Hospice Clinical Fellow (6 months fixed term)

Hospice Clinical Fellow (6 months fixed term)

Contract: 6 months fixed term

Hours: 40 hours per week plus 1:4 weekday and 1:5 weekend on-call rota.

Holiday: 35 days including public holidays per annum

Salary: Reflective of previous experience on Clinical Fellow or SHO Pay Scale

Sponsorship: Not applicable for this post

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A Hospice Clinical Fellow

What you'll be doing...

Reporting to the Consultant Physicians, you can expect your working day to include the following:

· Attending morning handover on the Inpatient Unit

· Working with Advanced Nurse Practitioners to ensure all inpatients are reviewed each day

· Organising investigations that may be required

· Admitting new inpatients

· Holding regular meetings with families and carers of inpatients

· Attending once-weekly multidisciplinary clinical meeting

· Completing discharge summaries and ensuring Primary Care teams are kept up to date with a patients progress

· Taking advice telephone calls from primary and secondary care colleagues when Consultants not available immediately

· Providing a non-resident first on call service one night a week and 1:5 weekends

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

We hire mostly on personality & potential but here are a few of our requirements...

To succeed in the role of Hospice Clinical Fellow you will need the following qualities and skills:

· A willingness to learn new ways of working

· Be someone who enjoys building relationships with patients and clinical team members

· Be someone who recognises the potential application of increased confidence in end-of-life care to work in all medical specialties

WHAT WE OFFER

At Highland Hospice we believe our people are our biggest assets and understand the value in putting them first. Our approach to diversity in the workplace, health & wellbeing, innovation, and individuality is one of the reasons we are a first-choice health employer in the Highlands! We are passionate about our services and always on the lookout for new talent to join us on our journey.

You will have access to a benefits package we believe truly works for our people and enhances our overall culture...

· Access to The Blue light discount scheme giving access to fifteen thousand discounts across well-known retailers and local businesses across a large span of categories

· Free access to our employee assistance program that provides you with counselling services, financial advice, mental health support and more to help overcome any personal or workplace challenges.

· Generous holiday entitlement with a buy more or sell some option

· Flexible working arrangements

· Continuation of SPPA pension contributions and annual leave reckonable service for employees coming to the Hospice within 12 months of leaving the NHS

· Discounted meals in our cafe prepared freshly every morning

· Free access to Inverness Tennis Court Gym Facilities

Plus access to many more schemes and enhanced benefits.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Highland Hospice is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We accept and celebrate our team for who they are and welcome people of all races, disabilities, sex, gender identities and reassignment, sexual orientation, ages, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We keep our recruitment process simple and consider applicants on their abilities alone to ensure a fair interview process. If at any point throughout our process you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Recruitment@highlandhospice.org.uk

This post is subject to a PVG check.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Jeremy Keen, Consultant Physician in Palliative Care, on j.keen@highlandhospice.org.uk or 01463 243132.

Full job description and application form can be accessed at https://careers.highlandhospice.org/