Consultant Anaesthetist with interest in Pain Management: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

The multidisciplinary Pain Management Team at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust enjoy good relationships with the Community Pain service and provides secondary care services on the Wrightington and Leigh sites.

The successful applicant would be joining a dynamic team of consultants, one associate specialist, 2 specialist nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists and pain physiotherapists.

Image intensifier and ultrasound guided pain interventions including radiofrequency ablation techniques are carried out in a dedicated treatment room with recovery on the adjoining ward by enthusiastic and experienced ward staff. A small office is adjacent to the treatment room for full IT administrative support.

The Chronic Pain Team supports the Tertiary Referral Orthopaedic Hospital at Wrightington with a.o. procedures for post-surgical/neuropathic pain or genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation for arthritic knee pain.

We provide a nurse led self-acupuncture service, Qutenza services, Botox for chronic migraines and Consultant Oral ketamine.

There are regular Pain Management Programmes, Psychology and OT and Physiotherapy sessions.

There is a full triage of all patients to direct supportive and treatment measures. There are regular scheduled full team clinical governments meeting.

We would welcome and expect any member of our team to further our inclusive pain management and forge stronger/innovative relations with the community and our orthopaedic colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Acute care is provided at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. This includes adults’ and children’s accident and emergency services, intensive care, women’s and children’s and a range of medical and surgical specialities. Wrightington Hospital is an elective Orthopaedic Specialist site and our Leigh Day Case unit is currently expanding its portfolio and increasing activity. The successful candidate will have a job plan developed to accommodate their special interests whilst also meeting the service requirements of the trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration with the GMC with a Licence to practice
• FRCA (UK or Ireland) or equivalent
• Inclusion on Specialist Register/admission within six months of interview dat

Desirable

• Certificate of Medical Education
• A higher qualification, eg. MD, PhD
• European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia
• Advanced training in Regional Anaesthesia

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and their relatives, and with colleagues in all disciplines
• Ability to lead the development of services and promote best prac-tice amongst colleagues
• Proficient in the use of Information Technology

Desirable

• Portfolio evidencing a range of nerve blocks candidate is competent in
• Evidence of the development of leadership within the work environment
• Attendance at courses in teaching, appraisal and mentorship
• Proven interest in at least one ar-ea of research

Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of participation in un-dergraduate and postgraduate teaching and commitment to these

Desirable

• Knowledge of up to date literature
• Evidence of recent and current research with relevant publications

Personal Skills

Essential

• Team Working: Experience of working in a team, value input of other professionals in the team
• Management / Team Involvement: Work cooperatively with others and demonstrate leadership. Work effectively in multi-professional teams
• Capacity to work under pressure. Demonstrate initiative and resilience, adapt and change rapidly
• Use logical / lateral thinking to solve problems and make decisions.
• Prioritise own work. Demonstrate punctuality, preparation, and self-discipline. Understands importance of information technology
• Ability to adapt and work with employers to deliver improved patient care
• Promote equality and values diversity
• Take responsibility for own actions and demonstrate a non-judgemental approach towards others, Display honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues

Desirable

• Experience of Leadership
• Effective skills for delegation

Professional Development

Essential

• Commitment to maintain professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job
• Demonstrate a willingness to fully engage in appraisal. Self-awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback

Desirable

• Additional achievements relevant to the role

Additional

Essential

• Clinical Governance: Capacity to alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrate awareness of good decision making. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors
• Audit: evidence of active participation in audit
• Teaching: evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job
• Effective Communication Skills: demonstrate clarity in written / spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to situation
• Empathy and Sensitivity: Capacity to listen and take in other perspectives
• Works in Partnership with patients. always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options
• Consider full impact of clinical decisions on the patients. Practice shared decision making
• Direct and supports patients to access the information they need to support decision making

Desirable

• Research Skills: Demonstrate understanding of the principle of research, evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
• Teaching: Evidence of experience in teaching

Closing Date: 30 November 2026