Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Pain Management

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; Vor Ort; GBP 114.000 - 151.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Anaesthetist with a special interest in Pain Management to join the Chronic Pain Team at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan. The role involves delivering both anaesthetic services and Pain Management interventions within a multidisciplinary setting.

You will work with consultants, an associate specialist, nurses, psychologists, and therapists to provide comprehensive care, with opportunities for

Qualifikationen

• Full GMC registration with Licence to practise.
• FRCA (UK or Ireland) or equivalent.
• Inclusion on Specialist Register/admission within six months of interview date.
• Certificate of Medical Education.
• A higher qualification, e.g. MD or PhD.
• European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia.
• Advanced training in Regional Anaesthesia.

Aufgaben

• Provide elective and emergency perioperative anaesthetic management.
• Maintain knowledge and skills to deliver anaesthesia.
• Participate in Governance and Appraisal processes.
• Participate in teaching medical and allied health professionals.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide assessment and follow-up clinics for chronic pain service.
• Deliver pain clinic interventions and support the Pain Management Programme.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Teaching

IT skills

Ausbildung

GMC Licence to practise

FRCA (UK/Ireland)

Specialist Register

Medical Education Certificate

MD/PhD

European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia

Advanced Regional Anaesthesia training

Tools

Ultrasound

Nerve blocks

Jobbeschreibung

Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Pain Management

NHS Medical & Dental: YC72

Main area Start Well and Planned Care Grade NHS Medical & Dental: YC72 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week (+ On calls) Job ref 302-26-8398904-MHR-S

Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Town Wigan Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/11/2026 23:59

People at the Heart. One Team. Your Career at WWL.

Job overview

The multidisciplinary Pain Management Team at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust enjoy good relationships with the Community Pain service and provides secondary care services on the Wrightington and Leigh sites.

The successful applicant would be joining a dynamic team of consultants, one associate specialist, 2 specialist nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists and pain physiotherapists.

Image intensifier and ultrasound guided pain interventions including radiofrequency ablation techniques are carried out in a dedicated treatment room with recovery on the adjoining ward by enthusiastic and experienced ward staff. A small office is adjacent to the treatment room for full IT administrative support.

The Chronic Pain Team supports the Tertiary Referral Orthopaedic Hospital at Wrightington with a.o. procedures for post-surgical/neuropathic pain or genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation for arthritic knee pain.

We provide a nurse led self-acupuncture service, Qutenza services, Botox for chronic migraines and Consultant Oral ketamine.

There are regular Pain Management Programmes, Psychology and OT and Physiotherapy sessions.

There is a full triage of all patients to direct supportive and treatment measures. There are regular scheduled full team clinical governments meeting.

We would welcome and expect any member of our team to further our inclusive pain management and forge stronger/innovative relations with the community and our orthopaedic colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Acute care is provided at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. This includes adults' and children's accident and emergency services, intensive care, women’s and children’s and a range of medical and surgical specialities. Wrightington Hospital is an elective Orthopaedic Specialist site and our Leigh Day Case unit is currently expanding its portfolio and increasing activity. The successful candidate will have a job plan developed to accommodate their special interests whilst also meeting the service requirements of the trust.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will perform all the duties and have all responsibilities of a Consultant Anaesthetist with Interest in Pain Management.

Clinical responsibilities within Anaesthesia:

• To provide elective and emergency perioperative anaesthetic management
• To maintain appropriate knowledge and skills to deliver anaesthesia
• To participate in Governance and Appraisal processes
• To participate in teaching medical and allied health professionals
• To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team

Clinical responsibilities within the Chronic Pain Provision:

• To provide assessment and follow-up clinics for our Secondary Pain Service
• To provide pain clinic interventions
• To contribute to the running of this service as guided by the service lead.
• To work as part of a multidisciplinary team and support the running of the Pain Management Programme by appropriate referrals and delivering sessions to the group as needed.
• To understand and contribute to appropriate care pathways available for patients in the Pain Clinic and signpost accordingly.
• To work with the Lead Nurse, Clinical Lead or Senior Clinicians to ensure appropriate medical care pathways are in place, consistent with the pain clinic model for patients in treatment.

To understand and follow the commissioned care pathways for patients ensuring appropriate treatments underpinned by professional evidence and guidance. (e.g. NICE guidelines, Royal Colleges, MHRA, Greater Manchester Commissioning Guidelines, GRFT)

To have medical responsibility, in partnership with the Trust’s medical leads for all patients under the care of the pain service.

The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC with a Licence to practice
• FRCA (UK or Ireland) or equivalent
• Inclusion on Specialist Register/admission within six months of interview dat
• Certificate of Medical Education
• A higher qualification, eg. MD, PhD
• European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia
• Advanced training in Regional Anaesthesia

Skills

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and their relatives, and with colleagues in all disciplines
• Ability to lead the development of services and promote best prac-tice amongst colleagues
• Proficient in the use of Information Technology
• Portfolio evidencing a range of nerve blocks candidate is competent in
• Evidence of the development of leadership within the work environment
• Attendance at courses in teaching, appraisal and mentorship
• Proven interest in at least one ar-ea of research

Knowledge

• Evidence of participation in un-dergraduate and postgraduate teaching and commitment to these
• Knowledge of up to date literature
• Evidence of recent and current research with relevant publications

Personal Skills

• Team Working: Experience of working in a team, value input of other professionals in the team
• Management / Team Involvement: Work cooperatively with others and demonstrate leadership. Work effectively in multi-professional teams
• Capacity to work under pressure. Demonstrate initiative and resilience, adapt and change rapidly
• Use logical / lateral thinking to solve problems and make decisions.
• Prioritise own work. Demonstrate punctuality, preparation, and self-discipline. Understands importance of information technology
• Ability to adapt and work with employers to deliver improved patient care
• Promote equality and values diversity
• Take responsibility for own actions and demonstrate a non-judgemental approach towards others, Display honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues
• Experience of Leadership

Professional Development

• Commitment to maintain professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job
• Demonstrate a willingness to fully engage in appraisal. Self-awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback
• Additional achievements relevant to the role

Additional

• Clinical Governance: Capacity to alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrate awareness of good decision making. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors
• Audit: evidence of active participation in audit
• Teaching: evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job
• Effective Communication Skills: demonstrate clarity in written / spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to situation
• Empathy and Sensitivity: Capacity to listen and take in other perspectives
• Works in Partnership with patients. always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options
• Consider full impact of clinical decisions on the patients. Practice shared decision making
• Direct and supports patients to access the information they need to support decision making
• Research Skills: Demonstrate understanding of the principle of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
• Teaching: Evidence of experience in teaching

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