180215 Consultant in Palliative Care

NHS Lothian

Consultant in Palliative Care

St Johns Hospital

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.  

Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time (32 hours per week) post based in St Johns Hospital.

Post Summary:        

The post holder will be an integral member of the West Lothian Community Palliative Care Team.

The post itself has three main components:

• to provide strategic direction and clinical support for the provision of specialist palliative care at West Lothian HBCCC site Tippethill Hospital in Armadale and nursing/care homes, working in collaboration with West Lothian Medicine of the Elderly and the Rapid Elderly Assessment Care Team (REACT).

• to provide strategic direction and clinical support for the West Lothian Community and Wellbeing Service and Palliative Care teams provided by Marie Curie, based in the Macmillan Centre, St Johns Hospital (SJH) Livingston.

• to contribute to the Marie Curie Palliative Medicine Consultant team working across both Edinburgh and West Lothian, collaborating to provide cross cover for both services. 

The West Lothian community palliative care team (CPCT) works in conjunction with the wider Lothian Marie Curie services.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.

For an informal discussion please contact:

Yvonne Lawton    

yvonne.lawton@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply. 

We cannot accept CVs as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted.  Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally. 

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

Interview Date: 27th May 2024