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Community Consultant in Palliative Medicine

United Kingdom, Cambridge Employment contract 113565.00 - 150569.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted June 29, 2026
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This is an exciting opportunity to play a senior clinical role within our Specialist Palliative Care Home Team, supporting patients, families, carers and community professionals to deliver high-quality, person-centred end-of-life care. You will also contribute to hospice research, quality improvement, education, governance and service development. Working within the Specialist Palliative Care Home Team, you will provide senior medical leadership and expert clinical care to patients in the community. You will advise on and lead complex symptom management, advance care planning, treatment escalation planning and support for patients and families. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across primary care, secondary care, social care and the voluntary sector. You will also support the twice-monthly outpatient Pain Management Group alongside the Consultant Anaesthetist and Psychological Therapist, and take a lead role in developing the hospice's research, evaluation and quality improvement agenda.

Job Responsibility

  • Assess and manage complex physical, psychological, social and spiritual symptoms in community settings
  • Provide clinical support and advice to GPs, district nurses, care home staff and community teams
  • Lead and support advance care planning, DNACPR discussions and treatment escalation planning
  • Work closely with the Specialist Palliative Care Home Team Lead to develop and strengthen the service
  • Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences, governance activity and clinical education
  • Lead and promote research, audit, evaluation and quality improvement across the hospice
  • Support resident doctors, hospice staff and external healthcare professionals through teaching and clinical supervision
  • Contribute to the second on-call rota shared across the hospice, CUH and RPH

Requirements

  • Full GMC registration
  • CCT/CESR or Specialist Registration in Palliative Medicine, or be within six months of achieving this at interview
  • Experience across palliative medicine settings

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Experience in a community hospice post

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