Palliative Consultant

The Palliative Care Consultant provides specialist palliative care to patients with life-limiting illnesses across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. The role focuses on holistic, patient-centred care, integration of palliative principles into general medical services, capacity building of the multidisciplinary team, and advancement of SLH’s palliative care strategy in line with national priorities.

Responsibilities:

Clinical Care & Education

• Provide specialist palliative care consultations, including complex symptom management,
• goals-of-care discussions, and end-of-life care.
• Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to junior doctors and palliative care team members.
• Design and deliver structured education programmes in palliative care, communication skills, and end-of-life management.
• Build palliative care competencies across the hospital through regular teaching, ca...