Job summary
Here at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) we are an inclusive and dedicated team working hard to provide care to our service personnel.
We are looking for a Pain Management Consultant to join our team here at Defence Medical Rehabilitation Center Stanford Hall,Loughborough.
DMRC is established to provide a Rheumatology, Rehabilitation
and Sports/Exercise Medicine service for UK Service personnel, and the Pain
Management Service has a significant role in all 3 elements.
This position offers up to
40 hours per week as a Job Share. Requests to work flexibly will be considered,
taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.
Benefits
- Free parking
- Gym
- Swimming pool & hot tub
- on site shop
- Golf course
- Running track & Tennis courts
- Cinema
- Officers mess membership
Main duties of the job
DMRC is the only
Defence location offering Pain Services and will accept internal referrals for
ongoing patient support and referrals from primary care for single episode
advice and guidance. Pain Services provide a multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
approach, enhanced pain assessment, medication optimisation and pain
interventions to facilitate rehab and function and education.
The purpose of this role is to provide clinical leadershipto deliver a
high-quality clinical pain service and promote a culture of
evidence-based best practice, in line with relevant literature and guidelines.
About us
Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.
Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.
In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.
If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the role include but are not limited to:
- Clinical team leadership, direction, support, and guidance to a team of highly skilled Pain Specialist Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHPs) to deliver an occupationally focused Pain Management resource within a rehabilitation service, in collaboration with wider Defence Medical Services (DMS) including Primary Care, Occupational Health and Mental Health, and the Chain of Command (CoC).
- Providing a pain
intervention clinic to facilitate rehab and function within the larger MDT.
- Coordination of surgical, medical, rehabilitation, psychological and social care input to ensure delivery of a patient-centred, integrated, biopsychosocial model of care.
- Attending and leading Pain clinics, Specialist Rehabilitation Multi-disciplinary assessment clinics (MIACs) and review clinics as per individual job plan (to be agreed and signed off by Clinical Director annually).
- Assessing patients at regular intervals (including course admission and discharge etc) to review progress, in their long-term condition.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities
Selection Process
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
Trainees within 6 months of the award of their CCST, and consequent entry onto the specialist register, are eligible to apply for this post, however all qualifications and memberships must be held in full prior to commencing in post.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
Additional Information
Please copy and paste the link below into your browser.
An insight into the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall. - YouTube
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. Please copy and paste the link below into your browser.
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties of the role include but are not limited to:
- Clinical team leadership, direction, support, and guidance to a team of highly skilled Pain Specialist Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals (AHPs) to deliver an occupationally focused Pain Management resource within a rehabilitation service, in collaboration with wider Defence Medical Services (DMS) including Primary Care, Occupational Health and Mental Health, and the Chain of Command (CoC).
- Providing a pain
intervention clinic to facilitate rehab and function within the larger MDT.
- Coordination of surgical, medical, rehabilitation, psychological and social care input to ensure delivery of a patient-centred, integrated, biopsychosocial model of care.
- Attending and leading Pain clinics, Specialist Rehabilitation Multi-disciplinary assessment clinics (MIACs) and review clinics as per individual job plan (to be agreed and signed off by Clinical Director annually).
- Assessing patients at regular intervals (including course admission and discharge etc) to review progress, in their long-term condition.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for additional job duties and responsibilities
Selection Process
The selection at sift stage will be based on your application form and CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
Trainees within 6 months of the award of their CCST, and consequent entry onto the specialist register, are eligible to apply for this post, however all qualifications and memberships must be held in full prior to commencing in post.
Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please make sure no personal details are included.
Additional Information
Please copy and paste the link below into your browser.
An insight into the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall. - YouTube
The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.
All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Please see the link to our Youtube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit. Please copy and paste the link below into your browser.
Defence Medical Services - YouTube
If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.
There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.
We encourage all our employees and prospective ones to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to any exemptions that may apply. Please see the attached further information document for full details.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcingteam@mod.gov.uk.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in pain management - assessment and treatment, including intervention
- Experience of MDT working
- Evidence of recent training as a commitment to personal and professional development
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council (GMC) registration with a licence to practice & entry onto GMC Specialist Register
- Member of Royal College of Anaesthetics (RCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine, Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) or equivalent
- Current Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in pain management - assessment and treatment, including intervention
- Experience of MDT working
- Evidence of recent training as a commitment to personal and professional development
Registration details
Essential
- Please provide your membership registration number. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council (GMC) registration with a licence to practice & entry onto GMC Specialist Register
- Member of Royal College of Anaesthetics (RCA) and Faculty of Pain Medicine, Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) or equivalent
- Current Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification
Provide a CV
Essential
- Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
