Specialist Palliative Care Consultant: Sponsorship Available

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

This post is for a new Consultant in Palliative Medicine. This is a new 10 session role, working alongside the current 0.6 FTE Clinical Lead for PEOLC in Whiston/MWL. The FT lead took partial retirement in February 2026 hence these the existing 6 session post.

It is a key leadership role with joint responsibility for the strategic and clinical care in MWL around PEOLC. The post holder will ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and patient centred specialist palliative care, while also contributing to clinical governance, education and service development. They will work in collaboration with the workforce in the other areas of MWL, and with the local Hospices and Community SPC Teams.

The post is wholly based within MWL with the contract held by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Terms and Conditions are those of the NHS.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Physicians or Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and to be on the Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine via CCT or CESR route, or due to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview.

Main duties of the job

This is a 10 PA Full time post. 1DCC = 4 hours and includes time allocated for clinical administration tasks.

Timetable of Fixed Sessions – subject to agreement with Hospital Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Director for Specialist Palliative Care

The job plan is indicative and management, leadership, educational and clinical responsibilities can vary week to week.

10 sessions – 7.5 DCC/ 2.5 SPA

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

AM

DCC

Clinical Handover

MDT Ward Round

Clinical Reviews

DCC

Clinical Handover

Clinical reviews

DCC

Clinical Handover

MDT

Ward Round

Clinical Reviews

DCC

Clinical Handover

Clinical reviews

0.5 DCC

Clinical Handover

MDT

Clinical Reviews

0.5 SPA

PM

DCC

Outpatient Clinic (Face to face and Telephone

DCC

Outpatient Clinic (Face to face and Telephone

SPA 1.0

(including ES/CS supervision)

DCC

Outpatient Clinic (Face to face and Telephone

1.0 SPA

End of Life Steering Group(Monthly)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC registration and on Specialist Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
  • Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to provide evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT on successful application
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCP or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

  • MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience of the practice of specialist palliative care at a senior level and leadership of the multidisciplinary team
  • Knowledge of clinical governance
  • Able to lead Clinical Audit
  • Proven leadership skills, including experience in managing change and motivating teams

Desirable

  • Understanding of NHS structure and function
  • Understanding of the regulations that relate to and the requirements of CQC
  • Research experience
  • Experience of NHS finance and commissioning
  • Experience of clinical networks acting as a representative of an organisation
  • Engagement with management training/management course or qualification
  • Experience of teaching/educational supervision

Skills

Essential

  • Advanced Communication Skills
  • Ability to drive service improvement
  • Strategic thinker
  • Excellent IT skills and knowledge of electronic patient record systems.
  • Commitment to continuous personal development
  • Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
  • Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
  • Commitment to Partnership working

Other

Essential

  • Current Driving licence/use of car for work purposes
  • Full indemnity cover

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: 9 October 2026

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