St Johns Hospice provides care to patients and their families from both NWL and NCL ICBs.
We currently have an opportunity for a FY3 resident doctor wanting to enhance their skills in caring for patients requiring specialist palliative care. In addition to the 17 bedded inpatient unit, we also have a Community Specialist Palliative Care Team, a Hospice at Home Team, a Wellbeing Centre and a Lymphoedema Service. Working across all departments we also have our social work and bereavement team and our hospice therapies team. In addition we provide a number of complementary therapies which are available for both the patient and those important to them
If you want to provide the best in holistic care and learn palliative care skills that can be transferred to any setting this could be the job for you.
You will work closely with our Palliative Care Consultants, Specialty Doctors and wider clinical teams to deliver high‑quality medical care to patients with life‑limiting illnesses. Our hospice is built on values of compassion, community, charity and commitment, and we pride ourselves on caring for the physical, psychosocial, spiritual and emotional needs of every individual.
Located in leafy St John’s Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John’s.
What You’ll Be Doing
You will play an active role in the day‑to‑day medical management of hospice patients, including:
- Supporting admissions, ward rounds, clinical meetings and MDT discussions
- Providing holistic palliative care, addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs
- Maintaining accurate contemporaneous records in SystmOne
- Completing medical examiner referrals, coroner referrals and MCCDs (with consultant support)
- Assessing patients in day services, outpatients and community settings
- Liaising with primary and secondary care teams to ensure continuity of care
- Contributing to teaching, clinical governance, audit and research
- Engaging in ongoing CPD and annual appraisal
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
- Full GMC registration with Licence to Practise
- MBBS or equivalent
- Minimum 4 years’ post‑registration experience
- Broad medical experience, ideally with some exposure to palliative care
- Strong communication skills with patients, families and colleagues
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Good IT skills and experience with clinical audit
- Awareness of own limitations and willingness to seek support
- Specific interest in Palliative Medicine
- Experience leading audit or quality improvement projects
Why apply for this role?
At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits;
When you become part of the HJE Family, these are some of the benefits you will receive:
- Private healthcare scheme worth up to £20,000 per year
- 27 days annual leave
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free eye check-up vouchers with contribution towards lenses
- Free newspaper and media subscriptions
- Local Business discounts
- Discount in our Hospice Charity shop
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Free Cinema Society Membership offering discounted tickets
- Personal development and training courses
- Annual events and recognition awards
- Career progression and increments
If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.
Work Location: In person
