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Applications are invited for the post of GP with Special interest in Palliative Medicine.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills within a multidisciplinary setting that is supportive and covers all elements of palliative care.

The post holder will work at Meadow House hospice or in the community providing specialist palliative care services to the people of Ealing and Hounslow.

This is a part-time fixed term post for 6 months with an opportunity to extend.  Hours of service are 9-5 Monday to Friday. The post currently has no on-call requirement. There is a plan to introduce a first on call service 9-5 Saturday and Sunday to which this post holder can contribute. 

The number of sessions available can be discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job

Duties include:

• Working as part of a multidisciplinary specialist palliative care team that will contribute to the care of patients.
• Providing a holistic assessment of the needs of patients on admission or in the community
• Provide timely and evidence-based advice on management of symptoms and other concerns.
• Supporting other members of the specialist palliative care team in managing patients with complex needs and in handling difficult consultations.
• Take part in the appropriate referral of patients to other services, and in handover and sharing of appropriate information with other healthcare professionals.
• Attending weekly ward MDT, preparing all the relevant documentation beforehand and contributing actively to the presentation and discussion of individual cases.
• Ensuring that all documentation concerning ward patients is up to date and entered accurately onto the electronic patient record.
• Ensuring that all documentation for patients dying or being discharged from the ward is completed according to standard operating procedures and in a timely manner

At Meadow House we so have much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.