Consultant in Palliative NHS Grampian and VACANCY: Honorary Senior Lecturer University of

Looking for a change and a new beginning?

Consider working with us in the north of the United in Palliative Care. We are aligned to the acute medical Kingdom with a fulfilling job in an area of outstanding directorate of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, wholly funded by natural beauty. Working on the doorstep of Royal NHS Grampian and supported by Friends, Endowments Deeside and the Grampian Highlands and working with and Macmillan. You would be one of a team of eight the principal specialist palliative care provider in the doctors (3 consultants, 2 registrars, 2 FY2 doctors and one north of Scotland. Aberdeen has much to commend GP registrar all on 4 month rotation) working with a team itself, offering a vibrant shopping, theatre, restaurant of over 30 nurses with a comprehensive paramedical and and music scene to cater for all tastes. It offers a great therapies team. life style, many areas of housing development both within the city and in a more rural setting to suit your particular needs. There are excellent schools within the About You Being already a specialist in palliative care (or just about area and excellent travel infrastructure on account of to become one), you alredy understand the importance of the oil industry meaning all UK destinations are very being a team player and taking responsibility as and when easily accessible. required.

About Us We are more than happy to be as flexible as possible to We are the largest provider of specialist palliative care help you achieve a fulfilling work-life balance and to allow in the north of Scotland and the successful applicant you to develop and nurture your own personal specific would join our excellent team of dedicated and caring skills or interests. staff as one of three consultants providing cover for Grampian, Moray, the Western Isles and the Northern You would be able to take a regional geographical lead Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Complex problems are if you so wished as well as being involved in trainee also referred by NHS Highland. The focus is Roxburghe educational supervision, teaching, audit or the house in Aberdeen; a state of the art specialist unit specialist palliative care team. located in the centre of Aberdeen within walking distance of the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary campus and You would have excellent communication skills and care within its own idyllic landscaped gardens, playing for patients and families as well as the wider hospice their own important role as part of the therapeutic members of your team. environment. We enjoy close working relationships with both Aberdeen and Robert Gordon Universities. Interested? We have a great team of dedicated and caring staff houses a 21 bedded inpatient unit providing an excellent service and would welcome the combined with comprehensive day care and outpatient opportunity to discuss the post further or arrange a tour facilities. There are between 300 and 400 inpatient of the service. We would be keen to accommodate your admissions and 350-400 outpatient attendances specific needs and facilitate your relocation to make it as each year and over 700 new referrals each year to the easy and free of stress as possible. We are happy to be hospital specialist palliative care team. We offer weekly flexible in order to attract the right applicant. joint pain clinics in conjunction with the chronic pain team and were the first unit to provide a percutaneous Please contact Tim Morgan Clinical lead on 01224 557070 cordotomy service in Scotland.Over the past 10 years, ([email protected]) or Alison Prime, Consultant in our education unit has hosted over 1000 educational Palliative Medicine on the same number events delivered to over 16,000 delegates. We are ([email protected]) All enquiries or approaches will be proud of the unit’s achievements as well as being treated in the strictest confidence. the sole Scottish provider of the European certificate