Closing Date: 1 September 2025
Interview Date: 12 September 2025
Location: Multisite working between Selly Park and Erdington
Hours: 24 hours per week plus approx. 1 in 5 first on-call commitment (attracting additional 4 hours pay plus 4% availability supplement)
Salary: Specialty Doctor Pay Scale dependent on experience
DBS Requirement: Enhanced check with Adult Barring List
At Birmingham Hospice our teams are committed to improving the quality of life for people living with life-limiting conditions, as well as supporting their families and loved ones during one of the most challenging periods they will ever face.
We are seeking a Speciality Doctor in Palliative Care Medicine to join our dynamic medical team in a substantive post. You will support our multidisciplinary team by providing consistent and outstanding medical care on the inpatient unit, alongside our other medical staff and the rest of the multi-disciplinary team.
As our Speciality Doctor you will:
You will be expected to work flexibly between our two sites at Erdington and Selly Park depending on clinical need.
The on call will cover both bases and it is expected that you would be able to arrive at the hospice within an hour if required to assess a patient out of hours.
If this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to receive your application.
For further information or an informal chat, please email Palliative Consultant Dr Clare McKiernan at clare.mckiernan@birminghamhospice.org.uk.
Individuals who join the hospice from the NHS or another hospice will have the employee’s continuous previous service with any NHS employer recognised in respect of pension provision and annual leave.
Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.
Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.
The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.
We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
