Consultant Anaesthetist - Chronic Pain and Anaesthetics

Job summary

This post offers 10 PA's. Of these a minimum of 5 PA's will be in Chronic Pain, with time shared between the secondary care Pain Clinic, the Bath Centre for Pain Services and Anaesthetics. There is no On Call. This post can be appropriate for a new or experienced Consultant looking for a varied clinical role.

This post can also offer Chronic Pain work only with no anaesthetics.

We welcome applications for a permanent Consultant Anaesthetist with Advanced Pain Training. The successful candidate will be working in a dynamic and thriving A.C.S.A accredited Anaesthetic department.

The post holder will deliver:

Chronic Pain Speciality - Assessments, follow ups and interventions in the Pain Clinic and work with the Bath Centre for Pain Services to provide assessments, patient education and hold medical responsibility for patients during their residential treatment.

Anaesthetics -Direct clinical work in the Directorate of Anaesthetics.

A thorough induction period will be provided. The existing team are highly specialist and have a strong history of service improvement and development, where research, representation in professional bodies and teaching are core to the services. We would recommend contacting us for further information.

Dr Mike Coupe - Medical Lead - Chronic Pain Clinic

mcoupe@nhs.net

Dr Paul Watson - Medical Lead - Tertiary Care Services

paul.watson35@nhs.net

Dr Malcolm Thornton - Clinical Director of Anaesthetics

malcolmthornton@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

To provide assessments for secondary care Pain Clinic.

To provide medication review, interventions or referrals to the MDT

To provide assessments along with the interdisciplinary team for the National chronic pain services

To provide medical over sight and medication review along with the interdisciplinary team in the Bath Centre for Pain Services when patients are attending residential treatment.

To provide sessions to Anaesthetic services as agreed at recruitment.

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

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