Key information
  • Main area:
    Medical
  • Grade:
    MC51/MC75
  • Contract
    Fixed term/Permanent
  • Hours
    24 hours (3 days)/ 32 hours (4 days)
  • Site
    Compton Care
  • Town
    Wolverhampton
  • Salary:
    £61,542 - £99,216 (plus regular first on-call duties weekends and weeknights) / £52, 656 (plus payment for regular on-call work)
  • Closing date:
    2025-09-19
  • Interview date
    2025-10-02
About us

Compton Care has an 18 bedded inpatient unit, an extensive community service (planned care, rapid response, virtual ward), day therapies, counselling & bereavement, and a lymphoedema service. We aim to provide first class palliative care to all who need it, wherever they are.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for the right doctor to join our skilled, dynamic team in providing palliative care to patients with life limiting illnesses. The post will be based at Compton Care, and you will primarily care for patients on the Inpatient Unit and those attending our Living Well Centre. There may also be opportunity to work within our community service. You will work as part of the medical team with dedicated consultants and a highly motivated multidisciplinary team.

Main duties

Education is a priority and there is a proactive Learning & Development department.

We are research active with a research group that supports both individual and collaborative projects. There are ample opportunities to develop your interest in the specialty through regular medical educational sessions, teaching consultant ward rounds and inbuilt CPD time. Applicants for the Specialty Doctor role (3 days/week) must have at least 3 years experience post registration. Doctors with less experience but who have completed the foundation programme will be considered for a fixed term Clinical Fellow post (4 days/week). Additional hours may be possible. You will be required to participate in the 1:5 on-call rota. For an informal discussion please contact Dr Fran Hakkak (Medical Director) on 01902 774519.

Please note that we reserve the right to close a vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an enhanced submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note we are unable to offer work visa sponsorships (COS).

Apply online

Please apply via the apply online button below, and should you have any further questions, please use the contact details at the end of this listing.

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Key contact information
  • Name:
    Recruitment Team
  • Email address
    recruitment@comptoncare.org.uk
  • Telephone number
    03003230250