# Bank Doctor

**Company**: North London Hospice
**Location**: Edgware
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: Depending on experience
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

North London Hospice is seeking Bank Doctors to support the delivery of specialist palliative care services across our Inpatient Unit and Community Specialist Palliative Care teams.

The postholder will provide medical care for patients receiving specialist palliative care services across inpatient and community settings. Key responsibilities include:

- Undertaking holistic assessments, reviewing symptom control, and contributing to care planning and clinical decision-making

- Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement activities

- Supporting patients, families, and carers with compassion and professionalism while maintaining high standards of safeguarding, infection prevention, confidentiality, and patient-centred care

- Contributing to education, training, and service development across North London Hospice

The role requires close collaboration with colleagues across North London Hospice to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care.

**Person Specification:**

- Qualifications: MBBS or equivalent medical qualification, Full GMC registration

- Experience: Experience of working in end-of-life care, familiarity with electronic health record systems, knowledge of Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems (EPaCCS) and/or Urgent Care Plans

- Additional Criteria: Flexible, enthusiastic, and resilient approach, positive and helpful attitude, strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, colleagues, and members of the public

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary depending on experience

- Opportunity to work within an experienced multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality medical care to patients with life-limiting illnesses

- Commitment to ongoing professional learning and development

**Job Details:**

- Grade: Specialty Doctor

- Salary: Depending on experience

- Contract: Bank

- Duration: 1 day

- Working pattern: Flexible working

## Skills

### Required
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Full GMC registration
- Experience of working in end-of-life care
- Familiarity with electronic health record systems
- Knowledge of Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems (EPaCCS) and/or Urgent Care Plans

### Nice to have
- Postgraduate medical degree
- Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Physicians or equivalent
- Palliative Medicine specialist training, qualification or experience
- Publications or qualifications relating to research, audit or quality improvement

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