Job overview

This is a new, substantive full-time post in paediatric palliative medicine to provide robust senior clinical cover for the RMH paediatric palliative care service. The post will be mainly based at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton with one day per week at Shooting star children’s hospices and outreach working into other hospitals and the community. Due to the nature of the work, supporting preferred place of care and end of life, the post holder will provide frequent outreach work into other hospitals and the community including home, hospice and educational settings. The post is suitable for a consultant with CCST training in paediatric palliative medicine or equivalent, or within 6 months of completing training. 

Main duties of the job

 The post holder will be an expert clinician in pain and symptom management, end of life care, advance communication and advance care discussion and planning. They should be able to deliver and lead paediatric palliative care across all clinical setting. There is acknowledged flexibility of hours and days across the services to enable the post-holder to respond to support symptom and end of life care through engaging in real time events across the service. They must have access to a car to enable home and community visits across the geographical patch.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.