Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

This post has been created to meet the rapidly expanding requirements for pain and anaesthetic services within the Trust. The successful applicant will join a team of six other Pain Specialists/Consultant Anaesthetists and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist providing a well-established chronic pain service, and a larger team of anaesthetists sharing in the delivery of anaesthetics. The chronic pain service is supported by a large team of experienced nurses, providing pain management services.

The Pain department is responsible for Adult Intensive Care and is also responsible for the organisation of the Day Surgery Unit, including facilities at Ely. Pain services are managed within a separate Musculoskeletal Directorate along with Rheumatology and Trauma & Orthopaedics, and maintain close links with the Department of Anaesthesia.

You will be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a CCT in Anaesthesia or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.