# Clinical Fellow **Company**: St Joseph's Hospice **Location**: London, E8 4SA **Job type**: temporary **Salary**: £52656.00 **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0339-26-0020?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/job/clinical-fellow-955d879e-af8/ ## Description This post is ideal for a doctor wishing to gain experience in specialist palliative medicine, whether as preparation for higher specialty training or a career in general practice, oncology, geriatrics or another related specialty. We are offering a full-time, 4-month fixed-term contract from March to June 2027, with a salary of £52,656 a year plus £14,851 pa for on-call and £2,162 pa for London Weighting. The post holder will work predominantly within the inpatient unit, supported by an experienced consultant-led multidisciplinary team, and will participate in the on-call rota. The role offers extensive exposure to symptom management, communication skills, advance care planning and end-of-life care. Opportunities for professional development, education, quality improvement and career progression will be supported in line with the post holder's experience, interests and development goals. **Job Responsibilities:** **Inpatient Hospice Duties and Responsibilities:** - Delivery of medical care to specialist palliative care inpatients with consultant supervision - Work as part of the multi-disciplinary, specialist palliative care team to optimise patient care - Clerk new admissions to the hospice through history and physical examination and explore advance care planning - Attendance at and participation in the weekly Consultant Ward Round and Multi-Disciplinary Team meeting - Communicating with patients and their families pro-actively, providing appropriate information and support as necessary - Chairing of family meetings when appropriate - Use of the multi-lingual advocacy service to aid assessment of and communication with patients and families who do not speak English fluently - Appropriate communication with health professionals outside of palliative medicine, to ensure good continuity of patient care - Timely provision of medical letters and discharge summaries - Participation in bereavement follow-up as required **Out-of-Hours / On-Call Duties and Responsibilities:** - The on-call component of this role comprises a full on-call rota working 1 in 5 weekdays and 1 in 4 single weekend days - Participate in the hospice first on-call rota, providing out-of-hours cover for the hospice inpatient unit and community palliative care team with consultant support throughout - Must be available to attend the hospice within 60 minutes during all non-resident on-call periods **Non-Clinical Duties / Education, Training & Support:** - Weekly doctors' journal club - Weekly doctors' teaching - Monthly Schwartz Rounds - Courses available via hospice Education Centre as per candidates' training needs - Teaching and supervision of medical students on placement at the hospice - Undertaking of clinical audit and quality improvement projects - Regular clinical/educational supervision by named Consultant - Monthly group clinical supervision for all doctors **General Requirements for Medical Staff:** - To contact one of the consultants, other senior colleague or managers, as appropriate, if there are any clinical concerns - To make accurate, legible and contemporaneous entries in the patients' records - To participate in audit, research or any on-going developments within the hospice - To participate in teaching students, hospice staff and volunteers as required - To comply with Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements **General Requirements for All Staff:** - To perform their duties according to the philosophy of the Hospice - To attend the induction program - To comply with Occupational Health procedures - To attend any staff meetings, where appropriate - To keep up to date and complete all statutory and mandatory training For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - specialist palliative medicine - communication skills - symptom management - advance care planning - end-of-life care --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0339-26-0020?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)