Senior Clinical Fellow in Chronic Pelvic Pain

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A major teaching hospital in the UK is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Chronic Pelvic Pain to provide advanced training in managing chronic pelvic pain. The role involves patient care within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to audits and research. Suitable for candidates with a background in women's health or chronic pain. Excellent communication and clinical skills are essential. This full-time role offers valuable training in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience of being trained by and training clinicians outside own field.
• Extensive experience in women's health or chronic pain.
• Experience of academic writing and clinical teaching.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the pelvic pain service.
• Conduct patient assessments and manage treatment plans.
• Engage in audit and service development projects.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills in history taking and examination

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Excellent communication skills

Advanced IT skills

Education

Fully qualified medical practitioner

MRCOG (part 3)

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Chronic Pelvic Pain

The closing date is 25 November 2025

The purpose of this post is to provide advanced training in the management of chronic pelvic pain in women in the context of a busy tertiary clinical service. As a result of this training, the post holder will be confident to lead a pelvic pain service in the secondary or tertiary setting, delivering compassionate and effective patient care and training informed by current understanding of both gynaecological pathologies and mechanisms underlying chronic pain.

The post will be for twelve months in the first instance and would be suitable for out of programme training for a post Membership trainee in O&G or for a post CCT candidate. All necessary support and relevant training to complete the RCOG SITM in Chronic Pelvic Pain can be provided during this post.

Main duties of the job

Pelvic pain service commitment

The post holder will be expected to participate fully in the provision of care within the pelvic pain team including outpatient and inpatient care, and telephone and email discussions with patients and GPs. Adult and Adolescent interdisciplinary pelvic pain clinics are delivered each week, with additional doctor only clinics to address medical/gynaecological components of care. The pelvic pain team have regular multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and also provide input into the BSGE accredited Endometriosis Centre and the Urogynaecology Service MDT meetings.

Training

Training will be provided in all areas relevant to clinical practice (aligning with the RCOG SITM in Chronic Pelvic Pain) and including development of skills to assess, investigate and manage CPP.

Audit and research work

The remainder of the time will be used for audit and service development projects or a research project depending on the interests of the postholder.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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Job responsibilities

Please see supporting job role description and person specification for full details about this post, or contact Prof Vincent for an informal conversation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully qualified medical practitioner
• Completed membership exam in own clinical specialty, if not an O&G trainee
• MRCOG (part 3)
• Experience of being trained by and training clinicians outside own field

Clinical

• Extensive experience in the field of either a) women's health, including familiarity with endometriosis and other illnesses or b) chronic pain
• Excellent clinical skills in history taking and examination
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex concepts and help patients engage in managing their own health
• Experience of academic writing
• Experience of clinical teaching
• Experience of primary research
• Advanced IT skills including use of packages for word processing, data manipulation and presentation preparation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust