Consultant in Adult Palliative Medicine

About the Hospice

St Andrew’s Hospice has been providing high quality person-centred, holistic palliative and end of life care to adults across North East Lincolnshire for over 40 years and for nearly 25 years to children from the whole of Lincolnshire, Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. This care is delivered both in the community and in a specialist, purpose built environment, under one roof, 6 and includes symptom management, emotional, spiritual and social support, respite and end of life care. Our mission is to make each day count for people with life-limiting illnesses and to support those who care for them.

About the role 

St Andrew’s Hospice, Grimsby, is seeking to recruit a substantive full-time Consultant in Palliative Medicine to provide clinical leadership (Medical Director) for the Adult Services within the hospice - 12 bedded Inpatient Unit, Outpatient and Wellbeing services and support with the development of home-based services. Situated in the hospice, the successful candidate will work with the existing team of highly experienced Speciality Hospice Doctors to ensure patients receive responsive and high-quality care and undertake the role of Medical Director for the hospice as part of the Senior Management Team. This role will also help shape the future medical model for the hospice to ensure sustainability for the future