Edith Israel
Woking,surrey
Summary
Accomplished Medical Consultant experienced in healthcare leadership across NHS, private, and charitable sectors. Delivered strategic clinical support to multidisciplinary teams, enhancing patient outcomes through evidence-based interventions. Focused on developing integrated care pathways and improving access to services for diverse patient populations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Cannabis consultant
Releaf, Dispensed
virtual
06.2024 - Current
Locum Consultant in Palliative Care
Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice
Greenwich
03.2023 - 05.2026
- Resolved complex issues by analysing underlying causes and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, implementing solutions from managing complex MDTs to addressing needs of complex patients in hospital.
- Collaborated with Prof Rob George to manage hospice input, integrated efforts with palliative care team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and supported Community Palliative Care team in part-time role.
- Increasing diversity of patients admitted from neuro-degenerative, through to complex psycho-social alongside younger patients with complex symptom-management.
- Identified and addressed educational and training needs across community, hospital, and workforce settings.
Deputy Executive Medical Director
We Are With You
12.2023 - 09.2025
- Partnered with Executive board and Trustees to establish safe, effective systems across the UK for coordinating care of clients struggling with heroin and cocaine addiction as well as trauma.
- Collaborated with Executive Medical Director on clinical strategy for With You, enhancing support for teams of medical and non-medical prescribers across England and Scotland.
- Developed evidence-based care and harm-reduction strategies, creating pathways for young people to divert from drug and alcohol dependence.
- With You is one of the UK and Scotland’s largest charitable providers of support for those struggling with opioids, drugs, and alcohol misuse alongside mental health psychosocial interventions.
Locum Consultant in Palliative Care
South Oxfordshire community Hub
South Oxfordshire
05.2023 - 11.2023
- Managed complex opioid and adjuvant detoxification while collaborating with primary, tertiary, and community healthcare teams to ensure safe, holistic symptom management in end-of-life care.
- Chaired MDTs, conducted nursing home visits, supported junior doctors' development, and provided specialist advice to palliative care CNSs and allied health professionals.
- Completing home visits for complex cases, admitting specialist palliative care patients to the local rehabilitation hospital.
- Delivered part-time medical support for busy community team in South Oxfordshire, enhancing patient care coordination.
Head of Palliative and End of Life Care (PEoLC) Northwest Surrey & Medical Director
Woking and Sam Beare Hospice
10.2022 - 03.2023
- Managing the medical team at WSB hospice, resulting in expansion of admissions to a 7-day in-patient unit.
- Collaborated with local hospital Board to create SOP for 7-day hospice admission, integrate joint IT systems, and empower Advance Nurse Practitioners to enhance medical rota support.
- Managed population of 0.5 million, collaborating with ICB and PCN GPs to assess needs and implement a coordinated, whole-systems approach to PEoLC in NW Surrey.
- Coordinating the triune rotation of specialist PEoLC consultants across hospice, hospital wards and the community.
- Developed joint-working initiatives with local hospital, facilitating inter-hospital-hospice nursing team exchanges.
Lead Consultant and chief physician in Palliative medicine
The London Clinic
London
04.2021 - 03.2023
- Chaired organisation’s EOLC steering group, fostering collaboration among over 25 multi-disciplinary professionals, including Board members, external chaplaincy, ward managers, ITU, AHP, domestic staff, and a patient representative.
- Introduced EDIT - End of Life Datix Incidents programme at TLC to address CQC noted deficit in end of life care.
- Managing TLC’s end of life care (eolc) and specialist palliative care teams.
- Worked with my team to introduce an eolc ITU patient recording system.
- Introducing joint-care with haematology, gastroenterology, surgery as well as managing the symptom control oncology ward.
- Published research on EDIT programme and ITU programme in professional journals, including Journal of Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care.
- The largest charitable private hospital in the UK with over 120,000 patient visits per year.
Lead Consultant in Palliative medicine
St John’s hospice
03.2017 - 03.2021
Locum Palliative medicine consultant
The Royal Marsden & Royal Brompton
01.2016 - 03.2017
Locum Palliative medicine consultant
St Mary’s hospital
07.2015 - 01.2016
Education
MBA - Awarded MERIT
Liverpool John Moore University
11-2024
MRCP and Specialty exam in palliative medicine -
RCP
RCP11-2012
BSc - Medical Sciences with Molecular and Cellular Biology
Imperial College London
10-2004
Masters in Leadership & Management -
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson NHS Healthcare leadership programme
07-2017
Postgraduate diploma in clinical management and leadership -
07-2014
MBBS - Medicine & Surgery
Imperial College London
06-2006
Executive Leadership Accreditation -
Nye Bevans NHS Leadership Academy
04-2021
MSc - Palliative care
King’s College London
03-2013
Skills
- Board level leadership and management skills at NHS, private and large charitable organisations
- Regional and national leadership skills provide strategic direction as Head of End of Life care for half a million people in NW Surrey
- MBA and executive as well as Non-Executive Director
- Excellent training, education and clinical strategy, stakeholder management across complex healthcare domains
- Complex symptom management
- Palliative care consultation
- Evidence-based care, policy development, publication of books and articles globally
- Multidisciplinary teamwork
- Risk assessment, data analysis and complex adaptive problem solving as a senior healthcare leader
- Conflict resolution, decision making under pressure and able to adapt to process development and improvement to improve patient experience, improve efficiency of system with a cost-driven incentive
Custom
- Mentoring and coaching
- Community/charitable work
- Recreational writing
- Travelling
Timeline
Medical Cannabis consultant
Releaf, Dispensed
06.2024 - Current
Deputy Executive Medical Director
We Are With You
12.2023 - 09.2025
Locum Consultant in Palliative Care
South Oxfordshire community Hub
05.2023 - 11.2023
Locum Consultant in Palliative Care
Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice
03.2023 - 05.2026
Head of Palliative and End of Life Care (PEoLC) Northwest Surrey & Medical Director
Woking and Sam Beare Hospice
10.2022 - 03.2023
Lead Consultant and chief physician in Palliative medicine
The London Clinic
04.2021 - 03.2023
Lead Consultant in Palliative medicine
St John’s hospice
03.2017 - 03.2021
Locum Palliative medicine consultant
The Royal Marsden & Royal Brompton
01.2016 - 03.2017
Locum Palliative medicine consultant
St Mary’s hospital
07.2015 - 01.2016
MBA - Awarded MERIT
Liverpool John Moore University
MRCP and Specialty exam in palliative medicine -
RCP
BSc - Medical Sciences with Molecular and Cellular Biology
Imperial College London
Masters in Leadership & Management -
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson NHS Healthcare leadership programme
Postgraduate diploma in clinical management and leadership -
MBBS - Medicine & Surgery
Imperial College London
Executive Leadership Accreditation -
Nye Bevans NHS Leadership Academy
MSc - Palliative care
King’s College London