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NHS Tayside
Specialist Palliative Medicine Services
Clinical Fellow (ST) in Palliative Medicine
1 December 2023 until 31 July 2024 6.5 PAs per week
NHS Tayside seeks to appoint a Clinical Fellow in Palliative Medicine based at Cornhill Macmillan Centre, Perth Royal Infirmary
The post holder will become part of an innovative and dynamic multidisciplinary team seeking to deliver high standards of specialist palliative care in all care settings: in-patient unit, acute hospital and the community setting. There will be close working with primary care colleagues and acute hospital colleagues, as well providing care for patients in a 10-bed Specialist Palliative Care Unit. This is an excellent opportunity for applicants interested in Palliative Medicine to experience working in all care settings
NHS Tayside has a Tayside Wide Specialist Palliative Medicine Service which supports patients and staff in all health care settings including home, nursing homes, community hospitals, two specialist palliative care units and two University teaching hospitals
The multidisciplinary team for Perth Specialist Palliative Care includes 2 consultants, 3 speciality doctors, 1 GPST2 doctor, 1 FY2 doctor and rotating Speciality Trainee doctors as well as Clinical Nurse Specialists for the community and hospital
This post is based in Cornhill, Perth Royal Infirmary; however applicants will have flexibility to work across sites within the Tayside Specialist Palliative Care Service. The post includes providing 1:6 morning weekend cover for Cornhill Macmillan Centre
Previous experience in Specialist Palliative Care or other closely related specialities is desirable
Applicants should have full registration with the General Medical Council and shall have completed at least two years full-time post graduate training (or it’s equivalent on a part-time or flexible basis)
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Claire Douglas or Dr Ruth Isherwood - Consultants in Palliative Medicine based in Perth, or Katharine Thompson, Consultant in Palliative Medicine/Lead Clinician for Tayside Palliative Care Services based in Dundee
Closing Date: 17 November 2023
MR.91.23 Jobtrain (170178)