Consultant in Palliative Medicine | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic Palliative Medicine Consultant to join the Trafford Community Specialist Palliative Care Team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive community consultant post based with Trafford Community Specialist Palliative Care Service and linking with St. Ann’s Hospice including Hospice Out-patient session and Hospice 2ndOn-call.
This post has an NHS contract held by Trafford Local care Organisation, with an honorary contract with St Ann’s Hospice. Palliative Medical governance and Consultant support will be through St. Ann’s Hospice.
This Consultant in Palliative Medicine will play a key role in the development and delivery of high quality equitable palliative care services for the patients and families within Trafford Community.
The appointee will work in collaboration with the Trafford Community Specialist Palliative Care Service and St. Ann’s Hospice to facilitate the seamless co-ordination of palliative care services for patients between care settings.
The Consultant will provide senior medical specialist palliative care assessment and management for patients and their families working as part of the specialist palliative care Multi-professional Team both in Trafford Community and St. Ann’s Hospice.
The post holder will provide medical leadership within the Trafford Specialist Palliative Care Service, providing clinical advice and support for other members of the service as well as wider community colleagues.
The post holder will support the operational and strategic development of the Trafford Service with the service leads.
The Consultant will encourage and facilitate non-clinical activities, such as education and training, audit and quality improvement.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.
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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Mar 2025