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Salary for this role£113,565 – £150,569 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

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Role description

Job summary

The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of North Tees and Hartlepool (NTUH) fully integrated Palliative Care team across hospital community and hospice settings as required. This post will involve a minimum of 1.5 sessions per week of regular hospice clinical work. This maybe in either one of two local hospices: Alice House Hospice in Hartlepool or Butterwick Hospice in Stockton (9 and 8 bedded adult inpatient units respectively).

Hospital and community clinical work will involve face to face and non-face to face patient reviews, as well as advising and supporting the palliative care team and wider healthcare teams with clinical management of patients.

On call duties are in the mainstay non-resident, taking advice calls from hospital, community and hospice settings, as part of University Hospital Tees (UHT) wide consultant rota. There is an expectation that consultants will attend to review patients face to face in a hospice setting out of hours if required to support a doctor in training in exceptional circumstances. Consultants on call are expected to be within 2 hours travel time from the hospices covered on call (located in Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Stockton).

Main duties of the job

The successful candidatewill be welcomed to join our dynamic integrated palliative care service at North Tees and Hartlepool (NTH) providing input into community, hospital and hospice settings.

Base and clinical settings primarily based with the North Tees and Hartlepool integrated palliative care team at the University Hospital of North Tees.

Expected to work flexibly across hospital, community and hospice settings according to clinical need.
A minimum average of 1.5 sessions per week in a hospice is an essential requirement of the post.
Regular hospice work will be undertaken at either Butterwick Hospice, Stockton or Alice House Hospice, Hartlepool.
Butterwick Hospice is immediately adjacent to the University Hospital of North Tees. Alice House Hospice is located a 25-minute drive away in Hartlepool and includes a satellite office for the hospital and community team within.

Consultant team

The appointee joins a wider group of 10 Palliative Medicine consultants across University Hospitals Tees (a geographical area that covers: North Tees and Hartepool; Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland; and Hambleton and Richmondshire).

About us

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

At UHT our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

Date posted

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

345-CSU10-8347725

Job locations

University Hospital of Tees - North Tees site

Hardwick Road

Stockton on Tees

TS19 8PE

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further details and information are available on the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration with GMC and licence to practice (or eligible for) and meets requirements of the 'GMCs Good Medical Practice'
CCST/CCT in Palliative Medicine (or within six months of obtaining CCST/CCT at the time of interview) or on GMC Specialist Register in Palliative Medicine

Desirable

postgraduate qualification in Palliative Medicine

Clinical Experience

Essential

Evidence of continuing medical education , Understands clinical risk management, General training to specialist level

Desirable

Experience in clinical audit, research and teaching, Experience in related medical specialties (eg: Oncology, respiratory, neurology, Care of Elderly etc)

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

Willingness to participate in management duties and activities within the NHS and hospice, Previous involvement in service development Good organisational skills with a willingness to lead in developing/managing clinical service

Desirable

Staff management (appraisal, dealing with poor performance, coaching, motivating. Computing skills, Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the organisation of independent palliative services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.