Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Consultant care, advice and support across the acute hospital care settings with occasional remote foray into the local hospice and community settings.
• Provide specialist advice, support and information to patients and carers through direct consultations.
• Provide hospital inpatient reviews throughout the week and outpatient reviews as required.
• Lead multidisciplinary team meetings across clinical settings.
• Contribute as a senior member of the team, liaising with the other consultants and other service department managers to ensure a seamless and integrated service for patients and families.
• Develop close working relationships with hospital clinical teams, providing clinical advice, undertaking clinical reviews and assessments.
• Attend the GWH Palliative and End of Life Care MDT and governance meeting.
• Contribute to medical audit, service improvement and integration initiatives.
• Support the Clinical Lead in policy and strategy development as a senior member of the team.
• Contribute to the leadership and development of Services under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Associate Medical Director in line with the Trust’s business plans.

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