Consultant in Palliative Medicine

About the role: As Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St.Gemmas, you will provide specialist consultant care for patients with complex palliative care needs, primarily within our inpatient unit. You will have clinical responsibility for a 10-bed ward, working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver compassionate, person-centred care and support patients and those important to them through complex clinical decision-making. Alongside your inpatient responsibilities, there will be opportunities to contribute to community and outpatient services through agreed consultant rotations, supporting patients in their own homes and collaborating with healthcare professionals across Leeds to provide coordinated specialist care. The role includes a defined medical education portfolio through the Academic Unit of Palliative Care, offering opportunities to teach and support medical students, resident doctors and healthcare professionals, and contribute to the development of

education programmes. You'll work within a collaborative specialist palliative care community alongside consultant colleagues, specialist nurses, therapists and multidisciplinary teams across Leeds, with opportunities to influence the development of integrated palliative and end of life care across the city. As we continue to develop our services, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to service improvement and the future direction of specialist palliative care in Leeds, while developing your own clinical and professional interests within an agreed job plan. Participation in the Leeds-wide consultant second on-call rota forms part of the role, with a 1 in 10 second-on-call commitment across the city. Benefits: We offer a competitive range of benefits with an emphasis on inclusion and staff well-being in a caring and friendly environment: Generous annual holiday entitlement starting at 28 days plus statutory Bank holidays (FTE). Your entitlement will incrementally increase over