Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Medicine
- Grade
- Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 8.3 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 120-MD162-0525
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £106,000 - £154,760 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Medical & Dental: Consultant
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
Support the Hospital Palliative Care team at Velindre:
· Use significant knowledge and experience of specialist palliative care to horizon scan and look for opportunities for innovative clinical practice
· With the team contribute to collective thinking and planning regarding service provision including the integration of services regionally and with other providers when appropriate. Contribute to the development of future strategic plans for clinical and educational services.
- To act as a Specialist Palliative Medicine Consultant to all clinical services at Velindre Cancer Centre and Velindre University NHS Trust
- To provide high quality, timely, patient-centred and consultant led care for in-patients, outpatients, day-case and community-based patients and those accessing assessment unit, radiotherapy and other services
- To work to ensure an integrated model of palliative care service delivery to all patients within the catchment areas Velindre services by collaborating closely with other specialist and generalist palliative care providers.
Main duties of the job
- To contribute to teaching, audit, quality improvement and research activities
- To take on appropriate management and clinical governance responsibilities.
- To participate in an on-call rota providing 24/7 out of hours support to all hospitals, specialist palliative care in-patient units and community-based patients within the Cardiff and Vale University Heath Board Areas
- To act as a Consultant Palliative Medicine to the VUNHST in-patient unit, assessment unit and multi-disciplinary team
- To provide consultant-led ward rounds and multi-disciplinary meetings and be a clinical contact for the resident and SAS doctors, nursing staff and other members of the multi- professional team on the unit.
- To co-ordinate in-patient, outpatient, acute oncology and ambulatory assessment services in conjunction with consultant colleagues and management teams looking at performance outcomes and ensuring excellent documentation and evaluation of services.
- To continue to develop and improve links between services within the CAVUHB, Velindre Cancer Centre and Primary Care Services
- To work to achieve the priorities of the Palliative and End of Life Care Programme priorities as set out by Welsh Government and the NHS Wales Executive or equivalent.
- To help ensure that arrangements are in place for adequate medical staff to be available at all times in relation to the treatment and care of patients within the hospital services.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- On Specialist Register with GMC as a specialist in palliative medicine or eligible for CCT within 6 months of date of interview and have passed exit exam or a statement of eligibility for registration issued by PMETB or a primary medical qualification and recognized specialist qualification from a European Member State which will allow direct entry to the GMC Specialist Register.
- CCT/equivalent in Palliative Medicine
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent
- UK work experience at specialist registrar level or above
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification e.g. MA, MSc, MD
- Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team
- Teaching and training of post/undergraduate medical staff
- Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit/QI
- Commitment to evidence based practice and experience of research
Desirable criteria
- Working as part of the management team
- Liaison with other agencies
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Leadership Skills
- Team Working
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Teaching Skill
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of information systems and technology
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Flexible and adaptable to competing demands
- Ability to travel between sites
- Ability to undertake on-call
- Commitment to modern practices
- Ability to take a lead role in clinical development
Desirable criteria
- Ability to Speak Welsh
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Mark Taubert
- Job title
- Consultant in Palliative Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
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