Clinical Fellow in Palliative Medicine

Clinical Fellow in Palliative MedicineFixed Term - 6 MonthsWe are seeking to appoint a full-time doctor to join an enthusiastic and committed team providing Specialist Palliative Care support to patients across Liverpool and South Sefton. The position is initially 6 months fixed-term contract with potential to extend longer term. The post holder will be employed by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and duties will be based at Woodlands Hospice/Aintree University Hospital or at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital/ Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool.The person appointed will be based primarily at either Woodlands Hospice on the Aintreesite, undertaking duties within the in-patient settings but with the option of supporting otheraspects of the ambulatory (Woodlands) and hospital-based services (AUH/RLUH sites)depending on skills and experience.For candidates with appropriate experience in Palliative Medicine, we may consider aplacement supporting the hospital or ambulatory services as a primary role. We also welcomeapplications from qualified General Practitioners who wish to consider a specialist interestrole for 1-2 days per week, alongside their current post.

• Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received, The post holder's main duties will be to support the patients and their carers admitted to the in-patient unit at Woodlands Hospice/ LHCH palliative care unit or presenting to the IMPaCT medical clinics. The post-holder, depending on level of experience, may also work alongside the Hospital Specialist Palliative Care teams to review patients under the care of the service within the acute hospitals and the Community Specialist Palliative Care teams (AUH site) to undertake crisis intervention domiciliary visits for patients whose preferred place of care is home. If undertaking duties in the ambulatory service, the post holder will also provide medical advice and support to the IMPaCT hub, with support from senior colleagues, and undertake face to face and telephone patient reviews in the ambulatory medical clinic.
  
  NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities.
We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West. We operate from five hospital sites:Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospitalprovide specialist services incardiothoracic surgery,cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.