- To maintain the highest clinical standards in the management of patients under your care
- To join colleagues in the smooth running of Acute and Chronic Pain services in our Trust
- To participate in teaching, audit, management and clinical governance
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream Job description
- Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
- Full and Specialist registration for Anaesthesia; (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
- Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists or equivalent
- Completion of Advanced Pain Training or equivalent
- Applicants that are UK trained, must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
- Applicants that are non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT and be on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) application in a nonCCT specialty awaiting approval
- Post Graduate Degree related to chronic pain MD, PhD, MSc
- Wide experience in Pain management
- Ability to undertake the clinical work expected of a chronic pain consultant in NHS practice in England.
- Evidence of extended period of additional subspecialty training in in Chronic Pain Management in a tertiary centre
- Experience in supervising chronic pain trainees and others in clinical practice
- Broad experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of teaching and training of undergraduates, medical and allied health professionals
- Ability to teach clinical skills to anaesthetic trainees of all levels, and achieving GMC standards to be recognised as a clinical supervisor
- Evidence of formal experience in medical education including regional/national teaching Higher teaching qualification
- Evidence of achieving GMC standards to be recognised as an educational supervisor
- An understanding of current issues in medical education and training
- Understand the principles of Clinical Audit
- Evidence of participation in audit projects with specific relevance to subspecialty interest
- Regular commitment to relevant Continuing Medical Education
- Understanding of research principles and scientific method
- Awareness of the current organisation of the Trust and the NHS, and the proposed changes to the service
- Evidence of reflective practice
- Regular commitment to relevant Continuing Medical Education
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Evidence of implementing evidence-based change to improve patient care
- Evidence of involvement and /or experience in risk processes such as Serious Incident reviews and patient safety systems
- Evidence of leadership in anaesthesia
- Understands the management structure of the NHS Evidence of risk management
- Ability to use Microsoft office packages, MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.
- Ability to use patient information systems
- Effective communicator - verbal and written
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrates leadership and organisational skills
- Enquiring, critical approach to work and a commitment to the practice of evidence based medicine
- Enthusiasm, resilience and flexibility in a changing work environment
- Will pursue personal professional development
- Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships
- Ability to inspire, motivate and develop staff
- Has experience of committee work and prepared to undertake committee work
- Evidence of leadership and team building, and potential for wider hospital/Trust leadership roles
Consultant in Pain Management - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Description
Job summary
Applications are warmly invited fora highly trained individual for one substantive replacement post to join the Pain Management Department at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust.
This is a substantive consultant post in Pain Medicine. We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic colleague, who is committed to maintain the highest standards in patient care, and who shares the team vision to develop the Pain services at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
Ensure active participation in continuing professional development (CPD)
Further information is available in the Job Description
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Job responsibilities
The 10 PAs plan comprises of PAs of direct clinical care (DCC) and PA of supporting professional activity (SPA). This post is expected to involve cross site daytime sessions. The overall commitment in the job plan will be annualised with regard to sessions worked.
The job plan outlined in Appendix 1 of the Job Description is intended to demonstrate what a typical week will look at UHL, an example plan is given. The weekly layout of the job plan may ultimately change slightly, but the substance of the sessions the DCC/SPA split will not. The DCC PA activity undertaken covering this contributes to the DCC PA component of the annualised job plan.
The department may be able to accommodate some requests with regards to working patterns, including less than full time job plans or anaesthetic DCC activity.
Person SpecificationQualifications
Essential
Desirable
Clinical skills and Experience
Essential
Desirable
Teaching Experience
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Governance
Essential
Desirable
Management & Adminstrative Experience
Essential
IT Skills
Essential
Other Attributes
Essential
Desirable