Job summary
- Main area
- Palliative Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (Fridays only (2 PAs))
- Hours
- Part time - 2 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 151-WPHLCON-21
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant - Palliative Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Job overview
Applications are invited for a dynamic and enthusiastic Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine to join the Division of Older People, Neurosciences and Integrated Care at Wexham Park Hospital, part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a fixed-term post until 30 September 2026, working Fridays only (2 PAs) from 08:30 to 16:30.
We welcome applications from doctors with significant experience (12 years or more) who may not yet hold CCT but are eligible for appointment as a Specialist Grade doctor on the relevant pay scale and are seeking progression to consultant level via the CESR portfolio pathway.
Main duties of the job
You will provide a consultant-led palliative and end-of-life care service for adult inpatients at Wexham Park Hospital, working closely with the Specialist Palliative Care multidisciplinary team. The role involves accurate documentation, effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues, and supporting advance care planning. You will contribute to education and training, maintain your own CPD, and play an active role in service development, clinical governance, audits, and research. Strong collaboration with community services and adherence to Trust policies on safety, confidentiality, and risk management are essential.
Applicants are warmly encouraged to contact one of the following for an informal discussion about the role:
- Dr Fiona Lisney, Consultant in Palliative Medicine – [email protected]
- Dr Jenny Skinner, Consultant in Palliative Medicine – [email protected]
- Dr Lucy Abbott, Divisional Medical Director – [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provide consultant-led palliative and end-of-life care for adult inpatients.
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and attend MDT meetings.
- Ensure accurate documentation and effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues.
- Support advance care planning and facilitate timely discharge.
- Contribute to education, service development, audits, and clinical governance.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Basic medical qualification, eg MBBS
- • Qualifications MRCP, MRCGP or other recognised post graduate qualification for specialist training in palliative medicine.
- • Certificate of Completion of Specialist training (CCT) in Palliative Medicine (or within 6/12 of obtaining in with successful PYA) or equivalent (eg CESR) or robust evidence of performing clinically and managerially at the expected level of a consultant
- • Full GMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- • MSc in Pall Med, MA in Ethics, or Higher Degree (MD, PhD or equivalent) in subject related to Palliative Care
- • Leadership/Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrable commitment and ability to teach and train undergraduates and doctors at all levels.
- • Experience in planning and delivery of teaching to a variety of healthcare professionals
- • Evidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience
- • Wide experience of clinical audit and governance
- • Experience of participation in research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians
Desirable criteria
- • Experience as an Educational/Clinical Supervisor
- • Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- • Publication in peer reviewed journals
- • Experience in designing and carrying out research projects within palliative medicine
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Ability to manage competing demands in a busy acute environment and cope and manage own emotions under stress
- • Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust and the community.
- • Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
- • Ability to organise and develop service provision
- Ability to work constructively in a multidisciplinary team, be flexible and responsive to the needs of colleagues and provide team leadership
- Competent in the use of IT/computer systems
Desirable criteria
- N/A
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between Trust sites and within the local community
Desirable criteria
- N/A
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Fiona Lisney
- Job title
- Consultant in Palliative Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 6 15 4879
- Additional information
· Dr Jenny Skinner. Consultant in Palliative Medicine
· Dr Lucy Abbott. Divisional Medical Director
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