As a GP working within a Hospice and palliative care you will provide the following: Deliver day-to-day medical care to hospice in-patients and patients accessing other Specialist Palliative Care services. Provide clinical leadership, education and development to the Advanced Clinical Practitioners alongside the resident consultant. Provide leadership and participate as a member at the weekly in-patient multidisciplinary team meeting. Out-of-hours responsibilities as required/ involvement in a wider on call roster. Cover for colleagues annual leave and other authorised absences. Any responsibility which relates to a special interest. Educational and clinical supervision of trainee doctors, advanced clinical practitioners. Training and supervision of Nurse Independent Prescribers. Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement projects and clinical governance processes. Support research activity. Comply with Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements as stipulated by the Royal Colleges. To keep a portfolio of evidence, to have an annual appraisal and write a personal development plan (PDP) in line with GMC revalidation policies and procedures. Support and assist in the achievement of Hospice strategy and objectives. Proposed Job Plan The initial job plan will be agreed flexibly with the successful candidate and will be subject to negotiation and review. Three months after commencement, the job plan will be reviewed and agreed between the appointee and the Director of Clinical Services. This will be a prospective agreement that sets out the duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year, and will be reviewed annually. It should cover all aspects of a GPs professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. In addition, it should include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives. A shared office will be provided with some secretarial support and informational technology facilities. Time off in Lieu will be available for any additional weekend or out of hours work, as agreed by line manager. On call availability Out of hours activity is currently delivered by Derbyshire Health United (DHU) practitioners who then access on call consultants via South Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire. This will be reviewed and developed in line with service need. It is possible that an on call requirement may become necessary in the future. Supporting Programmed Activities The role will require oversight of clinical education for Palliative and End of Life Care across Bassetlaw Hospice and to colleagues in partner organisations, to ensure services are educated and fit for purpose. The appointee is expected to participate in teaching in collaboration with the education lead. The post holder will be encouraged to contribute to research activities at the hospice and contribute to audit and quality improvement projects. The appointee is expected to take part in continuing professional medical education; study leave is provided and funding is available on application. For more information, please see the supporting documents
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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