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Exciting Opportunity at Ardgowan Hospice!
Position: Consultant Palliative Medicine
Salary: In line with NHS Consultant payscale, pro-rata for part time hours). Any agreed extra programmed activities and on-call requirements will be paid in addition to the basic salary.
Hours: 28 hours per week
Location: Greenock
About Us
Ardgowan Hospice is a well-established hospice offering specialist palliative and end of life care to the people of Inverclyde. We are committed to delivering high-quality care which is sustainable in the long term while putting the patient at the centre of everything we do.
We are seeking a motivated Consultant in Palliative Medicine to be part of our Specialist Palliative Care Team at Ardgowan Hospice. This is an ideal opportunity to join the multidisciplinary team providing specialist palliative care across inpatient and community settings in Inverclyde.
This permanent position is based at Ardgowan Hospice, Greenock. You will work alongside two specialty doctors (1 permanent, 1 fixed term), Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Nurse Specialist and the Inpatient Unit Nursing team as part of your role.
There will also be an opportunity to provide strategic clinical leadership at the hospice, as part of the Clinical Leads group at Ardgowan Hospice. We are always seeking to improve the services that we provide to the community of Inverclyde. We are therefore seeking an innovative individual to support ongoing service development initiatives, in collaboration with Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership and IRH Hospital Palliative Care Team.
If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion/to arrange a visit, please contact Graham Gardiner, Chief Executive at graham@ardgowanhospice.org.
If you would like to apply for this position, please click on this link to complete the application form: https://forms.gle/74zmQNgk7rJm3YZZ9
You will also be asked to send your CV to the HR team at Ardgowan Hospice, hr@ardgowanhospice.org.
The closing date is 22nd June. If you are shortlisted for this position, you will be contacted by 26th June with an interview offer.
Interview date: 3rd July.
We support flexible working at Ardgowan Hospice and are willing to consider job share arrangements to the right candidate. The contract offered will be with Ardgowan Hospice, with terms in line with BMA terms and conditions for service for the consultant contract in Scotland. We offer our own pension scheme however you are able to maintain your NHS pension if you are a member of the NHS pension scheme.