Consultant Anaesthetist (specialist interest in Pain Medicine)

Job summary

Applications are invited for a substantive post for a full-time Consultant Anaesthetist with a specialist interest in Pain Medicine.

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post. The Trust operates job share and flexible working.

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust are now working in partnership as the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group.

All future senior medical and dental appointments will be expected to work in collaboration across the Group and, irrespective of initial job description and job plan, be willing to work on more than one hospital site, dependent on service needs. Service location may change as our future models of care are developed by our clinically led networks through our acute clinical strategy. Some of the clinical procedures or services the appointee will be expected to deliver may be based at sites other than their primary site of employment.

Main duties of the job

The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals.

All consultants, including the appointee, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust’s Clinical Governance programme. This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management.

The appointee will be a member of the Consultant Staff Committee and be expected to serve on this committee.

Further, the appointee will support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, whereby all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• FRCA or equivalent.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Anaesthesia or eligible for entry within 6 months of the date of interview
• Appropriate training and experience in Pain Medicine
• FFPMRCA or equivalent

Desirable

• MD, PhD or other postgraduate qualification (PGCert, PGDip, MSc)
• ALS/EPLS/ATLS instructor or equivalent

Aptitudes

Essential

• Good communicator.
• Capable of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Enthusiasm for service development and teaching
• Prepared to work in shared office space.

Experience

Essential

• Applicants who are Nationals from another European country or elsewhere overseas would have to show equivalence to the 5 years training period in the National Health Service required for the specialty

Desirable

• Post CCT experience in Anaesthesia for Major General surgery.

Interests

Essential

• Commitment to continue to develop an appropriate specialist interest.
• Evidence of interest in education and training.
• Evidence of engagement with research and audit.

Desirable

• Publications in peer reviewed journals
• PGCert in Medical Education or equivalent.
• Up to date GCP training.

Circumstances

Essential

• Flexible outlook on working hours.
• Must live within a 15-mile radius of the base Trust or 30 minutes travelling time.
• Full Driving License/ability to travel between sites when public transport may not be available.

Closing Date: 20 August 2026