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Main area Pain Management Grade Consultant Contract Permanent: Full time Pain and Anaesthesia Part time Pain HoursFull time Part time 10 sessions per week (2 week rotations) Job ref 164-7222049 Employer Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site City Hospital Town Nottingham Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/08/2025 23:59 Consultant in Pain and AnaesthesiaConsultantJob overview*******PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL***** We are looking to recruit into 2 Substantive Consultants positions for the Pain Management and Anaesthesia service at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. These positions will complement an existing medical team of 4 Consultants and 1 Nurse Consultant. Position 1 comprises of a 10 programmed activities (PAs) job plan each week across Chronic Pain and Anaesthetics. These include 8 DCCs and 2 SPAs. Position 2 comprises of 8.75 programmed activities (PAs) job plan across Chronic Pain. These include 7.25 DCC and 1.5 SPAs. There are no on-call commitments. Pain Management sessions include Out-patient clinics, Operating Sessions in the Day Surgery Unit. As a patient-centred, clinically led organisation we expect our clinical partners to participate in care-pathway development, research, audit and teaching. The successful applicant will be allocated a mentor and be given time to understand the processes of the department. Main duties of the job*******PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL***** The appointees will be expected to fulfil the following duties with the agreed Job Plan. Clinical Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective service. Clinic and theatre numbers would be in keeping with the guidelines. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department. The successful candidate will be expected to comply with all relevant policies relating to administration of patient care. This includes working to set timescales for the triage of referrals, following the specified process for the management of patients that do not attend (DNA) their appointment or admission, and the completion of all paperwork deemed necessary to support the management of their patients within agreed timescales. Consultants are also expected to work with other partners, clinical service managers, nurses and consultant colleagues to manage their caseload in a flexible way, to ensure clinical, national and local priorities, such as maximum waiting times for referral to treatment, are achieved. These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her Consultant colleagues, and the Trust. Working for our organisation*******PENDING COLLEGE APPROVAL***** The current Pain Management service undertakes consultant led outpatient and diagnostic services, treatments and intervention and work closely with community Pain providers to provide care to patients in the most appropriate setting according to their clinical needs. The Pain service is situated at the City Hospital Campus where there is a dedicated outpatient unit (excluding paediatrics which is situated at the QMC Campus) and includes a specific area to undertake outpatient pain injections. We also undertake Daycase pain injections in our Day Surgery Unit. Our Nurse Consultant provides nurse-led Pain Management including post injection follow-up, medication and annual reviews. Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease see attached job description and person specification for further details Forfurther details / informal visits , contact : Dr M Fernandez , Consultant Pain Medicine . Head of Service and Clinical Lead. Email: marta.fernandez4@ Person specificationProfessional RegistrationFull GMC registration Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register CCT expected within 6 months of interview date Professional Qualifications/DevelopmentHigher professional degree Clinical Skills/ExperienceEvidenced technical skills as described in the job description Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals. Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors Management SkillsAble to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery. Able to work in a team Experience of change management Personal Skills/QualitiesAble to work flexibly in a changing health service Able to use the Trust’s IT support systems Teaching, Audit & ResearchEvidence of participation in Clinical Audit. Able to teach and support junior staff effectively. Original Research Publications Higher teaching degree or qualification or training Practical RequirementsAbility to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus Please note that this post does not attract relocation expenses. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH. Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process. 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This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following: Stay in full-time education, for example at a college Start an Apprenticeship Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training Salary:The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers. Disability Confidence:All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted. At Risk of redundancy:NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification. ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation. Consent: Transfer of information : If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to theOccupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH. 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