Palliative Care Consultant - #1130661

This position provides opportunities to work in a range of clinical settings. Besides inpatient palliative care setting, there are also opportunities to work/rotate through diverse settings like outpatient clinic, home palliative care as well as community (e.g., providing palliative support for nursing homes and community teams)

The incumbent will be able to practice holistic, end of life patient care considering not only the physical but also functional, psycho-emotional and social needs of the patients. He/she will have opportunities to work in an organization that drives continuous learning, education and professional development through our in-house training programmes and other relevant external courses.

Responsibilities

• Provide palliative inpatient and/or outpatient care of patients

• Lead multidisciplinary team in planning the care of patients

• Supervision and mentoring of junior doctors

• Engage in research & quality improvement projects

• Involvement in Special Interest Group to improve quality of clinical care

Requirements

• Medical Degree and postgraduate qualifications registrable with Singapore Medical Council.

• Advance specialist training in palliative medicine, will be requirement for the above position

• Committed and passionate in the care of patients who are in their end-of-life journey and those with multiple physical, psycho-emotional and social needs.