors in Palliative Medicine to support their provision of Specialist Palliative Care in the Ipswich area.
St Elizabeth Hospice improves life for people living with a progressive or terminal illness. Our work is centred on an individual’s needs, which means specialist support, whenever and wherever it is needed, whether at home, in the community or at the hospice. Through medicine and therapy we ease pain; we give life purpose and make life liveable.
For over 30 years St Elizabeth Hospice has driven forward innovation and development of services, both in the Ipswich and East Suffolk locality and now further up the coast to the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG awarded the specialist palliative and end of life care contract to East Coast Community Healthcare. The contract includes a specialist palliative care service, which is delivered in partnership with St Elizabeth Hospice.
POST ONE
Applications are invited for the following substantive post:
SPECIALTY GRADE DOCTOR IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
COMMUNITY + YOUNG ADULT CARE SERVICES
The postholder will be supporting services in the Community Care Unit at our Ipswich site, and occasionally at home, in community hospitals or care homes; the post holder will participate fully in the provision of medical care of patients referred to St Elizabeth Hospice. You will also be a key member of our ground breaking Zest Team providing care to Young Adults who are transitioning into adult services. You will ensure patients receive appropriate medical assessment and care as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan. Post holders will also participate as first on-call for our inpatient palliative care unit on a 1:5 rota.
Hours: Part time – 32 hours per week – can be a job share
POST TWO
Applications are invited for the following fixed term post:
SPECIALTY GRADE DOCTOR IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
INPATIENT UNIT (IPU) – IPSWICH
The post will end in February 2023, with possibility of further extension. Caring for patients in the Inpatient Unit, and occasionally in other areas such as day care, at home, in community hospitals or care homes, the post holder will participate fully in the provision of medical care of patients referred to St Elizabeth Hospice. You will ensure patients receive appropriate medical assessment and appropriate medical care as part of the multi-disciplinary care plan. Post holders will also participate as first on-call for palliative care on a 1:5 rota.
Hours: Full time – 40 hours per week
Please indicate clearly in your application what post you are applying for.
Appointments subject to a Disclosure and Barring check at an enhanced level.
Our most recent Care Quality Commission report rated the hospice as “Outstanding”
For more information please use the link below to see a copy of the job description and person specification.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Kelvin Bengtson, Medical Director on 01473 707006, email kelvin.bengtson@stelizabethhospice.org.uk or Dr Alison Blaken on email Alison.blaken@stelizabethhospice.org.uk
Closing date: 17th October 2022
Interviews: to be confirmed
Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted, and invitation to interview will be sent by email.