Consultant in Palliative Medicine: Sponsorship Available

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This post provides an exciting opportunity to continue, and to build upon, the work of the previous postholder in leading and developing our well-established North West Anglia Foundation Trust (NWAFT) team in the provision of specialist palliative care across the Huntingdon and Peterborough areas, part of the Central East ICB. The postholder will be part of a team of four palliative medicine consultants, who cover the two acute hospital sites, Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough, the surrounding community in patients’ homes and the community hospital in Stamford, and whom, together with the lead nurse and services manager, drive service development and enhance patient care in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

Main duties of the job

A full description of duties and responsibilities can be found in the Job description. In brief this role is to support the deliver of high quality palliative care both within the hospital and community settings, supporting teaching and overseeing governance of the delivery of specialist Palliative care to patients in our region

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • MRCP/MRCGP/FRCR/FRCA or equivalent
  • Fully registered with the GMC
  • CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview

Desirable

  • Higher Degree (e.g.MA, MSc, PhD, MD)

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Expertise in full range of Palliative Medicine conditions
  • Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • Ability to provide expert palliative care advice and support to other healthcare professionals in the hospice, hospital and community settings
  • Understanding and experience of all aspects of Clinical Governance

Audit/Management/IT

Essential

  • Experience of audit and management
  • Evidence can manage priorities
  • Evidence of management/leadership skills training
  • Appropriate IT skills

Teaching and Research

Essential

  • Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and multidisciplinary teams
  • Experience of research and ability to appraise research critically and to apply research outcomes to clinical problems

Desirable

  • Publications in peer reviewed journals
  • Evidence of formal teaching qualifications

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
  • Caring and empathetic attitude to patients
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, hospital staff and other agencies
  • Ability to undertake travel requirements of post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 25 October 2026

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