Consultant in Palliative Medicine


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£105,504 to £139,882 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Torquay, TQ2 7AA
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	15 Oct 2026

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Summary

The postholder will join the Hospital Palliative Care Team (HPCT) based on the Torbay hospital site. The team forms an integral component of both the Cancer Support Team and the Torbay and South Devon Specialist Palliative Care Service. The HPCT provides a specialist palliative care service in the acute setting from 0900 to 1800 Monday to Friday and 09.00 to 14.00 at weekends. This is a liaison service, working with teams throughout the hospital to provide support, expert advice and guidance for the care of patients requiring palliative and end of life (EOL) care. The service receives an average of 124 new referrals per month, 48% of patients with cancer and 52% with non-cancer diagnoses. In addition to direct patient care, the team has a key role in education and leadership to enhance a palliative care approach for all patients by all staff. There are close working relationships with oncology and haematology services as well as the wider cancer support team including psychology, dietetics, speech and language services and chaplaincy. The HPCT provides representation at all cancer MDTs apart from breast, skin, urology and haematology. Support for patients with non-malignant disease forms a significant part of the workload and has recently been extended with input into Heart Failure and Liver Disease Supportive care MDTs. Specific interests of the postholder with regards to specialty MDT provision will be supported where possible. On call activity The on-call commitment is 1 in 5 second on call out of hours advice for Rowcroft Hospice, Torbay Hospital and community services; this may be subject to change as the consultant workforce develops. On call activity includes support for rotating medical trainees covering the hospice first on call. There is also a 1 in 25 Friday/weekend first on call commitment for the inpatient unit at Rowcroft Hospice; admissions are taken out of hours 24/7.

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