40 Hours per week (including 1 in 5 On-Call)
Salary aligned to the NHS Specialty Doctor Contract 2021 (or the 2008 contract if this applies)
Permanent
Main duties of the job
About the job
Sue Ryders Specialty Doctors play a vital role in our hospices, providing essential support to patients, families, and the broader care team. Their work ensures that patients receive compassionate, hands‑on care tailored to their physical, emotional, and personal needs, often in their most vulnerable moments.
About us
Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need.
There is no one‑size‑fits‑all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.
We are there when it matters.
Wheatfields hospice is one of seven Sue Ryder hospices. It provides specialist palliative care to patients in the hospice and community via a 16‑bed inpatient service and a multi‑professional community team including a wellbeing and therapy service.
We are looking to employ an enthusiastic, compassionate, and experienced Specialty Doctor with a passion for Palliative medicine to join our Consultant‑led multidisciplinary team at Sue Ryder, Wheatfields Hospice.
Job responsibilities
Sue Ryders Specialty Doctors play a vital role in our hospices, providing essential support to patients, families, and the broader care team. Their work ensures that patients receive compassionate, hands‑on care tailored to their physical, emotional, and personal needs, often in their most vulnerable moments.
- Responsible for addressing the specialist palliative care needs of patients and families presenting to the hospice teams and liaising outside of Sue Ryder with the local hospitals and primary care teams.
- First‑oncall commitment: current frequency 1 in 5 weeks nights and weekends, working from home.
- In‑patient roles carry out medical assessment of new patients, management of in‑patients, and support of families.
- Community roles review, advise and support for patients and families who may be seen as out‑patients, or in their own homes, and act as a lone worker or in tandem with a clinical nurse specialist.
- Participation in clinical governance, including audit, research and quality improvement activities.
For more information or an informal chat please contact Joanna Stark, Regional Director of Healthcare Operations: joanna.stark@sueryder.org
Person Specification
Qualifications
- MB BCh Qualified
Experience
- Knowledge, Skills and Ability in specialist palliative care
- Have completed the equivalent of 4 years of full‑time post‑graduate training, at least 2 of which are in a related specialty.
- Evidence of continued professional development within the specialty
- Flexible to work across care settings (inpatient and community)
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.
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